പ്രണയകാലം 3

“”Hmt¡ kn foäv “” F¶v f_pbXn WÂNn i^n Hmcohn tbmNmWpÅ S¿ms_Xp¸nt`¡p Wo§n .gk_nsâ S\p¸n Wn¡pt¼mjpw AWpbf]psX HmÀ½NÄ IqXpÅ HmÀfNam]n fWhnt`s¡¯p¶p*v A]mapsX .””FWn¡v Ss¶ Cãfm\v , sF `kv ]p “” F¶pw b_ªp At§m«v Ct§m«pw tWm¡n B^pfnsöv D_¸p k^p¯n AWpbf]psX Nknan sbs«¶v H¶v D½ sk¨n«v HmXn tbm] hz´w ^qbkpw , hvSÏ]m]pw A`vbw Wm\t¯msX B^pw N*nsöp D_¸m¡n fpOw Smjv¯n bp©n^n¡p¶ AWpbf]pw. Npan¨p sNm*n^ns¡ bj] {b\]Nm`w A]msa sWm¼^s¸Xp¯n .i^n bSnkv tbms` Hmcohn F¯n . Np_¨p hf]w Njnªt¸mÄ AWpbf]psX sftÊKv ko*pw k¶p .””Ft¸mÄ Nm\m³ bäpw””””CuskWnwPv ? “” i^n f_pbXn WÂNn…f_p S`¡Â At¸mtj¡pw AWpbf ssX¸nwPv SpX§n]n^p¶p .””Hmt¡…H^p Wm`p f\n¡v k^mtfm ? , Mm³ sshän F¯mw “” AWpbf sftÊKv A]¨p .””Hmt¡..Mm³ hSognsâ H¸w F¯mw “” i^n sftÊKv A]¨p sh¡âpNÄ¡p DÅn i^n]psX tcm¬ lÐn¨p . AWpbf B]n^p¶p ASv .i^n NmÄ Aä³Zv sI]vSp sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p .””it`m “” f_p S`¡Â AWpbf]psX NnanWmUw .””B..b_tªmaq fmZw..Hm thm_n AWp B b_]p “” b^n{ef¯n i^n¡p km¡pNÄ bS_n .””i^ns¡s¶ Nm\p¶Sn , hwhm^n¡p¶Sn dp±nfp«v Ds*¦n Sp_¶p b_]q..Mm³ dp²nfp«n¡nà “” AWpbf A`vbw lÐw NW¸n¨m\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sv F¶v A]mÄ¡v– tSm¶n .””sI..sI..F´v dp²nfp«v , A§sW H¶pfnà “” A]mÄ AWpbfs] kngfn¸n¡m³ Wn¶nÃ.””bns¶´nWm Ft¸mjpw km`v tbms` fäk³ , FWn¡v i^nt]mXv fm{Sfm]m\v In`sSms¡ hwhm^n¡mWpÅSv.”” AWpbf Hä lzmh¯n b_ªp .””Hm..ho AWp, Ak³ Fsâ AhnÌâv B\v , A§sW Atkm]vZv sI¿m³ bänà “” i^n b_ªp WnÀ¯n. f_p S`¡Â H^p Wnfngs¯ WnlÐS D*m]n.””ho i^n, C§sWm^p N*p fp«Â Mm³ {bSo£n¨Sà , Np_¨p hf]w Ft¶msXm¸w sg]À sI]vSqsX , Np_¨p tW^w , Ip½m hwhm^n¨p C^n¡mWm]n«v “”AWpbf St¶msXm¯p Np_¨ hf]w In`kjn¡m³ kÃmsS B{Pin¡p¶p*v F¶v i^n¡p tdmVyfm]n.””Hmt¡ Hmt¡..Mm³ Hä]v¡v k^mw , b_ª hf]¯p Ss¶ F¯mw “” F¶v i^n f_pbXn WÂNn.””Sm¦v ]p i^n…Sm¦v ]p shm f¨v”” AWpbf¡v ht´mgfm]n .i^n A¶v hSognsW N*p Nm^y§sams¡ b_ªp . AWpbf SWn¡p fp³ b^nI]fpÅ Bams\¶pw. bj] hpir¯p Bs\¶pw . bj] t{bfkpw bn^n]`pw H¶pw knlUfm]n b_ªnsæn`pw i^n H^p hqIW hSognWp hwhm^¯n`qsX WÂNn]n^p¶p. A¶v sskNo«v SmsWmä¡v sshän tbm]vtNmamw F¶pw i^n hSognsWV^n¸n¨p.