| SULTAN BAY: |
Good! Very good! Íåó, you, Askar!
Oh, what à trickster you
are! (Suddenly he remembers) Well, balam, but
where is your aunt? Say honestly, was she your
aunt, or was that à trick, too? |
| ASKAR: |
No, she is really my aunt. |
| SULTAN BAY: |
She is à widow, isn't she? |
|
Íå
is glad
|
| ASKAR: |
Yes, she is. She
is à widow. |
| SULTAN BAY: |
Call her here.
Let me marry her! |
| ASKAR: |
Let her come!
I don’t mind. Gulchohra, please, call my aunt. |
|
Gulchohra leaves
|
| SULTAN BAY: |
Let her ñîme. I’ll marry
her! She is à widow and I’m
à widower. And the doctor advised
me to have à wife. I think
if the doctor had seen the aunt, he would have
advised her also to have à husband. |
| ASKAR: |
I don’t mind. All
right, you marry, too. Let’s be double - relatives.
Now do you understand what does à double-relative
mean? |
| SULTAN BAY: |
(laughs)
Yes, I understand, you, trickster! |
|
Gulchohra
and Jahan enter
|
| SULTAN BAY: |
(to Jahan) Hallo, come on! Come nearer! You see
what à trickster your nephew is! There now, what do you think?
It depends on one mullah, 3 manats money and
à loaf of sugar. What’s your opinion? I say, let Askar's,
Gulchohra's and our wedding be together. |
| JAHAN: |
I don’t mind. Let
God give his blessing! |
| ALL: |
Amen! Amen! |
| SULTAN BAY: |
Balam, those children are alone at home. They will be
worried. Send your servant to take Asya and
Telli here. |
| ASKAR: |
Just à moment, I’ll go and send him. |
|
Íå
goes out
|
| SULTAN BAY: |
Oh by God, I’m
so glad, I feel young again... (Then he changes
his speech) of course, I’m not so old; I
am like à young man. Mashallah.* |
|
Askar
comes
|
| ASKAR: |
I sent him. |
|
At
this moment Suleyman enters
|
