Akharin chizi ke be yad miavard in bod ke hamsarash gofteh bod ke nan bekharad va o ham be donbal e kharid e nan rafteh bod.

vali hala hameh chiz tarik bod va boyeh nam va khak tamam e mohit ra por kardeh bod. be atrafeh khod negah kard ama hich namitavanest bebinad. zaef e shadidi ra dar pahayash hess mikard va sarash be shedad dard mikard.

Ba khod fekr mikard ke chegoneh inja amadeh ast! va inja kojast? be balaye sareh khod negah kard va daricheh e kochaki ra did ke az on nor e besyar kami be daron miamad.dar an lahzeh bod ke motevajjeh shod ke dar daron e godali oftadeh ast.

Faryad zad" komak, komak, man inja gir kardeh am", ama hich sedayi nashenid. Dobareh faryad keshid" komakam konid, man dar in godal oftadeh am." in bar sedaye payi ra shenid ke be daricheh ye godal nazdik mishod. Az sedaye paha mitavanest tashkhis dahad ke in sedayeh payeh yek mard ast. vaghti mard be sar e godal resid dobareh faryad keshid" lotfan komakam konid, man dar inja gir kardeh am va pahayam be shedad dard mikonand." mard e balaye godal khandeh ei kard va ba sedayi khoshk goft:" jayat khobast, khoda ro shokr kon ke be dast e mirza nadadeh am at." Va baed ba tamam e khonsardi az anja dor shod.

mard e daron e godal ke be koli gij shodeh bod az khod porsid:"magar man che kardeh am? mirza kist? mara baraye che dar inja habs kardeh and?!" ama hich javabi baraye soal hayash be zehnash khotor namikard.

Chand daghigheh baed sedayeh pa dobareh be goshash resid ama in bar seda sedayeh paye chand nafar bod. vaghti paha be sar e daricheh nazdic shodand mardi sarash ra payin avard o daron chah faryad zad:" ahay esmet chiyeh?" seda daron e chah pichid va gosh e mard e daron e chah ra azar dad. mard sar bala kard o goft:"esmeh man morteza ast, mara chera into andakhtid?""

mard e dovom bar royeh zano hayash neshast o be darone chah negahi andakht. Morteza mitonest chehreh e chorokideh va cheshman e dorosht e mard ra bebinad.

mard kami dirgar be daron e chah khireh shod ta betavanad morteza ra behtar bebinad va baed goft:" jaye badtari ra barayat dar nazar gerfteh bodam ama be khatereh pedarat be to rahm kardam! rasti chera dorogh migoyi? esmeh to amir ast, khob mish nasamat." va baed sedayeh tarahom amizi az khod dar avard o bar royeh bahayash eistad.

Morteza ke kamelan gij shodeh bod, chikeh haye dorosht e aragh ra ke bar poshtash mirikhtand ra ba dasthaye larzanash pak kard o goft:" darbareh ye che chizi harf mizanid? pedar man salhast ke mordeh ast! man che chizi be shoma bedeh karam?! chera ba man intor mikonid?"

Yeki az mardan khandeh ye sangini kard o goft:" khob khodat ra be mosh mordegi zadeh ei ama namitavani mara farib bedahi, chehreh at ra kamelan be khater daram. In khodeh to bodi ke madar e man ra az ghoseh koshti va pedaram ra bad bakht kardi."

Dard e sareh morteza bish tar o bish tar mishod, va hesi az giji hamrah ba vahshat vojodash ra por kardeh bod. onghadr vahshat dar daronash khaneh kardeh bod ke be koli az dard e pahayash faramosh kardeh bod.

Morteza bareh digar sar boland kard va in bar ba sedayi por az eltemas goft:" man namidanam shoma az che chizi harf mizanid, man yek kargar e sadeh am ke yek hamsar va do farzand daram. Al"an ham anha montazer e manand ke barayeshan nan bebaram. man pedar e shoma ra namishenasam va be hich kas bad nakardeh am!."

yeki az mard ha moshti khak bardasht va be daron e chah andakht va goft:" shayad in yadat biyavard ke ke hasti va che be roz e pedareman avardi" va baed hamegi az chah dor shodand va morteza ra ke bar asar e khak haye daron e chah be sakhti mitavanest nafas bekeshad ba yek alamat e soal tanha gozashtand.

boyeh nam e daron e chah be sakhti morteza ra azar midad va nafas keshidan ra barayash sakht kardeh bod. morteza bar royeh zamin e namnak o sardeh chah neshast be divareh ye geliyi ash tekyeh dad. Be zan o bacheh ash fekr mikard ke al"an montazer e o hastand va inke vaghti motevajjeh ye nabodesh beshand che be sareshon khahad omad. ba khodesh ferk mikard ke aya hich vaght dobareh mitoneh be cheshm haye mazlomeh bache hash negah koneh va ba negah e por az mohabat e zanash gham e zendegi ro faramosh konad?!

ba khodash migoft baed az man ki be zan o bacheh hayam mireseh? be sar e anha che miayad?

pahayash sost o bi hess shodeh bodand va dard e sarash har lahzeh bish tar va bish tar mishod. Havayeh chah namnak, gerfteh, va khak alod bod va morteza nafas hayash be shomareh oftadeh bod.

khorshid be balayeh daricheh yeh chah omadeh bod va chah ra roshan tar kardeh bod, engar delash be haleh tanhayi yeh morteza sokhteh bod.

morteza negahi be pahayeh lams ash kard va tazeh motevajjeh shod ke az pahayash darad khon miyad va kaf e chah az khon por shodeh ast.

digeh nafas hayash bala nami amad va teshnegi be sakhti bar o ghalabeh kardeh bod. digar tavan e harkat nadasht va har lahzeh ba dard migozasht.

morteza sar be sineh ye chah gozasht o cheshm haye khasteh ash ra dar siyahiyeh chah baraye hamishe bast....

 nevisandeh: farzaneh mariani