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Nikos Kazantzakis
Christos r\u0103stignit a doua oar\u0103
IInstalat \u00een ceardacul s\u0103u, de unde se vede toat\u0103

pia\u0163a satului, aga din Licovrisi bea rachiu \u015fi trage
din ciubuc. Afar\u0103 plou\u0103 domol, cu pic\u0103turi m\u0103runte
ee-i cad \u00een barb\u0103 sau i se lipesc de musta\u0163a groas\u0103,
c\u0103nit\u0103 proasp\u0103t cu vopsea neagr\u0103. Aga \u00ee\u015fi scoate
limba \u00eenfierb\u00eentat\u0103 de rachiu, le soarbe r\u0103coarea, \u015fi
se simte bine. La dreapta lui, \u00een picioare st\u0103 seizul,
o namil\u0103 de oriental, cu chipul fioros, cu privirile sa\u015fii
\u015fi cu o tr\u00eembi\u0163\u0103 \u00een mina; la st\u00eenga, cu picioarele \u00een-
cruci\u015fate sub el pe o pern\u0103 de catifea, sade un turcu-
le\u0163 frumos \u015fi rotofei, care aprinde ciubucul ag\u0103i \u015fi-i
umple ne\u00eencetat paharul cu rachiu,

Aga clipe\u015fte mahmur din och\u00eei-i somnoro\u015fi \u015fi se
bucur\u0103 de buna \u00eentocmire a vie\u0163ii omene\u015fti. Toate le-a
r\u00eenduit bine Allah, aici pe p\u0103m\u00eent, \u00ee\u015fi spune el \u00een
sinea lui; minunat lucru e aceast\u0103 lume din care nu
lipse\u015fte nimic: dac\u0103 \u0163i-e foame, ai p\u00eeine, friptur\u0103 ru-
menit\u0103 \u015fi pilaf cu scor\u0163i\u015foar\u0103; dac\u0103 \u0163i-e sete. ai ra-
chiul, dumnezeiasca licoare;. dac\u0103 te-apuc\u0103 mole\u015fa\u00eea,
Allah a f\u0103cut somnul, leacul cel mai bun contra mo-
\u0163\u0103ielii; dac\u0103 te \u00eenfurii, tot el \u0163i-a dat g\u00eerbaciul \u015fi spi-
n\u0103rile raialelor; dac\u0103 te prinde ur\u00eetu\u00ee, \u0163i-a dat ma-

neaua cu melodia ei t\u0103r\u0103g\u0103nat\u0103 \u015fi t\u00eenguitoare. Iar dac\u0103
vrei s\u0103 ui\u0163i de suferin\u0163e \u015fi necazuri, \u00ee\u00ee ai pe lusufaehi.

\u2014 Mare me\u015fter este Allali! murmur\u0103 aga mi\u015fcat.
Mare \u015fi ne\u00eentrecut me\u015fter, cum nu se pomene\u015fte al-
tul! De unde i-o fi venit lui \u00een minte s\u0103 n\u0103scoceasc\u0103
rachiul \u015fi pe Iusufachi?

Dup\u0103 multele pahare de rachiu pe care 3e-a b\u0103ut,
ochii ag\u0103i se umplu de cucernicie \u015fi de lacrimi. Se
apleac\u0103 peste marginea ceardacului \u015fi-\u015fi admir\u0103 cu
m\u00eendrie supu\u015fii cre\u015ftini, care se plimb\u0103 \u00een sus \u015fi \u00een
jos prin pia\u0163\u0103; to\u0163i s\u00eent ra\u015fi proasp\u0103t, \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i de
s\u0103rb\u0103toare, cu br\u00eeuri late, ro\u015fii, cu \u015falvari scur\u0163i sp\u0103-
la\u0163i \u00een ajun \u015fi cu tuzluci alba\u015ftri. Unii poart\u0103 fes, al\u0163ii
turban, iar al\u0163ii au c\u0103ciuli de piele de miel. Cei mai
fuduli \u015fi-au pus la ureche c\u00eete un fir de busuioc sau?
c\u00eete o \u0163igar\u0103.

E a treia zi de Pa\u015fti \u015fi slujba la biseric\u0103 abia s-a
terminat. E o zi dulce, bl\u00eend\u0103, \u015fi plou\u0103 cu soare. Flo-
rile de l\u0103m\u00eei au \u00eenceput s\u0103-\u015fi r\u0103sp\u00eendeasc\u0103 mireasma
\u00een v\u0103zduh, arborii \u00eenmuguresc, iarba \u00eencol\u0163e\u015fte, Hris-
tos se \u00eentrupeaz\u0103 \u00een fiecare bulg\u0103ra\u015f de p\u0103m\u00eent. Cre\u015f-
tinii, se plimb\u0103 \u00een sus \u015fi \u00een jos prin pia\u0163\u0103; prietenii
se \u00eent\u00eelnesc pe drum, se s\u0103rut\u0103 unii cu al\u0163ii, \u00ee\u015fi spun
\u201eHristos a \u00eenviat", apoi intr\u0103 \u00een cafeneaua lui Cos-
tantis sau se a\u015faz\u0103 la mesele de sub platanul mare
din mijlocul pie\u0163ei, unde comand\u0103 narghilele \u015fi ca-
fele, \u015fi \u00eencing, pe \u00eendelete, taifasul molcom ca ploaia

m\u0103runt\u0103 cu soare.

\u2014 Uite, a\u015fa trebuie s\u0103 fie \u015fi \u00een rai, spune Haralam-
bos, paracliserul. Un soare pl\u0103cut, o ploaie domoal\u0103,
l\u0103m\u00eei \u00eenflori\u0163i, narghilele c\u00eete vrei \u015fi taifasuri, taifa-
suri, ce nu se mai sf\u00eer\u015fesc \u00een vecii vecilor!
\u00een cealalt\u0103 margine a pie\u0163ei, dincolo de platan, se
\u00eenal\u0163\u0103 biserica satului, R\u0103stignirea Domnului, cu dr\u0103-
g\u0103la\u015fa ei clopotni\u0163\u0103 v\u0103ruit\u0103 de cur\u00eend. U\u015fa de la in-
trare \u00eei e \u00eempodobit\u0103 ast\u0103zi cu ramuri de palmier \u015fi
de dafin. Jur \u00eemprejur se \u00een\u015fir\u0103 dughenele \u015fi atelie-
rele satului: \u015fel\u0103ria n\u0103zdr\u0103vanului. de Panaiolaros,
poreclit \u015fi "Ghipsofagul"; odat\u0103, cineva adusese \u00een
P statuet\u0103 de ghips a marelui Napoleon \u015fi el a
m\u00eencat-o; apoi a fost adus\u0103 o alt\u0103 statuet\u0103, a Iui
Kemal-Pa\u015fa, e care de asemem a m\u00eencat-o; iar la
urm\u0103, c\u00eend a ap\u0103rut \u00een sat o efigie cu chipuf lui Ve-
nizelos2 nu s-a l\u0103sat p\u00een\u0103 n-a m\u00eencat-o \u015fi pe aceea.
Al\u0103turi e frizeria \u201eErotocritos" a lui Antonis, av\u00eend
\u00een\u0103\u0163at\u0103 sus, deasupra u\u015fii, o tabl\u0103 pe care scrie cu li-
tere mari, ro\u015fii ca s\u00eengele: Se face \u015fi estrac\u0163ii de din\u0163i!
Mai \u00eencolo e m\u0103cel\u0103ria lui chir Dimitros, \u015fchiopul,
cu firma: La Irodiada. Avem c\u0103p\u0103\u0163\u00eeni proaspete. \u00cenfiecare s\u00eemb\u0103t\u0103 el taie e\u00eete un vi\u0163el; dar, \u00eenainte

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a-l t\u0103ia, \u00eei aure\u015fte coarnele, \u00eei vopse\u015fte fruntea. \u00cei \u00een-
f\u0103\u015foar\u0103 g\u00eetul cu panglicu\u0163e ro\u015fii \u015fi-l plimb\u0103 prin tot
satul, \u015font\u00eec-\u015font\u00eec, l\u0103ud\u00eend cu glas tare, ca un telal,
calit\u0103\u0163ile vi\u0163elului. \u00cen fine, \u00een r\u00eend cu acestea, la col\u0163,
se afl\u0103 vestita cafenea a lui Costantis, lung\u0103, \u00eengust\u0103
\u015fi r\u0103coroas\u0103, care miroase pl\u0103cut a cafea \u015fi a tutun de

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