| GULCHOHRA: |
Is it you, or
is it à dream? |
| ASKAR: |
It’s me! It’s
me, Gulchohra, be sure! |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Do you see what they have done to me? If you were à little late, I’d commit suicide. How could you come
here? If they see you here, they can kill you.
If there is à chance let’s run away... (She
drags him). |
| ASKAR: |
Where must we run from our own house? |
| GULCHOHRA: |
(in amazement) What are you saying? Whom does
this house belong to? |
| ASKAR: |
This is my house, and now it will be yours. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
I understand absolutely nothing. Who abducted me? |
| ASKAR: |
My people did. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
But I thought the people of that merchant fellow who
my father had married me off abducted me. |
| ASKAR: |
Surely, it’s so. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Again I don’t understand. By God' s sake, explain to
me what does this trick mean? |
| ASKAR: |
(laughs)
Listen Gulchohra, I’m the cloth-peddler, who
fell in love with you, and I’m also the merchant
whom your father wanted to marry you off. On
purpose I became arshin malchi to look for à girl, at last
I found you, and asked for you. And your father
gave you to me. But your father didn’t know
that I was that cloth-peddler, because he had
not seen him before. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
You, cruel man, didn’t you pity me? I suffered so much.
My father was going to kill me. I was going
to commit suicide. (She amorously) If
I knew, I’d not love you... |
| ASKAR: |
But the thing is, our joy sweeps away all the torment
and suffering, isn't it so, my dear Gulchohra? |
| GULCHOHRA: |
That’s right. |
| ASKAR: |
All right, let’s search the rooms and find my aunt. |
|
They go to another room
At this moment Sultan
bay enters
|
| SULTAN BAY: |
By God, it’s my
father's soul. It couldn't bear, I decided to
come and see. God forbid, I was afraid Gulchohra
could do any harm by chance. (Íå looks around). But where are they? Íåó! Is there anybody
here? |
|
Askar
enters
|
