De jogo?n gulduron nub?s?tin b? hicum, ?m?n?n nub?s?tin bo midofi? kardeyo hozibimon. ?mo bi s?fn?ni hicum?d? de xisusiy? girm?gon b? ?i q?mi k?mi nezi om?yn, tos? sest k?s guldur b? dil? purbin. Imon ??m? i sor?yn? azug? d?mandin vilo karde. ?m?n?n de ot?si, de niz? iy?n de das? bomb? ??von nad? mandimon di k?r? ?vonimon b?biye bekarde. ?mo ??m? q?mi h?ni bo sinov kardeyo b?v?c nomes, ??m? se k?s h?mron?d? marde iy?n haft k?s?n b? yar? qine ?m?nison bo t?slim beyo m?cbur karde.
Gulduron ?m?nison b? ?i Fasi limanon?d? qil?y ?sirison barde. ?imi f?lok?ti, d?hs?ti ?imi fik kard?ys? kam be. ?imi c?mi h?mronison b? ?i m?ml?k?ti dil? b? must?bid? sultani s?rayison barde. ?mo mi civon, h?mon? vaxt?d? cald ist?n?n m?hor?tin beykum ?i gulduron q?mi kapitani ist? tonikus b?n?y gulis oq?te. ?imi d?d?:-«Ruyi b?be, tini k?si isti eqiniy? b?loku roxniy? dilsandi nib?do»,-vot? sixanonis h?rf-b?-h?rf b? ?imi yod d?qineku tel-teli d?mandim b?me. F?g?t heyhat! Im ?imi d?vordiney?d? ?bi? ?zobon ranqis p?r? qil?y sogn?sbe.
?? diyo gulduron q?miy?d? ?bi? ?imi toj? ?g? ?i c?nob kapitani toniku mandekum ist? bi s?f?d? mini dist? b? ico bardes umi kard?bim. Az ??y r?-di Ispanya ya?n ?i Porteqizi davey? q?miyon qil?y t?r?fo q?t? beyos iy?n b?v?d? bost? ozod beyo ?min bim. ?mo c?mi umiyonim b? t?y bese. ?unki ?imi ?g? ist? imin? s?f?d? minis k?yku noy ?i k?y kon vindes dasparde. ?i s?f?o oqard? b?pest?n minis b? q?mi kesiq ?k?s vigande.
?i rujiku b? yali tile fik d?qinim. G?yzi bimi hi? fikimi nibe. ?mo tile ve ??tin be. ?imi ?sir eqiniy? h?mron dil?d? i k?s?n bibu inqilis nibe ki, ist? im sirri b?yo okarde ehtibor bik?m, ?y?n dist? bo tileyo rozi bik?m. De joqo di sor dasim ?i tileku siy?y.
?nc?x di sor d?vard? b?pest? bomono tile imkon of?y?be. Im jogobe. ?imi ?g? h?mis? haft?d? i ya?n di k?r? de q?mi lotkon diyo k?non?d? bo moy q?teyo sed?be. H?mis? dist? b? ico mini iy?n ?i Ksuri nom?d? ?bi? isi? qil?y hird?ni bard?be. ?m? av?r k?sed?bimon ?an? zumon hesbe kulsiyed?bimon. Mini moy q?tey?d? mahir vindeku, ?v kali k?r? ?m?ni hay ??y nomusin? piy?merd? gomi n?zar?ti yiyo bo moy q?teyo ?vgandiy.
I k?r? ?imi ?g? di k?sis de lotk? n?veyo gon?gis hele kard?be. ?v bo h?mon? n?veyo hozi kard? vey? azug?s i ruj navko b? lotk?s doy qird? karde.
Mi har sem ?okn? daspard?sbe, y?qom duz karde. ??y maskin? mast? r?b?d? b? qil?y t?miz sist? bark?z d?sim d?mandim gon?gon ??s karde. Berd?m ?imi ?g? yali om?y, ?y gon?gon koson be qoros im ruj nomeson x?b?s doy. Peso?n b???m? se k?si-b?mi, b? Ksuri, b? ?r?bi-bo moy q?te seyo ?mris karde.
– ?imi duson,-votise-bo sanqon? hardeyo ??m? k?ykun, b???y qoros?n tos? moy q?te duz b? k? b?vardeyon.
Hoqo h?min iyo ?imi tile h?x?d? ?bi? fikon toj?d?n d?mande rosbe. Is?t ?sli q?mi miku be. Tos? ?imi ?g? se bo hozi beyo d?qinim,-?lb?td? im hozi?ti bo moy q?teyo nibe, bo tileyobe. Rose b? kom t?r?f se zind?nibim, ?mo ?i ?sir?tiku r?xeyo b? har t?r?fi bed? bibu s?ninbim.
?i har seys? b? nav de ?rzogi ehtiyotin be qoros ?r?bi b? s? d?gandeyo:
– ?i ?g?ku be izn ??y nuni hardeyo ixtiyorimon ni,-votime.
– Ha, rose,-votise iy?n b? bark?z qil?y yol? s?v?d? suxari iy?n se qul? ovis varde.
Mi ?i ?g? ??xir? yesiqon b?ke bes zind?bim. ?r?b bo azug?yo sey?d? b?r?y c?mi sisonim varde, navko bo ?g?yo b? isgaf noy t?ki duzim kard?be. G?yzi bimon qil?y penco h?st qirvank?yn? de qil?y mum? po? tog? k?l?f, t?v?, misor, ??kusim?n peq?te. Sift?d? imon h?m?, xisus?n peso?n s?m tumo kard? mum, ?an? bivotos b???m? koyis kom?q karde. B? ?r?bi iql?n k?l?k om?ym. Soy? dil? od?m ?imi im hil?s?n bov? karde. ??y nom Ismail be. ?nc?x h?m? ?y Mevla hele ?k?yn.
– Mevla, bark?z?d? ?i ?g? silohis hese. Itk? borut, se?m? p?ydo bikos bev?c nib?be. Bakam bo pateyo i-di qil? kiy?mon y?y. ?i ?g? q?miy?d? se?m? iy?n borut bes zind?m,-votime.
– ?ok b?vardem,-votise iy?n dil?s de se?m?, boruti pur ?bi? diql? yol? sumk?s varde. Borut h?st qirvank? nim ?biy. Se?m?n s?s qirvank? ?biy. ?y qull?s?n vard?be. Imonimon h?m? bark?z?d? vir?b?vir? karde.
G?yzi bimi ?i ?g? k?yut?d? ?bi? yesiqon qil?y?d? vaxt?d? ziyod? mand? ??xiri t?yli kardey?d? qil?y yol? sis?d?n itk? borut p?ydobe.
De joqo bo royo lozim ?bi? c?mi ehtiyoton hozi kard? b?pest?, de moy siko karde b?hon? ?i limano besimon.
Tilovimon sodoy ?an?mon ??skarde hi?imi q?te nizin?y (?unki moy b? tilov omey?d?n zine-zine okirned?nibim). B? ?r?bi:
– ??m? ko x?robe! ?q?m joqo t?yl? das b? k? oqard?mon ?i?on nib?voten. Boy itk?n b? nigili bis?mon,-votime.
?r?b ?imi hiyl?ku hi? subh?ysi nikard?y rozi be iy?n vakironis okarde. Min?n sukani idor? kardeyo besim. Bark?z i mil s? b?pest?, mi joqo bizin bo moy q?teyo dorozb?m ??y k?miku doroz bim, peso?n sukanim b? Ksurim doy b? bark?zi tiki t?r?f sim. B? ?r?bi nez om?ym ??y dusi piyo b? nav b? sey diy?karde t?ki qil?ymi hol s?y. ??y miyonom q?te rosim karde b? diyom sodoy. ??y b? ov ese b? dim beses i be, ?unki b?n?y pu be. ?y tos? dinyo b? s? dimi ses b?st? sixan doy, ?y b? bark?z bekirneyos lov? karde.Joqo?n r?-r? sinov hard?be ki, ??m? ar?d? ?bi? m?saf? b? ??s qiniy? d?r?c?d? b? kam bed?be. Vo nibeku barkaz?n host?-host? sed?be. ??y b?r?y b?m? r?ses hissim karde, bo k?yut til?ym, tifanqim peq?te b?yim nison doy:
– B?ti bev?ci kardem pid?ni, tin?n mini roh?t vad?, ?ok sinov hard?s, diyo?n ?oke. Tos? k?no bivotono sinov harde ?iy ni, ?okis ime ki, b?pes oqard; b?v?d? mi b?ti nim?qiniy?; ?ks-t?gdir?d? i k?r?m b? barkzi t?r?f sinov b?hos; qull? duz b?sti s? b?jem. ?unki har?i bed? bibu mi ozod bem g?t kard?,-votime.
?v, b? hiski t?r?f peqard?y. ?minim ki, ?v ?ok? sinov ?h? be qoros ?ziyy?t nib?k?se b? sahil beb?se.
H?lb?tt? mi piy? ?r?bi dist? peq?te civoni b? diyo ?zinim sodoy. ?mo b? piy ehtibor karde n?biy. ?v x?yli diy?ro b?be, ist? dimim b? Ksuri t?r?f q?te, votime:
– ?q?m dimi duz bivotos, tini qil?y ?ok? od?m b?kardem; bost? duziy?tiyo?n b? M?h?mm?d peg?mb?ri b?pe g?s?m b?h?y. ?q?m joqo nibu tiniy?n b? diyo sob?dom. ?v sof b? ?imi ??si dil? d?mande diy?karde sir?y iy?n b?mi xain nibeyo, b? har vir?y dimi seyos g?s?m harde.
– Tos? ?r?b ?i ??so qin be vokironim okarde b? diyo dil?m ro karde. ?mo toyki darsiye vaxt?d? bark?zim b? gibl? t?r?f qordiniy ?i sahiliku vey?n diy?ro nibe qoros ?i h?si-pem? cih?tim q?te. B? s?rin? vo qine diy? nikard?y l?p? hi? nibe. ?an? bivotos de qil?y ?ok? suru?ti seykumon maskin? ruji sahat se?d?, sift? k?r? bibu sahil ?iy?y sadi penco mil b? gibl? t?r?f simon, Fas iy?n ?i M?rak?si hukum?ti z?mino ?i Afrika davl?tmandon vironku diy?ro bemon hisim karde.
?mo b? nez om? sahil?d?mon t?mom?n od?mon yid?bin. ?mo ?i ?r?bonku joqo tars?bim ki, nub?s?tin b? ??von das d?niqineyo qil?y musaid? voykum istifod? karde, penc ruj nimandim lob?rim sonodoy, b? k?no benisim b? ro d?qinim. Penc ruji b?pest? ?i gibl? vo d?mande qine. Mi h?ni ??m? dumoys? omeku tarsed?nibim, b? k?no nez om?ym, ?i ru q?v?d? ?bi? qil?y q?d? liman?d? bo lob?r sodoym g?ror doy. Im ru kom ru bes, ?i kom viro iy?n kom t?r?fo, ?i kom x?lgi z?mino omes dair hi? m?hlumatimi b? das nizn?y varde. Sahild? inson vind?nibim. Vindey?n oruzu kard?nibim. ?nc?x ?imi piy? se sin? ov be.
Sanqov?s?yni b? ru d?simon; h?vo toyki bey?d? b? k?no beb?semon ?vr? b?n?vemon ??vr? koy omutemon b? g?ror s?y. H?vo toyki b?-nib?y, ?i sahilo joqo d?hs?tin? s?don, joqo d?hs?tin? zikkon, v?hsiy? h?yvonon zuzemon m?s?y ki, kam mande ki, ?i f?gir? hird?ni dil bit?ki. ?y b?mi tos? mast? obe b? k?no beniseyo d?mande lov? karde. Min?n:
?ok, Ksuri ??s b?kamon. ?mo b? ruj?n ?yo ?i sir iy?n ?slanis? h?niy?n tarsis ?bi? b? insonon ros ome ehtimol?n hesey,-votime. ?v sir?y:
– ?m? de tifanqi hicum b?kamon, ?voni b?tilvonemon,-votise.
Mi ??y im dil so?tim vinde, nipiy?me ?v ?i kefo bi qino ?i ?g?ku mand? ??xir?d?m bimi i g?d?him doy. B? ?slis diy? bikos ??y m?sl?h?t bem?ne nibe qoros mi b???y vot?yim qus egande. Sanqomon lob?r gande niyo bimon. Niyobe votd?m, ?unki i d?gig?n bibu joqo nihitimon. ?i lob?r gandeku di-se sahat b?pest? sahil?d? muxt?lif? cins?d? ?bi?, ?an? bivotos yol? h?yvonimon vinde (b? yoli h?yvon mi hi? vir?yd?m vind?nibe). ?von b? sahili nez om?yn b?ru d?sin d?mandin de iy?ndi ov?d? h?n?k karde.Joqo ?id? ki, de joqo ist? b?d?nison piy?be s?rin bik?n. Bi vaxt?d? ?von joqo zik-zik kard?bin ki, mi hi? ist? umr?d?m joqo s?donim m?s?nibe.
Ksuri ?an? bivotos tars?be. ?q?m rosis bivotim az?n b? dard?d?bim. ?i vahim?yn? h?yvonon qil?y b???m? bark?zi t?r?f sinov hardes vindey?d? h?niy?n ve tars?ymon. ?m? ?y vinde n?znimon, ?mo ov?d? viniy? fiss?s doy qur-qur kardekus ?an? bivotos vahim?yn? yol? h?yvon beys t?xminimon kard?be. B?bol? Ksuri ?vis qil?y yol? ?slan zin?be (bakam?nhejo ?slanbu) b?mis vote:
– Lob?ri peg?t?mon ?igino bis?mon!
– Ne Ksuri,-votime,-lob?ri pem?g?t?mon k?son t?mom?n ok?mon h?niy?n b? diyo bis?mon, b?v?d? ?yo ome nib?nen.
Im sixanonim h?l? oroxniy? nibe ki, nom?hlum? h?yvoni b? b?rk?z r?se i hiy? dorozi mandes vindime. B?st? qiy q?td?m ki, ist?nim itk? qin kard?be. ?nc?x ha ?oko bibu ojn?n b? k?yut d?sim ?okn? ki, tifanqim peq?te ot?sim doy. H?yvon b?pes oqard?y b? sahili t?r?f sinovis harde. ?i tifanqi s?doku sahil?d? ros ?bi? v?hsiy? s?don b? s? d?gande mumkun ni. Joqo ?id? ki, ?imr?y h?yvonon ist? umr?d? tifanq? s?doson m?s?ni. Iyo sanqone b? hisk beseyo fik kardey?n joqo lozim ni. B? ruj bese curu?t karde mumkun b?bebu? Imi ?m? ist?n?n zind?nibimon. B? v?hsiy? insonon das d?qine, p?l?nq iy?n b? siri p?nc? d?se kam? tars nibe.
?mo ?okn? bed?-bibu iyo ya?n co vir?d? ??m? b? sahil besemon lozime, ?unki i til? sin? ovimon mand?nibe. Ksuri, ?q?m ?y va bidom ?i t?nisk? t?r?fo sinov bakarde b? k?no beb?se ov p?ydo b?karde, votise. Mi ojn?n ?nc?x ?y se piyes x?b? sey?d?, b??imi qoros ist? ?b?diy? s?dag?ti niso?d? qil?y c?vobis doy:
– ?q?m ?yo v?hsiy? inson bibu mini baharden, ?mo ti s?lom?t b?mandes.
– Is?t ki jogoy, Ksuri,-votime,-b?v?d? dik?s?n bis?mon, ?q?m b? v?hsiy? insonon ros bo?mon ?voni b?kistemon, b?v?d? n? tini baharden, n??n mini!
Mi b?yim suxari de ??xrim doy. Peso?n ist? bark?zim ?i f?hl?k? jiyo nimand? qil?y d?r?c?d? b? sahili nezim barde, dist?nimon diql? tifanq iy?n diql? ov? qul?mon peq?te ist?nimon b? ov sodoy. B? sahil b? t?nisk? t?r?f d?mandimon sinov harde.
Mi ?i ru jin? t?r?fo ?i v?hsiyon de lotkon hicum kardekuson tars?ym, ?i sahiliku diy?ro be, ist? bark?zi ?i ??so qin nikardem pid?be. ?mo Ksuri qil?y nez? vir?d? ?i sahiliku i mili m?saf?d? ov? vir?s p?ydo kardeku ov? qulonis peq?te ?yo se berd?m ??y das?d? ov? gabon b??imi t?r?f tiles vindime. ??y v?hsiyon s?mand?bun? ?i v?hsiy? h?yvononku tars?bu? Bo mudafi? kardeyo til?ym. Nez omey?d?, ??y dusiku ?i sey ehast? bem vinde. M?hlum be ki, b???m? h?vuson ?mand? qil?y h?yvonis kist?be. ?nc?x im ??m? h?vuson ranq?d? nibe, linqonis?n ve diroz be. ?i joqo qil?y miv?ff?giyy?tku ?m? ha dik?son?n so bimon. ?i j? h?yvoni qujd?n ?an? bivotos l?z?tin bese. ?mo sof b???m? ve so be s?b?b ?i Ksuri sin? ov p?ydo kardes be.
Gulonimon pur karde, ?i h?vusi qujd?d?n qil?ymoni gon?glig duz karde. Peso?n iyo ?i hi? qil? insoni ?s?r-?lom?ti nivindimone bo seyo hozibimon.
?i ru q?viku bes? b?pest?n, ?an k?r?yi bo sin? oviyo b? hisk besimon. I k?r? mast? r?b?d? ?i qil?y yol? barz? vini nav?d? ist?ni muhafiz? kardeyo lob?rimon egande, ?i ovi rosbe ??s kard?bimon. Berd?m ??sonis ?imis? fiz ?vind? Ksuri d?mande hos?-hos? joqo vote:
Diy?bik?n, bi t?p?d? qil?y ?okn? yol? h?yvone hit?. ?v, is?t, b?rk hit?. ?an? ki, ?v peb?ni ?igino se lozime.
Mi b???y nison do? t?r?f diy?kardey?d? h?gig?td?n qil?ymi d?hs?tin? h?yvon vinde. ?v, ?an? bivotos qil?y yol? sirribe. Ist?n?n b? sahili nezi ?bi? ?i qil?y t?p? sogon?d? hit?be.
– Gus egand Ksuri,-votime, b? k?no besi iy?n ?y siko bik?.
?v tars?y:
– Mi ?y bikistim? ?v ki mini b?jiye-b?jiye eb?barde.
Mi h?ni hi? sixani nivot?y b?y s?do nikardem dasparde; peso?n ist? tifanqonimon h?m?m peq?te (se qil?y tifanqimon hesbe). Lap b? yol? qil?y lul? ?i qull? ?v?z?d? di po? silf lozim ?bi? g?d?r?d? se?m? iy?n borutim ekarde. ?mo b? dimin? yol? qull?, b? semin?n penc qil? q?d? qullonim noy. De imin? v?hsiy? h?yvonim b? nison q?te gandime. Mi ??y s?m b? nison q?t?be, ?mo ?v, dist? penc?s ist? ?on?s edo?be, joqo qil?y hol?d? hit?be ki, qull? ??y zinos? b?pe qine ??y ast?s ariste. Dist? s?doyi b? sahat pebe, ojn?n b?z?min qini; peso ojn?n pebe d?mande tile.
?v, ist? umr?d?m nim?s? de qil?y s?do d?mande burr? doy b? sahili dorozi tile. B???y s? jem nizneyku itk? bev?c bim. I d?g? d?nivarde de dimin? tifanqi b? til? h?yvonim ot?s doy. Bi s?f? ist? piy? vir?kum j?be. ?y, hi? s?doy nikard?y b? z?min qini d?mande con doy. Bim?d? Ksuri b? curu?t om?y, b? sahil beseyo iznis piy?y.
– ?ok, bisi,-votime. B? ov eqini; i das?d?s tifanq q?t?be, de i dasi b? sahili t?r?f sinovis harde. B? z?min doroz ?bi? h?yvoni r?s?y tifanqi lul?s b? ??y qusis d?gande iy?n gandise ??y n?f?sis biriy.
B? joqo qil?y h?yvoni g?l?b? karde h?lb?tt? qil?y ?ok? ko be. ?mo ??y qujd hard?nin nibe qoros ?i se atim boruti b? h?d?r seyo h?yf-dog k?sed?bimon. ?mo Ksuri ?okn? bed?-bibu ??yku istifod? kardes pid?be. B? bark?z oqard? b?pest? mikus t?v? piy?y.