Une sowdust mumusoro mako here? Nyaya pfupi naSila Khomchai

1957 nzara muIsan, yakarambwa neBangkok. 'Hazvinetse' uye 'Isaner vajaira kudya madzvinyu.' Mumakore 1958-1964, dhamu reBhumibol rakavakwa (Hurumende Sarit) uye kunyomba kukuru kwematanda kwakauya pachena. 'Kubira kwematanda' kwakaitika pasi pekutonga kwaPlaek Phibul Songkhram (1897-1964). Mumakore makumi manomwe mhirizhonga nerufu. Munyori akararama mukati memhirizhonga ya1970 ndokutizira kusango. 

Munyori Winai Boonchuay (วินัย บุญช่วย, 1952), zita rechinyoreso Sila Khomchai (Mamwe mashoko); ona tsananguro naTino Kuis: https://www.thailandblog.nl/cultuur/kort-verhaal-familie-midden-op-weg/

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Nyaya (fiction)

Mudiki anodhinda mabharani anoita bongozozo kana achidhinda bepa. Anonzi sowdust head. Nekuda kwekukanganisa kwake, mapikicha evanhu nemhuka anodhindwa pamusoro peumwe neumwe, izvo zvinoburitsa zvisingadiwi. Kunyanya sezvo zvine chekuita neposter yesarudzo yemukomana wemudzvinyiriri wemumunda marshal, mupfumi, ane simba wekumigodhi mukuru wedzinza rekuChina. 

Muchina wokudhinda wakaita ruzha ruviri kana kuti rutatu rwakasiyana rwaidzokororwa zuva rose. Pandiro yekumanikidza, maviri emagetsi ekumanikidza rollers akafamba nekukurumidza kubva kune mumwe nemumwe. Mapepa machena akaiswa kune rimwe divi aidhindwa kune rimwe divi semaposta akaisvonaka. 

Chivako chakaderera chakazadzwa nokunhuhwirira kweinki, parafini, mapepa, uye kumwe kunhuwa kwairatidzira basa raiitwa ipapo. Kupururudza kwakapfava kwomuchina wokudhinda hakuna kushatirisa munhu upi noupi. 

Mukomana wemakore gumi nematatu kana gumi nemana akagara pachigaro aine murwi wakaomarara wemashiti akasimba, asina kudhindwa pakati pemabvi ake. Nemaoko ake akapeta bepa hombe kuita zvikamu gumi nezvitanhatu, chimwe chete papeji imwe neimwe. Akadongorera nekuchimbidza pamusuwo paifamba varume vatatu; vaviri vavo vaiva vakuru vake. Achiona izvi maoko ake akabva atanga kushanda.

'Mungachimbidze kurongeka kwangu here shefu? Ndavaudza kuti vachaiwana svondo rinouya.' Akadaro murume uya akapfeka juzi rakanga rapera simba rakaiswa zvakanaka kuseri kwebhandi rake uye akatakura bhegi redehwe rakanga rasakara. Mumwe wacho akanga akapfeka hembe tsvuku-tsvuku, maoko marefu, ine mabhatani, tai, bhutsu nhema, neshangu dzakakwenenzverwa. “Uh… Zvakanaka, iva nemoyo murefu. Tine basa rakawanda panguva ino.' akagunun'una asingazvisungiri.

"Uri kudhinda chii manje?" akabvunza murume aiva nebriefcase yakanga yasakara. 'Mapepa' nevarume vatatu vakaenda kumuchina wokudhinda. "Ko sei usina kutanga waita basa rangu? Pandakauya neorder mati pane nzvimbo. Handisati ndazviona.'

Basa rinokosha rekumhanyira

“Asi iri ibasa rekumhanya mhanya. Uye kubhadhara mberi nemari. Aive akawanda emabasa emaposter aya asi handina kuita chivindi chekuatora; Ndinotanga ndatarisa kuti ndiani asina kubhadhara nguva yekupedzisira uye vanonyorwa pasi.' akadaro murume wehembe tsvuku tsvuku achinhonga rimwe ramapepa akanga achangobva kudhindwa kuti anyatsotarisisa.

'Hey! Ndiboss wemugodhi mupfumi wekumusha kwangu. Ari kukwikwidza musarudzo here?' Muchinda webriefcase akanga asakara akatambanudza mutsipa wake kuti anyatsoona. 'Unozvida sei? Zvinotaridzika zvakanaka. Chiso chake chinotaridzika zvakanaka. Zviya zvekushongedza zvehumambo pachipfuva chake, handizive kana ndezvechokwadi.'

'Funga kuti ndezvamazvirokwazvo… Kunhuwa uku kwakapfuma zvikuru… Apo field Marshal (*) paakanga achiri musimba, akazadza homwe dzake zvakanaka. Akapa mutarisiri weminda kuti amusimire miti yerabha pasina muripo pazviuru zvishoma zveraii zvenyika, asi akakumbira vose vakamira huni munharaunda yacho semuripo. Raiva sango rakanaka rakazara matanda akaomarara. Zviuru zvemiti yerabha zvakanga zvakakura uye denderedzwa razvo raiva varume vatatu kana vana vakatambanudza maoko. Paiva nemiti yakaomarara uye mamwe marudzi emapuranga. Sango rakatemerwa mhata, rakashama segaro regudo….' Muridzi webriefcase yakanga yasakara akapfira mashoko aya.

Murume wechitatu akanga akapfeka hembe; dumbu rake harina kumbokwana mubhurugwa rake. Haana kuratidza kufarira nhaurirano yacho asi akatarisa muchina wokudhinda unoshanda nomushandisi. Akatarisa-tarisa; rimwe jaya raisuka ndiro dzokutsikirira, murume akafuta aisunda mirwi yepepa, vashandi vaisvuta midzanga pavakanga vakamirira, mumwe mukadzi aisunga mabhuku nomuchina uye mamwe makona akanga apera.

Akafamba achienda kwaiva nemukomana wechidiki akanga achipeta mapepa. Akashongedzwa pamusoro pake, maoko ari kumativi ake, dumbu guru mberi uye nehafu yakashama muromo mukushamisika akatarisa pamaoko ake. 'Aihwa! Hazvina kudaro…!' akachema, kuda kuridza mhere. "Tanga wapeta nepakati...kuruboshwe, ipapo kurudyi...Kwete!" Maoko ake akazviita. Pakupedzisira akavhomora dehwe kubva mumaoko omukomana.

'Hamusi kuona nhamba dzacho? Paunopeta bepa, mapeji anofanira kubva pa1 kusvika ku16, tarisa. Haukwanisi kuverenga here?' Murume wacho akaratidza mukomana wacho maitirwo azvo. Mukomana akatevera maoko emurume uyu nemaziso asinganzwisisi, kuita sekuti njere dzake hadzina kudavira. Ipapo paakada kupeta bepa semurume aive asisagone.

'Aiwa, ingoteerera. Saka… nenzira iyi. ”… Akasimbisa shoko rose. Bepa raive mumaoko emukomana rakatenderera rakapetwa, rakaunyana.

Sawdust mumusoro mako?

'Chii chiri kukunetsa? Une sowdust mumusoro mako here? Tarisa, vose vakarasika.' Akatora basa rakanga rapera ndokuriongorora. Mukomana akabva achenuruka. 'Kupambadza kwakadini! Wave nevhiki uri pano, asi zvinoita sekunge hapana chaunokwanisa kuita. Chii chatingaite kuti boka iri rehupfungwa dzemasaha riite?' Maziso ake airatidza kukwidibira, izwi rake raityisa richishoshoma. Mukomana akavhunduka ndokukwenya makumbo.

"Usapeta chero chinhu zvakare. Rega mumwe munhu azviite. Enda unorongedza mabhuku. Bvisa murwi wakashata. Ibenzi rakadini! Nezuro ndakamuti atenge mupunga wakakangwa nesoya soy uye ndawana svikiro rakakangwa nezai!' akagunun'una murume mukobvu. Mukomana akawedzera kugwinha gwinha kuita seaida kuhwanda kubva kumashoko asingafadzi aya. 

Sei izvi zvisiri nyore sekudyara zviyo kumwe kuLoei? Gomba muvhu, kanda mhodzi nhatu kana ina worovera jecha pamusoro. Unomirira mvura kuti iuye. Mashizha anobuda pamusoro pevhu anoyevedza akasvibira...

'Murume akaunganidza mari yekuvhura mugodhi. Akatengesa simbi zviri pamutemo uye zvisiri pamutemo. Akapfuma kwazvo, hapana ane hanya naye,' murume akanga aine bhegi rakanga rasakara akaenderera mberi kune rumwe rutivi rwenzvimbo yebasa.

Ndine masawdust mumusoro mangu here? Mukomana wechidiki akafunga izvi akabata mapepa akawanda mumaoko. Mudzidzisi wepachikoro akandinyomba uye akambotaura kuti kundibatsira kwakanga kwakaoma kupfuura kukweva muti nekorona. Amai havanawo tsitsi; vakabva vandidzinga pamba sekuru pavakangoti vachandidzidzisa kuti ndozviraramisa sei. Ndinosuwa mutt wangu; anomudyisa ndiani manje? Anofanira kubata madzvinyu kuti adyezve here? Kuzvidya mwoyo uye kushushikana zvakazadza musoro wake. Zvakamuwedzera kuvhiringika. Pamwe huwandu hwemasawdust hwakanga hwawedzera uye hwaiwedzera kurema mumusoro make?  

Makopi makumi matatu ari musumbu. Ita mitsara miviri woiverenga… Kwete, kwete saizvozvo. Isa gumi neshanu musana parutivi. Peta kureba uye wodzvanya pano… Wotora humwe hurefu wodzvanya…'. Mukobvu akamuratidzazve kurongedza. Inzwi rake nemaitiro zvakatowedzera kuodza mwoyo mukomana wacho. 'Peta pasi kuita katatu…Tarisa, zvakati nezvakati…. Edza kubvisa mamwe masaha ari mumusoro mako.'

Mukomana akanonoka ndokutevera zviito zvake nechido. Akaisa zvakanaka mapepa akarambwa akanga ashandiswa pakudhinda kwekutanga. Multicolored sheets. Kudhinda kwakadzokororwa kwakanga kwatungamirira kumavara asina kunaka. Mifananidzo yakamhanya pamusoro peumwe neumwe. Unotemwa nemusoro kubva pazviri. “Verenga mabhuku woisa pasi. Peta bepa rekupeta zvakasimba….”

"Murume uyu, ane mukana here?" Vakadaro shefu wehembe dzvuku vakabvunza murume aive nebriefcase yakanga yasakara. “Anohwina zviri nyore. Ane simba mumatunhu iwayo nevateveri vakawanda zvekuti vanowirana. Anotenga simba nemipiro. Kunyange mubati anozvikudza zvikuru.' 'Aha! vakaridza tsamwa ndokutura befu shefu.

Mukomana akaenderera mberi nebasa rake. Murume mukobvu akanga atiza uye akanga ave kupora kubva muchirango chiya chisingaregi. Akangotarisa bepa rega rega. Panguva iyi yokudhinda, zviverengero zvose nemavara ose akadhindwa pamusoro perimwe airatidzika kuva anobvisa kutsamwa kwake.

Chiitiko chaive pasi chaipo pechitsikiro chaiva munda weuswa. Akaona nyati dzemumvura nemiti yemichindwe. Ruvara rwavo rwakanga rwakaita grey-brown kana kusvuuka girinhi nekuti mufananidzo wepamusoro waive mudungwe wezvivakwa zvakakwirira. Achiitenderedza akaona mwenje wemagetsi. Zvimwe zvikamu zvakanga zvisina kunyatsojeka. Akaisa pfungwa dzake panyati yemumvura. Mai vake vaishanda nenyati dzemumvura nemumunda wemupunga uye aivasuwa zvikuru. Musoro wake wakanga wakazara nesadza sewake here?

Mufananidzo usina kupfeka

Papepa rinotevera munda. Hapana carp ipapo. Mumwe munhu asina kupfeka akanga akarara nemanhede pasi pemuti waiva nemumvuri. Yaiita kunge peji yepakati pemagazini iyo Sekuru vakaviga pasi pepiro yavo. Mufananidzo uri mublue. Yaivawo nemufananidzo wemunhurume, chipfuva chake chakazara menduru, uye mabhii matema pamusoro. Mukomana akaverenga tsamba netsamba, zvishoma nezvishoma, sokunge ari kuperetera. VOTARIRA…. Mukadzi akashama akagara pakati petsiye dzake.

“Dzimba dzekubhejera… mahure… Ari mune zvese. Kubva kune akajairwa 'chink' (**) akave sahwira akapfuma wemugodhi, svina bastard. Tarisa uone mufananidzo waakasarudzira poster yesarudzo; chiso chake chakamanikana segwara rejecha.' Muridzi webriefcase yakanga yasakara akanga achiri kutaura nezvemufananidzo waiva paposter.

Mabhuku akanga zvino azara mumasquare blocks. Mukomana akaita murwi mukuru wazvo. Akanga asati amboita izvi uye rakanga riri basa rakaoma. Pepa rekupedzisira rakarambwa rakanga rakaita seposta yebhaisikopo reThai. Akanyatso kurangarira mutambi wemuThai Soraphong (***) aine pfuti muruoko rwake. Ndiani angave gamba iroro? 

Akaedza kutsvaga chiso chake, asi chaive chakavigwa pasi pemusoro, bvudzi dema nebrillantine, yemurume aive nemamenduru aive nemazwi anoti VOTE FOR ... PARTY ichipenya. Akaona makumbo aive akaumbwa zvakanaka zvakamunetsa kuti ndeaani, Charuni kana kuti Sinjai, akaona mirwi yemabhengi pamhino yemurume uyu nepfuti yaSoraphong yaaiita seainanga pahuma pemurume uyu.

Mukomana akanzwa kurerukirwa. Basa rake idzva rakafamba zvakanaka. Kuona maposter emufirimu kwakamufadza. Akafunga nezvese mafirimu eThai aakanga aona. Gamba raigara riri murwi, munhu anehunhu, akazvipira uye aiyemurwa nevose. Aive atorota basa se…

"Vanokwikwidzana naye vachapenga," akadaro murume wehembe tsvuku-tsvuku. "Hongu, uye vese Thais futi." Murume aiva nebriefcase yakanga yasakara akabvuma. Murume mukobvu akadongorera kuti aone kana zvinhu zvose zvakanga zvafamba zvakanaka zvino; akadzokera kumukomana uye akanzwa tension zvakare. Akabva awedzera kuverenga nhamba dzacho. 

Akanzwa kufara zvino. Vaigona kutarisa humbowo nguva nenguva uye vakamuratidza nyaya dzakavanzwa. Pfungwa dzake dzakapfuura kuzara kwechivako chiya. Mapepa iwayo ndidzo chete shamwari dzaaiva nadzo ikoko, kunyange zvazvo dzakanga dzisiri imbwa yake inorarama nedzvinyu; mapepa aya aidhindwa nemuchina wokudhinda kuti aedze kunaka kweingi nemapikicha uye aitora zvisaririra zveparafini zvakasara pashure pokuchenesa mavara aishandiswa.

"Ndinoda kuziva, mukati memoyo wangu, kuti hurongwa hwake hwave hupi iye zvino kuti anoda tsamba iyoyo pachake....." akadedera mukuru weimwe fekitari.

Maoko ake akadedera zvishoma paakaisa pasi bepa idzva rekuputira. Chivako chine tsvina chakamutadzisa kutarisa denga rebhuruu uye nhokwe yegirini. Akanga akanyura mukutinhira kwemichina uye mukufunganya kwake. Asi pasinei naizvozvo, haana kukwanisa kudzvinyirira kunyemwerera.

Mufananidzo iwoyo wakadhindwa wakanga wakajeka kwazvo zvokuti hapana chaigona kutsanangurwa. Chaiita sechidhindwa chakaitwa nemaune apo zvese zvakawira panzvimbo. Pakanga pasina kushama kana kufenda. Uye yakataura nyaya inoshamisa. Izvi zvingaitika chaizvoizvo kumunhuwo zvake here? Akairega ichinyura mukati. Pakarepo akaona kubatanidzwa kwenzvimbo yake. Kuseka kwake kwakatora simba; akadzvova nekuseka.

Saka mukati memusoro wake maive mangove mavhu. Uye mukomana ari pamufananidzo…haa, musoro wake wainge watonyanya kuipa. 'Idiot! Uri kusekei, Sawdustbrains? Chii chawawana, Sawdust?' Murume mukobvu akamboratidza kunyumwa asi haana kukwanisa kuzvidzora achibva aridza mhere. Mukomana haana kumira kuseka asi haana kupa mhinduro inobatsira. 

'Musoro wake… iwo…' Mhinduro yakauya inopindirana nekutanga. Muviri wake wakadedera nemanzwiro ake. Mutsindo wacho wakasvika kune rimwe divi repasi pechitoro ndokuvhiringidza varume. Murume aive nebriefcase akatarisa mukomana uya. Matauriro ake asingadzoreki uye kuseka kwaaiita zvaiparira. Murume aive nebriefcase akafunga kuti pane chaikosha achibva aswedera pedyo. Paakaona mufananidzo wacho akabva atanga kuseka.

'Ane honye mumusoro…honye…!' Akaramba achiseka nezvechiitiko ichi chisingadaviriki. Mufananidzo wacho waive nedendere rehonye pakati pemusoro wemurume uye nechepazasi pevhoti yeVOTE FOR…. Vakananaira kusvika vaita bhora. Asi chakanyanya kushamisa ndechekuti mamwe makonye aikambaira nepamusoro pemuromo wake, mumhino nenzeve, achiita kunge chitunha chine chipfuva chainge chakashongedzwa zvakanyanyisa – munhu akafa akavhura maziso nechiso. muhutano hwakakwana.

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Kwakabva: Iyo South East Asia Nyora Anthology yeThai Short Stories uye Nhetembo. Anthology yenyaya pfupi uye nhetembo dzakahwina mubairo. Silkworm Books, Thailand.

Musoro weChirungu 'Sawdust brain uye bepa rekuputira'. Yakaturikirwa, yakagadziridzwa uye yakapfupikiswa naErik Kuijpers. 

(*) 'Fild marshal' anonongedzera kuna Thanom Kittikachorn, mudzvinyiriri kubvira muna 1963 kusvikira kuna 1973, uyo aifanira kusiya chigaro pashure pebongozozo muBangkok pana October 14, 10. Ndiani anorehwa namaChina akapfuma zvirokwazvo haisati yadudzwa, asi nhau yacho. anonongedzera akananga kuPlaek Phibul Songkhram. Iye ndewerudzi rwechiChinese uye akabatanidzwa mukunyomba kwematanda. (Thanks to Tino Kuis.)

(**) Chink; kutuka uye kusarura nguva yekushungurudzwa kwevanhu veChinese uye dzimwe nguva kune vese vekuEast Asia. 

(***) Soraphong Chatree, 1950-2022, mutambi wemuThai firimu. Charuni (Jarunee Suksawat) naSinjai (Sinjai Plengpanich) vakadaro.