عدت الآن و قد فات وقت تعديل النص لتعديل بعض الأخطاء الطباعية
DREAM AND DEMON
By / Afeef Al-Hazzami. Taiz,Yemen
Translated by/ Mohammad Noaman Al-Hakimi
Zahra was a beautiful and a highbrow lady who had just married to Dr Nabil . She was brought to live with him in the village . Zahra was besides herself with joy. She had just finished her college years , and looked forward to a rewarding career; side by side with her husband who worked for hospital
there . Thus she had envisaged for herself and had actively aspired for all her past life
Nabil began to work in the city after he finished his obligatory service in the village, leaving his wife behind . He was in the habit of returning back to his village at weekends . Once Zahra asked him to rent a house for them both in the city, so that she might have the opportunity to change her place & work in the city ,but Nabil ignored her proposal which made her more insistent on her demand. The fall- out was that Nabil was unable to evade the issue and revealed his mind to her . He told her that he did not approve of the idea of going to work . He would rather prefer that she stays at home as a housewife
Zahra felt as she had missed a heart-beat due to this inglorious decision and felt extremely upset. She felt as her wings were being clipped. This was followed by a poignant argument that heated up little by little & ended with Nabil belittling his wife and Zahra’s crying and walking out of the room . She couldn’t sleep all the night long . She began to think with regret of the past life, she remembered the day of her betrothal to Nabil whom she didn’t know well. She had learnt that he was a doctor, who had just come from abroad where he was studying medicine and that was all she knew . she accepted him with no much consideration , believing that she would never face problem frustrating their domestic life like this one .Memory of ex-another colleague revived in her mind. That young man fell in love with her & did his best to get close to her
However she treated him with discretion as any other colleague in the college irrespective of the fact that she fell that something strong hauling her to his side.
Nabil was prevailed upon to take her to her father's house. She told her father the story .Then her father tried to work on Nabil to be reasonable & human in his judgment , however her husband perished in his stand
After some time Zahra was sent to her husband's house at her fathers's behest . This came to an end to the cherished dream of Zahra and the future she had all along nursed was shuttered into pieces , with it lay dead all what she had thought of pertaining to woman and her other significant role in society and life as a whole
Zahra returned back home with her husband. In the course of time, they got a baby child and named her Nada
But the treatment she received at the house of her husband worsened day by day .He used to spend long time away from house. Her health deteriorated and she suffered attacks of depression and convulsion on and off
One day her father came to see her .He felt very disturbed to find his daughter changed a lot . she narrated the plight to him and she was therefore brought to her father's place of residence
Her father went to the hospital to find out Nabil and he was told that Nabil was celebrating his honey moon outdoors. The father was extremely put off by this piece of information, particularly when he learnt that Nabil had got married a second time to the hospital manager's daughter. Then he took his address and went there .When he arrived he knocked the door violently and
Nabil came out very furious . What followed crossed all the fundamental of decency culminating in a very depressive outcome for the former wife who lay desolate and rejected begging for an explanation Her father collected so many people and revealed to them such betrayer and treacherous man who was dead to all senses of pity and loyalty