'Musungo Wechipiri Wemukomana Weimba'; nyaya pfupi naWatcharawan

Mushandi weimba Ploi

'Ploi! Plop!'……. 'Ploi? Mhoro, mumwe munhu anofanira kuvhura gedhi! Motokari iri pano!' 

Mudzimai wepamba akashevedzera kuna Ploi apo kurira kwakamira. Ploi akadonhedza zvigero zvebindu palawn ndokumhanyira kugedhi rebindu. Boka rembwa dzepamba rakamutangira. Imbwa yomutungamiri yakasvika pasuwo pakutanga pamberi pembwa; akanga ari werudzi rweEurope uye akanga akareba uye akasimba. Imbwa diki dzeThai dzakamhanya dzichitevera kunokwazisa tenzi wadzo.

Vaida kuratidza kufara kuti muridzi akanga adzoka, kuti vakanga vaita basa ravo rembwa asipo uye vaichengeta imba yacho zvakanaka. Ploi akavhura gedhi achibva avhara akananga kuseri kwemota kuti mutts asangane nembwa dzegenteel dzaivamo.

Muridzi wemba akabuda, akakwazisa imbwa senguva dzose, uye ipapo dzimwe imbwa dzaifara idzo dzakamirira neshungu nokuda kwechikamu chadzo mukupuruzira. Ipapo akabvunza Ploi, sezvaaisiita mazuva ose, "Wakagadzirira chirairo chegwai zvakanaka here?" "Zvirokwazvo, changamire," akapindura Ploi, dzimwe nguva achigutsikana, dzimwe nguva achizengurira pamusoro pemhando yenyama yakachengeterwa imbwa. Nyama yacho yaimbonaka zvekuti Ploi aitodya ega….

'Gadzirira mupfudze wemaruva angu, Ploi!' Baba vanga vasati vazvitaura uye makanzwa Mai vachidana vari muimba yokubikira kuti 'Ploi, Ploi, kurumidza kuuya kuno…' Baba vakajekesa neruoko kuti Ploi aifanira kukurumidza. Vana vakatogezeswa nekupfekedzwa vabva kuchikoro votamba mubindu. Mai Rozi vaive negotwe repamba apa ndokuenda kunotamba naye mubindu. Ploi muchivande uye neshungu akamutarisa ndokurota… ..

Rose

Rose aiva nemakore 14 asi akakura kuva musikana akanaka. Ploi aivewo mudiki: makore gumi nemanomwe. Akachimbidza kuita basa raainge apiwa nalandlady. Uye akanga asati apedza apo tenzi wemba akamudana kumaruva. Ploi aifanira kumwaya mvura nefetereza pamiti yese, kusanganisira inodhura zvakanyanya. Ipapo mushandi wepamba aifanira kuvhura gedhi nokukurumidza zvikuru kuti hanzvadzi yasaimba yakauya kuzoshanya nemotokari yayo ipinde. 

Nenguva isipi, 'Kukudzwa Kwake' akapinda mubindu ndokuwana zvigero zvebindu patsangadzi; akatanga kupopotera Ploi. Akanga amboudza mushandi wepamba wacho zvinonzwika uye zvakajeka kuti aiva nengozi kumuduku wacho. Ploi akanga akatsikitsira pasi paakanongedzerwa. Nekuti pamwe vana vangadai vakakuvara ndokubatwa tetanus….

Hungu, mamiriro ekushanda akanga akabatikana. Iwe waifanira kushandira vanhu vazhinji panguva imwe chete, uye vobva vagadzira racket rakadaro. Zvakamushatirisa zvekuti akafunga kukanzura. Asi chitarisiko chakajeka chaRose, miromo yakazara nemhino inotapira zvakamudzikamisa. Nekuda kwaRose aiita kurumanisa mazino oshingirira.

Mubiki Somnuk

Ploi paakapfuura nepakicheni ine zvigero zvebindu, mubiki Somnoek akamugutsurira musoro ainyatsoratidza manzwiro aaiita nezvemushandi wemba. Izvozvo zvakaita kuti Ploi anyare. "Muto rudzii watiri kunwa nhasi?" anobvunza zvine mutsa asi zviri kure. “Ndichakuisira ndiro yakazara. Unowana mamwe, asi iwe chete,' akadaro zvine ruremekedzo. 

Usazvisundidzire kudaro, Ploi akafunga. Akatarisa nekusemburwa pachiso chidiki chakanyura nemeso edatya akaturikidzana emudhara Somnuk ane makore makumi maviri nemashanu. Aigara achimubira chikafu chekutanga.

Ploi anobva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweThailand. Vabereki vake varimi uye ane vanun’una vanomwe. Ari wechitanhatu pamba. Akauya kuBangkok kuzove mutyairi. Kuhofisi yebrokerage vakabvunza kuti akanga ava nenguva yakadii achityaira motokari. Paakapindura chokwadi kuti akanga asina kumbobvira atyaira motokari, vakamuseka ndokumugadzika semushandi uye murimi wemubindu nemhuri iyi. Aiwa, kutyaira kwakanga kusingabvumirwi, asi aibvumirwa kugeza motokari uye akaita basa iri nemazvo chaizvo. Iwe unofanirwa kushanda nenzira yako zvishoma nezvishoma, handiti?

Mushure memwedzi mitatu yebasa, aive achiri mushandi wepamba, mushandi wemugadheni uye nekuwacha mota, asi ... aibvumidzwa kubata maoko aRose uye aivhara maziso ake zvinoyevedza. Ah, danho rokutanga rakatorwa!

Ploi haana kana mari. Muhoro wake we300 baht akaperera pahembe uye hapana chaaikwanisa kuchengetedza. Mukupesana, aifanira kukwereta mari kuna Rose uye nokuda kwechikafu chokuwedzera akaedza kufadza Somnuk. Akawana chikafu chekuwedzera uye dhizeti kubva kwaari uye Somnoek akaratidza kuti aida zvakawanda naye, asi zvakamutyisa zvishoma….

Nziyo dzevanhu idzo...

Husiku ihwohwo Somnuk akafamba akapfeka tauro rake rokugezera achienda kuimba yokugezera mudzimba dzevashandi. Asi nokuda kwezvikonzero zvisina kujeka, akapfuura nesuo iroro ndokupinda mumba momushandi. Ploi akarara pamubhedha achiridza muridzo rwiyo rwechivanhu. Somnuk muhombe, akarembera akamurumbidza zvakanyanyisa panziyo dzake uye Ploi akaridza muridzo mumwe uye mumwe uye….

Mangwana acho Rose akachema haana kuzotarisa Ploi zvakare. Ukuwo Somnuk akaimba rwiyo rwekupedzisira nezuro ndokurongedza zvinhu zvavo zvese mubhegi. Pasina kubvunzana, akaenda kuna Mai naVaMr. uye akasiyawo basa akamiririra Ploi kuti adzokere kumba kwavo kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva.

Kuna Isani

Vari munzira Ploi akati kuna Somnuk 'Warasika njere zvino here? Ndaisada kukanzura zvachose. Sei uchidaro? Handina kana cent dzvuku. Tinofanira kurarama nei?' Somnuk akanyemwerera achidada. "Ndine mari kupfuura Rose, tarisa, zviuru zviviri zvebhaht." Akamuratidza. Uye Ploi akafara zvakare. Haa, zvino takapfuma! Ndine rombo rakanaka, handichafanira kushanda semushandi. Zviuru zviviri zvebhaht; simba!

Ploi akatarisa Somnuk ndokufunga nezveramangwana ravo pamwe chete. Somnuk aingova nehanzvadzi imwe chete uye akanga achangobva kufa. Vabereki vake vese vainge vachembera saka vaisafanira kuchengeta munhu kwenguva yakareba. Zvese zvavaiwana vaigona kuzvichengeta. Somnuk akafara uye aitaridzika zvakanaka. Unogona, kana uine rombo rakanaka.

'Baba! Amai!' Somnuk akafona ari kure ndokumhanya kunosangana nevabereki vake. Vabereki vekare vaisvuura mashanga eshenjere. Somnuk akakotama achivakwazisa. Ploi akaramba achinyara uye achitya ari kure.

"Uyu murume wangu!" Aya ndiwo maziviro akaita Somnuk Ploi kuvabereki vake. 'Haasi munhu akanaka here? Zvakanaka, handizvo here? Anogona kutora nzvimbo yemukoma wangu mumunda wemupunga kuti tikurumidze kubhadhara zvikwereti zvedu zverendi.'

Kunobva: Kurzgeschichten aus Thailand. Dudziro nekugadzirisa Erik Kuijpers. 

Munyori Watcharawan; zita remanyepo raDr Sitha Pinitpuwadol, 1932. Purofesa/mudzidzisi/muturikiri French paRamkamhaeng University muBangkok. Anonyora nyaya pfupi, kunyanya mumakore ekuma60. Nyaya dzake ndedzevanhu vekwaIsaan vanoenda kuBangkok kunoshanda uye kazhinji vanowira pasi pekunyengedzera kwavo.