Amerikali yazar, besteci ve gezgin Paul Bowles’un dogum yil donumu (30 Aralik 1910)
“Yine aylar gecmiş, Col'e gidebilecek parayi hala biriktirememisler. Gumus liralari saklamislar, cunku ucu de Targui'ye asikmis. Huzunleri de surup gidiyormus. Gunun birinde, 'Bizim sonumuz boyle gelecek,' demisler. 'Hep uzgun kalacagiz ve Col'de cay icemeyecegiz. Demek ki hemen gitmeliyiz oraya.Paramız olmasa da'. Ellerindeki butun paralari birlestirmis, gumus liralari bile katmis, bir caydanlik, bir tepsi ve uc bardak satin almislar, kalaniyla da El Golea'ya otobus bileti almislar. Pek az paralari kalmis. Onu da son kurusuna kadar, kervaniyla guneye giden bir bakamar'a vermisler. Adam buna karsilik onlarin kervanina katilip develere binmelerine izin vermis. Bir aksam, gunesin batmasina yakin, kocaman kumullarin oraya varmislar. 'Iste Col'e geldik,' diye dusunmusler. 'Cayi yapalim.' Ay dogmuş, butun erkekler uykuya yatmis, bir tek nobetci kalmis. O da develerin yaninda oturuyor, kavalini caliyormuş." Ismail parmaklarini agzina goturup oynatti. "Utka, Mimuna ve Aysa, ellerinde tepsi, caydanlık ve bardaklarla, sessizce kervandan uzaklasmislar. Col'un tumunu gorebilmek icin en yuksek kumulu arayacaklarmis. Caylarini da o zaman yapacaklarmis. Uzun sure yurumusler. Utka, 'Yuksek bir kumul goruyorum,' demis. Oraya yuruyup tepesine tirmanmislar. Mimuna, 'Ben surada bir kumul goruyorum, o bizimkinden cok daha yuksek.Oradan ta In Salah'a kadar olan alani gorebiliriz.' demis. Oraya gitmisler ama tepeye tirmandiklarinda Aysa, 'Bakin!' demis, 'Iste en yuksek kumul. Tamanrasseti'i bile gorebiliriz oradan. Targui'nin yasadigi yer orasi!' Gunes dogmus, onlar yurumeyi surdurmusler. Ogle oldugunda ortalik cok fazla sicak olmus ama kumula varmislar, tepeye dogru tirmanmislar, tirmanmislar. Doruga varinca, cok yorgun olduklarini hissetmisler. 'Once biraz dinlenelim, sonra cayi yapariz,' demisler. Uyumadan once tepsiyi caydanligi ve bardaklari ortaya cikarip hazirlamislar. Sonra uzanıp uyumuslar. Daha sonra. ‘Ismail susup Port'a bakti. Gunler sonra oradan baska kervan geciyormuş, adamin biri en yuksek kumulun tepesinde bir seyler gormus. Ne olduguna bakmak icin oraya tirmanmis. Utka, Mimuna ve Aysa’yı bulmus. Hala orada, uykuya daldiklari andakinden farksiz bicimde yatiyorlarmis. Her uc bardak da.’ ısmail kendi Cay bardagini havaya kaldirip gosterdi. ‘kumlarla doluymuş. Iste böyle içmişler Col’de caylarini.” Esirgeyen Gokyuzu
“Many months go by, and still they can’t earn enough money to go to the Sahara. They have kept the silver pieces, because all three are in love with the Targui. And they are always sad. One day they say: ‘We are going to finish like this-always sad, without ever having tea in the Sahara-so now we must go anyway, even without money.’ And they put all their money together, even the three silver pieces, and they buy a teapot and a tray and three glasses, and they buy bus tickets to El Golea.And there they have only a little money left, and they give it all to a bachhamar who is taking his caravan south to the Sahara. So he lets them ride with his caravan. And one night, when the sun is going to go down, they come to the great dunes of sand, and they think: ‘Ah, now we are in the Sahara; we are going to make tea.’ The moon comes up, all the men are asleep except the guard. He is sitting with the camels playing his flute.” Smail wriggled his fingers in front of his mouth. “Outka, Mimouna and Aicha go away from the caravan quietly with their tray and their teapot and their glasses. They are going to look for the highest dune so they can see all the Sahara. Then they are going to make tea. They walk a long time. Outka says: ‘I see a high dune,’ and they go to it and climb up to the top. Then Mimouna says: ‘I see a dune over there. It’s much higher and we can see all the way to In Salah from it.’ So they go to it, and it is much higher. But when they get to the top, Aicha says: ‘Look! There’s the highest dune of all. We can see to Tamanrasset. That’s where the Targui lives.’ The sun came up and they kept walking. At noon they were very hot. But they came to the dune and they climbed and climbed. When they got to the top they were very tired and they said: ‘We’ll rest a little and then make tea.’ But first they set out the tray and the teapot and the glasses. Then they lay down and slept. And then” -Smail paused and looked at Port- “Many days later another caravan was passing and a man saw something on top of the highest dune there. And when they went up to see, they found Outka, Mimouna and Aicha; they were still there, lying the same way as when they had gone to sleep.And all three of the glasses,” he held up his own little tea glass, “were full of sand. That was how they had their tea in the Sahara.”
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