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That’s why he sought to describe the second marriage in a different key. | Шу боис иккинчи тўйга бошқа услуб қидирган эди. |
For a third time Umar sent a matchmaker to G’ozi-xo’ja’s house: this time it was the talkative Hakim, Umar’s sister’s son, a relation which made him a mahram, a man entitled to enter the harem. The Emir was wary of letting an outsider see his future bride’s beauty, but he could allow his nephew to behold her. Only the matchmakers and the girl’s father, whose white brows were wet with sweat, knew what was said during the negotiations. Realising that it was impossible to play with fire, G’ozi-xo’ja reluctantly nodded his agreement. | Ҳа, учинчи сафар Амир Умархон Ғози-хожа хонадонига совчи қилиб шайхулислом Маъсумхон-тўра ҳазратларининг ўғиллари одамохун Муҳаммадҳакимхон-тўрани юборди. Ҳакимхон айни пайт Амирнинг жияни бўлиб, маҳрамларидан эди, ўзгалардан қизғанса-да, Амир совчиланган қиз чиройини ўз жиянидан қизғанмади. Орадан не гаплар, таҳдиду-ваъдалар ўтди, фақат совчиларнинг ўзларию, оқ қошларини тер босгану дами ичига тушиб кетган Ғози-хожага маълум. Қандай бўлмасин ўт билан ўйнаб бўлмаслигини тушуниб етган Ғози-хожа чор-ночор бошини розиликда ирғабди. |
That same morning Hakim brought the girl home with him, entrusting her to the care of his mother Oftob. Delighted by the bride’s beauty, the young matchmaker recited a Persian couplet to his mother: | Ўша саҳарнинг ўзидаёқ Муҳаммадҳакимхон-тўра ул бокира қизни ўз қўшига келтириб, Амир Умархоннинг сингли бўлмиш Офтоб-онасига топширибди. Қиз чиройидан ёқасини тишлаган совчи йигит ўз онасига ушбу байтни айтибди. |
The poor girl arrived wearing an old dress: Emir Umar was in a hurry to marry, so he dressed her in silk and ordered the old gown be given to his concubines, since it was too sacred to be thrown away. The concubines spurned the offer… | Бечора қиз ўзининг эски кўйлагида экан. Амир Умархон ўз қайлиғини кўргани келиб, уни шоҳона атласу ҳарирларга ўратгач, бу кўйлакни табаррук қатори канизларга бермоқчи бўлишса, буларнинг бари у кўйлакдан ижирғанган экан. |
It was now New Year. Happy New Year to you, Abdulla! You said that if you could sit down for one winter, you would finish your novel. Clearly, you didn’t say inshallah at the time. But you had sensed the danger. Writers as well-known as you had already been arrested – Fitrat and Cho’lpon, G’ozi Yunus and Anqaboy – hadn’t they? Were you really likely to be left alone? When you tell a horse to ‘Chuh’, you have given it a bit more rope. He can go on writing for a bit, they would have thought, we’ll squash him when the time is ripe. |
Янги йил ҳам кирибди. Янги йилингиз муборакбод, Абдулла! Бир қиш ўтирсам қиссамни ёзиб битираман, - деган эдингиз. Худо хоҳласа демаган экансиз-да ўшанда. Кўнглингизда бор эдию бу хатар, ахир Фитрату Чўлпон, Вадуд Маҳмуду Ғози Юнус, Анқабою Элбекни олиб кетган жойда сизни тинч қўйишармиди?! “Чўҳ”- деса кетадиган от экансиз, арқонингизни узунроқ ташлаб қўйишган экан-да, “Қани ёзиб турсинчи, роса қизиғида босамиз”, - дейишган эканми. |
You’ll spend the new year wherever you spent New Year’s day, as the Russian proverb goes. So, Abdulla, it looks as if you’ll be spending this year in prison. Last time you were let out after six months, but now… Fitrat and Cho’lpon have been languishing here for longer than that time already, and who knows when they’ll be released? There might just be a few walls separating them from you, Abdulla. If you were to yell out like Vinokurov, might you get an answer? |
Янги йилни қаерда кутиб олсанг, йилинг ҳам шундай ўтади, - деган ўрислардан юққан бир ирим бор эди, қамоқда ўтказар экансиз-да бу йилни, Абдулла! Ўтган сафар олти ой деганда қўйиб юборишган эди, бу сафар ана Фитратнинг ҳам, Чўлпониннг ҳам қамоққа тушганига ярим йилдан ошиб кетди. Чиқишидан дом-дарак бўлгани йўқ. Улар ҳам шу атрофдамикан? Бир-икки девор наримикан? Анави барзанги Винокуровга ўхшаб ҳайқирса, жавоб беришармикан?! |
Ah, he now remembered the spark that had just flashed in his head: Umar’s nephew Hakim waiting for the newly-weds, who were concealed behind a curtain on the first night of their wedding. Abdulla remembered Hakim’s book Selected Histories, almost by heart. |
Ҳаҳ! Эсига тушди бояда миясида чақнаган анави учқун. Муҳаммадҳакимхон-тўранинг чимилдиқ пойлагани. Деярли ёд олган “Мунтахаб ат-таворих”ни эслади Абдулла. |
Because of his youth and naughtiness, your humble servant continued sitting by the curtain and, following the path of disrespect, raised a corner of the cover to hide under it so that he could enjoy the spectacle of the Sun meeting the Moon. The wine of desire foamed in the throat of Emir Umar- xon, and the moisture of shame appeared on the face of the beauty, like drops of dew on a rose. Moments of tenderness and elegant caresses were becoming more and more wild: the buyer’s desire grew, while the mistress of the goods gave ever greater concessions. For rain, ready to show the cloud’s final aim, was now about to pour down on the field of desire. The flower bud, submitting to the playful brazenness of the wind, was forced to unfurl its petals and turn itself bright red. And since the innate urge of the flower bud was to bear fruit, it opened fully under the force of the wind, so that a pearly drop now fell on its pollen. |
Аммо камина ҳам айни ёшлик даврим бўлгани учун ва ҳам бир томони шўхлик қилиб ҳеч ёққа қўзғалмадим ва беадаблик йўлига кириб чимилдиқнинг бир чекасида бекинганча, ул ой ва қуёшнинг яқинлашувини тўйиб томоша қилдим. Ҳуллас ўша чоғда Амир Умархоннинг димоғида жуфтлашиш шароби кўпирди, ул дилрабо юзида эса ҳаё тори шабнам донасидек намоён бўлди. Нозу-ниёз лаҳзалари қизиди - ҳаридор иштиёқи кучайиб, мол эгаси мулойимлиги ортди. Чунки орзу кишининг булути мақсадини ҳосил қилиш учун мурод пардаси ортида шай турарди. Гулғунча шамолнинг уятсизлиги натижасида қабога бандини ечишга мажбур бўлди ва ўзининг гулгунлиқ оғушига солди. Омонлик суманининг ғунчаси мақсади ҳосиллик насими ҳилпираши сабабидан оғзини очди ва мақсуд бўстонидан кумуш ранг садафга симоб гавҳари томчилади. |
Would it have been at that precise moment that your humble servant was overcome by laughter? |
Айни ўша пайт каминанинг кулгиси қистаб қолса бўладими? |
By whispering these words as if they were a prayer, Abdulla found that he could order his thoughts and see everything clearly. Hadn’t he just responded to Vinokurov’s roar with a burst of laughter? That was why he had recalled Hakim hiding behind a curtain. For a second, he felt as if he were Emir Umar’s nephew, except the curtain was now a stone wall and enclosed not a love scene but a death act. Wait, wait! This was no time to drop the reins. Watch out, don’t let a torrent of flighty thoughts sweep you away! If you ignored the superfluous florid style, the scene was described splendidly, especially the beginning and the end. Yet it seemed to have propelled Abdulla in an entirely different direction. |
Абдулла бу сўзларни дуосимон пичирлар экан, хаёли ҳар томонга тўзиди. Қийшиқпешона Винокуровнинг наъраси ҳам унинг кулгисини қистатмаганмиди ҳозиргина. У ҳам ўзини бир зумга чимилдиқ кетида писиб ётган Ҳакимхон-тўрага менгзатди, рост, бу чимилдиқнинг деворлари тош, остида эса севги эмас ўлим ҳукмрон эди. Тўхта, тўхта! Жиловни қўлингдан чиқариш вақти эмас бу. Учқур хаёлинг обқочиб кетмасин сени. Жимжимадоргилиги демаса саҳна ажойиб ёзилган, айниқса бошию кети, лекин Абдулла ундан азбарои бошқа туртки олди ўхшайди. |
When they arrived at their place of exile, G’ozi-xo’ja’s family somehow built themselves a hovel to protect themselves from the fearful cold. They now had to live on what their father could earn by teaching children of the local poor to read and write, while Qandak and Oyxon made embroidered skull-caps. They embroidered in silk, but wore coarse calico dresses. All their earnings were spent on food. To relieve her father, Oyxon taught her younger siblings herself, putting them to bed at night, telling them fairy stories and writing verses for them. |
Қиш қаҳратонида яйдоқроқ ерда бир кулба қуриб Сайид Ғози-хожа маҳалладаги учта-тўртта майдага дарс ўқитиш ила, Қантак-пошшо билан Ойхон-пошшо эса дўппи тикиш ила кун кўриша бошлашди. Дўппи гулларини ипакдан тикишса-да, ўзлари бўз кўйлак кийишди. Топган-тутганлари фақат қора қозонни қайнатишига етиб турди холос. Кичик ука-сингилларини - отасини уринтирмасдан - ўзи ўқитди Ойхон-пошша. Уларга аллалар айтди, эртаклар тўқиди, ғазаллар битди. |
The sufferings Qantak endured gave her a swollen goitre the following winter, and she developed a cough which she could not shake. G’ozi-xo’ja managed to get some deergrass to make an extract, which he gave her to drink. But nothing was of any use: by spring Qantak had departed this treacherous world, leaving behind five motherless children. There was a great deal of mourning and lamenting. The eldest daughter became her father’s sole support, a substitute mother to her siblings. Oyxon had been embroidering ten skull-caps a week; now she had to embroider twenty. Her doe-like eyes became as sharp as a blade and she herself as quick and nimble as a panther. She bathed, fed, nursed and taught the children, attending, also, to her prematurely aged father: her voice became as sweet as honey served in porcelain. |
Ютган аламлариданми, иккинчи қишга бориб, Қантак-пошшанинг аввалига буқоғи шишиб кетди. Кейин битмас йўтал ёпишди. Сайид Ғози-хожа аллақаердан кийик ўти тилаб келди, уни қайнатиб ичиришди, ёрдам бергани йўқ, кўкламга етар-етмас беш болани тирик етим қолдириб, Қантак-пошша бу вафосиз дунёдан кечди. Зор-зор йиғлаб қолишди булар. Энди Ойхон-пошша отасига ягона суянчиқ, ука-сингилларига она ўрнида қолди. Илгари ҳафтасига ўн дўппи тиккан бўлса, энди йигирматадан тикди, ўшанданми шаҳло кўзлари икки ўткир ханжардек чархланди, укаларини ювди, таради, ўқишию ошига қаради, ҳаракатлари сиртлоннинг урғочисидек енгилу эпчил бўлди, бирданига мункайиб қолган отасининг синиқ кўнглини асраб-авайлаб чегалади - овозлари чиннидаги қиёмдек ширалади... |
G’ozi-xo’ja’s children grew fond of Qosim and lent a hand when he was working, or clung to his side and begged him to make them a clay toy. One of the girls – the youngest but one – insisted that she would be his wife when she grew up. Only Oyxon was reserved in her cousin’s presence, doing no more than what duty obliged of her: preparing tea, serving dinner, making up a spare bed on the floor. |
Сайид Ғози-хожанинг болалари ҳам Сайид Қосимни хуш кўрар, бири унга лой отган, бошқаси хипчин олиб келиб, тойчоқ ясаб бер дея, хархаша қилган, учинчиси “Катта бўлсам, сизга тегаман” – деб ваъдалашган. Фақат Ойхон-пошша ўзини бу амакиваччаси билан сипо тутар, керагида чойига, керагида жойига қарарди. |
At the beginning of spring, when everything else had been taken care of, Qosim stayed on to remove the winter covering from the vines and tie them to their stakes. He was so carried away by his task that he failed to accompany the elderly G’ozi-xo’ja, as he had intended, on his way to pay respects at the graves of the holy men in Eski-Novqat. At the time, Oyxon’s two younger sisters were staying with a neighbour to study more advanced reading and writing. The older boy was with his father; only the youngest, Nozim, was still at home. And, early in the morning, Nozim was still asleep. |
Ўша эрта кўклам ҳам бошқа ишларини битириб бўлгач, Сайид Қосим буларнинг икки тупгина токини очиб бериш важҳида яна Эски-Новқатига қайтишга кеч қолди. Ҳолбуки Сайид Ғози-хожа ўша куни Янги-Новқат томон Саҳобани зиёрат қилгани ўзининг 14 яшар ўғли Сайид Олим билан йўлга чиққан эди. Ойхон-пошшанинг икки синглиси маҳалладаги Отинча-бувиникига дарс олгани чиқиб кетишган, ёлғиз кенжатой Сайид Нозимхон уйда ҳали ҳам уйқусидан турмаган эди. |
Qosim fixed the loose cross-ties on the vine stakes and drove in new ones, before starting to rake over the dry reeds. He lifted the reeds carefully and saw that mercifully the frost hadn’t got at the vines: they could be tied to the stakes. The vine buds were already about to burst open: any day now the green shoots would break through. |
Сайид Қосим-йигит аввалига ишкомининг бир-икки ямоғини янги ходалар билан ямади. Бир чой қайнар вақтдан сўнг токни очишга киришди, бардиларни аста бир чекага йиғди, қўндоқланган токни авайлаб очди, хар тугул совуқ урмабди, ва оҳиста таг-тагидан бошлаб, ток поясинию, новдаларини истак билан ишкомга тараб-тараб боғлай бошлади. Кўклам жони поя танасидан югура бошлаган, шўралар эгилиб-букилиб, ҳар томон гажак ташлай бошлаган эди. |
‘Your good health, cousin!’ Oyxon greeted him, spreading a cloth on the ground and laying some flatbread on it. ‘Come and have some tea!’ ‘As you wish,’ he replied. He moved to where she had laid out breakfast. Watching the girl get up to return to the house, her slender figure supple as a vine, he surprised himself by calling out, ‘I need your help!’ Oyxon looked around. ‘What for, cousin?’ She said the word ‘cousin’ so gently that Qosim couldn’t help missing a breath at the implications. He could barely whisper: ‘Would you mind holding the ladder? The crossbeams on the stakes are too thin, and I need to tie the vine branches firmly…’ Oyxon spun round to face him. ‘As you wish…’ |
Шу пайт чойини кўтариб Ойхон-пошша келиб қолди. “Ҳормангиз, ака!” – деб сўрашди-да, қўлтиғидаги қийиқчани ёзиб, ичидаги нонни ушатди, чойни пиёлага қуйиб имо қилди: “Чойдан ичиб олинг, қувват бўлади!”. “Майлингиз!”, - деб жавоб берди Сайид Қосим ва дастурхонгача яқинлашар экан, Ойхон-пошшанинг анави гажак-гажак шўралар каби ўгирилиб, уй томон кетажагини пайқади-да, бирдан: - Менга ёрдамингиз керак эди, Ойпошша! - деди. Ойхон бир қиё боқди-да: - Нима эди, ака? - деб сўради. Бу “ака” деб айтган сўзида неларни англамади ўша он Сайид Қосим-йигит, дами ичига тушиб кетиб, қарийиб шивирлади: - Шотини ушлаб туролмайсизми. Ишкомнинг тепаси нозикроқ, шўрани боғлаб олай... Ойхон бебоғ шўрадек ялт этиб ўгирилди. - Майлингиз... |
The tea was left undrunk. His hands trembling with excitement, his breath quickening, Qosim picked up the ladder which lay near the vineyard and placed it against a strong supporting pillar. ‘If you hold it from this side, I’ll have the branches tied to the crossbeams in no time,’ he said. |
Чой ҳам бир чекада қолиб кетди, Сайид Қосим-йигитча, қўлу-нафаси титраганича, ишком тагида ётган нарвонни турғизиб, ишкомнинг пухтароқ бир ходасига тирадию: |
Under a lapse, designated employees of the Department (who will be pre-notified) would be temporarily furloughed. |
(Бюджетдан) маблағлар ажратилишидаги узилиш ҳолатида, Департаментнинг олдиндан белгиланган (ва хабардор қилинган) ходимлари вақтинчалик иш ҳақи сақланмаган ҳолда бериладиган таътилга чиқарилади. |
That night, putting Nozim to bed next to her, she stroked his head and whispered in a conspiratorial tone, ‘Don’t tell anyone what you saw this morning.’ |
Кечаси кенжа укаси Сайид Нозимхонни қучоғида олиб ётаркан, Ойхон-пошша унга: - Сиз боягини ҳечкимга айтиб юрманг-а, яна, - деб сирлашарди. |
He used the reeds he had prepared to tie one branch and then another, but the third proved intractable, and had bent too far out. Qosim leaned out towards it, and while he swung out in one direction, the ladder went the other way: there was a high-pitched shriek and this time Qosim really did fly, only downwards, all the way to the ground. |
Қўлидаги истак билан бир новдани боғлади, иккинчисини. Учинчиси - бебошроғи хийла узоққа қайирилган экан, истак ушлаган қўли билан чўзилганини билади Сайид Қосим-йигит, бирданига нарвон бир томонга оғиб, боягина янгидан ямалган ишком катаги қарс этдию, қизнинг “Дод!” - деганига қарамай, Сайид Қосим-йигит нарвони билан осмондан ерга қулади. |