| ASYA: |
(aside)
Very pity. I lost the young man! |
| GULCHOHRA:
|
Father,
I’m too young to marry. |
| SULTAN
BAY: |
It
is high time for you. You aren't à child, are
you? You know and under stand everything. I
marry you to à young man, he is à merchant,
and has much riches and à lot of money... |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Father,
do not be angry, I’ll not marry. |
|
SULTAN
BAY:
|
(kindly)
There now, don’t be silly. I promised the matchmaker
and he went away. |
| ASYA: |
(aside)
Thank God, the guy was à matchmaker. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
No,
father, I don’t want to marry. |
| SULTAN
BAY: |
Well,
well, don’t be affected. I know that you are
happy in the depth of your heart. |
| GULCHOHRA:
|
No,
father, it's my true word. I don’t want to marry.
You can kill me if you want, but don’t marry
me off. |
| SULTAN
BAY: |
I
see you speak seriously. (Íå shouts loudly),
what silly words are you saying? How do
you dare to say that you don’t want to marry?
Do you want to stay and to grow old in this
house? |
| GULCHOHRA: |
(cries)
I don’t want to marry. |
| SULTAN
BAY: |
(more
loudly) For God' s sake, don’t be òàñÈ How
do you dare to speak? Your father wants to marry
you, your duty is to obey him. |
| ASYA: |
Certainly,
Gulchohra, what father says, you must listen
to him. If he marries you, your duty is to obey
him. So there must not be any refusal. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Father,
kill me, but don’t marry me off. |
| ASYA: |
How
do you dare to speak so? |
| SULTAN
BAY: |
I
ask you, don’t be stupid! I marry you to çèñÜ
à man, who can be found no more and nowhere.
What do you think? |
| GULCHOHRA: |
You
marry off Asya, and let me stay at home. |
| SULTAN
BAY: |
Don’t
speak nonsense. If somebody wants to marry Asya,
I’ll marry her off, too. You are wanted, so
I must marry you off first. |
| ASYA: |
Surely,
it must be so. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
I
don’t want to marry. |
| SULTAN
BAY: |
It's
not your business. You can’t do that. You' ll
marry. Your father orders, so you must do that.
If you don’t obey, I’ll nail your ears to the
wall. |
|
Gulchohra
cries... silence. Sultan bay walks back and
forth angrily. After some time he says softly.
|
