Piramard dar deha tanho mezist. YAk odami nimjon bud, ammo sabad meboft, namatmuza medukht, bogi kolkhozro posboni mekard, ki bachaho nadaroyand… Hamin khel ruz meguzarond.
Vay ba deha khele barvaqt va az joyi dur omada bud, ahli deha ham barvaqt pay burda bud, ki piramard ranju ozori ziyod kashidaast, chunki sakht melangid va az sinnash ziyodtar pir menamud. Az bari ru to kunji labonash yak zakhmi chuqur ham ba nazar merasid, az in sabab chehraash, hatto vaqti tabassum kardan gamginu jiddi menamud.
YAk ruz Ivashko Kudryashkin ba bog daromad, ki seb chida ishkam pur kunad. Nogoh shalvorash ba mekhi sari tavora darmondu darid va khudash ba ruyi buttai purkhori bektoshi aftid, chand joi badanash kharosh khurd, voyu dodash baromad va, albatta, ba dasti posbon aftid.
Piramard metavonist yak dasta alafi gazna yo badtar az onro gi- rifta, adabi uro dihad, yo metavonist ba maktabashon burda, sharmanda kunad. Ammo du dasti purkharoshi Ivashko, porai shalvori dar pushti u chun dumi gusfand ovezon va rukhsorahoi az girya surkhgashtayu obi didai shashqatorashro dida, dilash sukht.
Piramard pisaraki tarskhurdaro az darichai bog barovarda, ba kho- naashon gusel kard, yak shatta ham nazad, hatto az pushtash yagon gap naguft.
Az sharmu alam Ivashko chi kor kardanashro nadonist va rost ba jangal raft. On jo vay rahgum zad va ba botloq daromada, sakht khasta shudu ba yak sangi ushnazadai kabud nishast, ammo hamon zamon figon kashida bolo jast: ba nazarash tavre namud, ki rui sang zanbure ni- shasta bud va on az joyi daridai shalvorash nesh zad.
Vale on jo yagon zanbur nanamud. Sang tafson budaast, misli an- gishti suzon. Ammo Ivashko dar ruyi hamvoru suftai sang, zeri gili sakhtshuda tarhi chand harf mushohida namud.
Ivashko darhol dark kard, ki sang sehrnok ast. Vay sarosema kaf- shashro kashid va poshnai onro ba sang kufta, gili ruyi navishtajotro toza kard, to bifahmad, ki az in sang chi hikmate baroi khud girifta metavonad.
Dar sang chunin navishtajot bud:
HAR KAS IN SANGRO BA KUH BUBARAD VA ZADA SHIKANAD, JAVO- NII HUDRO BOZGARDONAD VA ZINDAGI AZ SAR GIRAD.
Dar zeri in jumla muhr zada shuda bud, ammo muhri odi ne, mudav- var, chunonki dar idoraho ba hujjatho mezanand va sekunja ham ne, chunonki dar chiptai oshkhonaho ba nazar merasad, balki ajibtar: du salibak doshtu se dumcha, yak doirachayu khatcha va chahor vergul.
Inro khondayu dida dimogi Ivashko Kudryashkin sukht. Okhir, vay ha- magi hasht sol dorad, nav ba nuh qadam meguzorad. Kadom zindagiashro dubora sar kunad? Magar az sinfash aftadu dubora dar sinfi yakum khonad? Ne, nameshavad.
Baraks meshud, gapi digar bud: masalan, dars nakhonda az sinfi yakum yakbora ba sinfi seyum meguzasht!
Afsus, ki sangi sehrnoktarini olam ham az uhdai in kor baromada nametavonad, inro hama medonad, in guna nakhohad shud.
Ivashkoi gamgin ba deha bargasht. Vaqte az kanori bog guzar kard, chashmash boz ba piramardi posbon aftid. Piramard dar yak dast satili ohak, dar dasti digar pupakjorubi ohakmoli sulfida-sulfida kujoe meraft va goho bozistoda nafas rost mekard.
Ivashko tabiatan bachai halimu siposguzor bud, az in sabab ba khud guft: «In odam bahazur yak bandcha gazna girifta maro boyad mezad yo ba maktab burda ba dasti omuzgor mesupurd. Lekin dilash sukht. CHi shavad man ham ba u neki kunam, yak bor dili man ham ba holi u suzad: ba bobo javoniashro bargardonam chi?! To kay sulfida, langida, nafastang shuda megardad?»
Ivashkoi olihimmat hamin khel andesha karda, ba piramard nazdik shud va budu shudi voqearo naql kard. Piramard az sidqi dil tashakkur guft – khabari khush, albatta, lekin bad izhor namud, ki bogro besohib monda, ba botloq rafta nametavonad, zero vaqte piramard ba bardo- shtanu berun ovardani sangi daruni botloq mashgul meshavad, baze odamon ba bog daromada hosilro chida mebarand, on goh posbon, khoh javon astu khoh pir, gap meshunavad, sharmanda khohad shud…
Piramard ba Ivashko maslihat dod, ki u khud sangro bardoshta ba tori kuh bubarad. «Man, – guft piramard, – badtar sari qadam omada, yagon chiz girifta ba sangi tafsoni tu tuq-tuq mezanam…»
Az in gap tabi Ivashko khira shud.
Ammo maslihati piramardro rad karda, uro ranjonidan nakhost. Subhi ruzi digar vay yak khaltai badosht va baroi on ki dastash nasuzad, dastpushaki gafs girifta ba botloqzor raft.
Sang ba chirku gil gutida bud. Ivashka onro bazur bardoshta to poini kuh burd. Jonash ba halqash rasid, zabonash az dahonash berun shud. Vay ruyi alafi khushk nishast, ki nafas rost kunad.
«Ana, – guft vay ba khud, – hamin zamon sang dar sari kuh meshavad, piramardi lang meoyad, sangro zada meshikanad, javon shuda meravadu zindagi az sar megirad. Hama meguyand, ki bisyor azob kashidaast, gamu alam didaast. Piri fartut ast, tanhost, korkufta, majruh, hargiz ruzi khush nadidaast. Hama ruzi khush didaand, vay nadidaast». Mana, khudi Ivashka bacha ast, ammo se bor khushbakhtu khursand bud: yak bor, vaqte ki ba dars der memond va yak ronandai noshinos uro ba sabukravi nap- pa-nav savor karda, az nazdi saiskhona to maktab burd, bori digar, vaqte ki be shastu tur yak shurtanmohii kalon qapid, bori seyum, vaqte ki amaki Mitrofan uro ba shahr burd va hamroh idi YAkumi mayro jashn giriftand.
«Bigzor piramardi bechora ham ruzi khush binad!» – olihimmat shud Ivashka.
Vay inro guftu az jo barkhest va sangro ba tarafi kuh kashid.
Qaribi shom, vaqte ki lashkari abr dar ufuqi duri boloi dandoni
kuhho gun shud va khurshed nurhoi zarhalini khudro az qabati abrporaho ba zamini az tashvishhoi ruzona khastashuda, hanuz ravona mekard, pi- ramard nogahon paydo shud. In lahza Ivashkoi khastahol dar tori kuh az khunuki larzida libosi chirkinu tari khudro dar garmii sangi tafson khushk mekard.
– Bobo, – figon kashid Ivashko, – charo bolga, tabar yo misron nao- vardi? Sangro chi khel meshikani? Musht zada? Lagad zada?
– Ne, Ivashko, – javob dod piramard, – na musht mezanam, na lagad. Man in sangro umuman nameshikanam, chunki az nav javon shuda, az sar zindagi giriftan namekhoham.
Piramard inro gufta, ba Ivashko nazdik shud va sari uro sila kard. Ivashko his kard, ki dasti vaznini u melarzad.
– Ba gumoni tu man pirakii langu badaftu badbakhtam, – guft pira- mard. – Dar asl odami bisyor khushbakhtam, khushbakhttarin odami dunyo! Ba poyam yak gulachub aftida mayub karda bud. Hele shud, on zamon mo aloragmi shoh shurida, dar kuchaho sangar mesokhtem. Tu faqat surati shohro didai… Badtar dandonhoyamro zada shikastand, yane vaqte moro ba zindon afkandand, ruhaftoda nashuda surud khondem. Bari ruyamro dami shamsher buridaast. In zamone shud, ki lashkari navta- sisi mo lashkari dushmanro zada torumor mekard. Vaqte mubtaloi domana shudam, dar yak binoi nazarnogir ruyi koh khobidam. On shabu ruz az dard khabarhoi nokhush vaznintar budand.
Har zamoni ba gusha- mon merasid, ki vatan dar ihotai lashkari dushman astu hamin zamon asir khohem shud. Ammo yak subhidam, barobari nakhustin nurhoi oftob khabari khush rasid: dushman dubora sarkub shud va lashkari mo boz ba hujum guzasht. On lahza az chashmonam ba rukhsorahoi zardgashtaam ashki shodi ravon shud. YAk hamrohi hamyaroqi misli khudam yaradoru bemor doshtam. YAk burida noni qoqu mohii namakin bud. Hamonro bo ham didem.
Vay ham khursand shuda, tushaashro du taqsim kard. Mo az kat ba kat dastoni qoqamonro daroz karda fishurdem, qasam khurdem, orzu kardem, guftem, ki hatto badi sari mo ham kishvaramon obodu ozodu nerumand shavad, rozi hastem. Hozir mahz chunin ast! Umri duborayu javonii digar chi darkor? Umram purazob guzasht, lekin halolu pok zistam! CHi darkor umri dubora, vaqte shohidi gapu kore budam, ki ba har kas nasib nakhohad shud – yak ruz chil qadam durtar az safi askaroni
mo Lenini buzurg salom doda guzashta raft! Dar barash nimtana, dar sarash kulohi omiyona bud…
Piramard khomush mond, chubuq giriftu tamoku kashid.
– Durust, bobo, – rozi shud Ivashko. – In khel boshad, behuda azob kashida sangro ba sari kuh barovardam. Dar hamon botloqi khudash bahazur khobidanash behtar nabud.
– Behtar ki dar joyi namoyon boshad, – guft piramard. – Aknun bu- bin, ki chi gapu kor meshavad, Ivashko.
Az on zamon solho guzashtaast, ammo sang hanuz dar sari kuh astu noshikasta.
Az kanori sang odami ziyod meguzarad. Meoyandu mebinandu sar junbonda rohashonro davom medihand.
Man ham bore dar tori in kuh shudam. Rosti gap, az baze gapu kori zindagii khud chandon rozi nabudam, tabam khira bud. «Hayr, chi, – guftam ba khud, – chi shavad sangro zada shikanamu zindagi az sar giram?!»
Hele istodam va khayriyat, ki chunin nakardam, az rayam gashtam. Ham- soyahoro peshi nazar ovarda ba khud guftam: «E, – meguyand onho, – ana, ablahi guzaro meoyad! YAk bor durust zista khushbakht shuda natavonist, aknun hamaashro dubora takror kardanist.»
«Ne, – andesha kardam on lahza, – man dar umram khushbakht ham bu- dam!»
Kogaz girifta, tamoku pechidam. Baroi on ki gugird behuda sarf nashavad, sigoramro dar sangi suzon otash gironda, ba rohi khud raf- tam. 1941
Tarjumai Azizi Aziz