I-Letter Truce Letter

Kuyinto i-2: 00 ekuseni futhi iningi lamadoda ethu lilele emigodini yabo-kodwa angikwazi ukulala ngaphambi kokubhalela kuwe izenzakalo ezimangalisayo zoKhisimusi kaKhisimusi. Eqinisweni, okwenzekile kubonakala sengathi kufana nendaba yezinganekwane, futhi uma bengingakaze ngibe nayo, bengingeke ngikholwe. Cabanga nje: Ngesikhathi wena nomndeni uhlabelela ama-carols ngaphambi komlilo eLondon, ngenza okufanayo namasosha ezitha lapha empini yeFrance!

Njengoba ngibhala ngaphambili, kube khona ukulwa okungathí sina kokwephuzile. Izimpi zokuqala zempi zashiya eziningi zaze zafa ukuthi zombili izinhlangothi ziye zagodla kuze kube yilapho indawo ingena khona. Ngakho-ke siye sahlala emathangeni ethu futhi silinde.

Kodwa yeka ukuthi kulindeleke kangakanani ukulinda! Ukwazi ukuthi noma yimiphi umzuzu izikhali zegobolondo zingase ziqhume futhi ziqhume eduze kwethu emgodini, ukubulala noma ukulimala amadoda amaningana. Futhi emini asinamandla ukuphakamisa amakhanda ethu ngaphezu komhlaba, ngokwesaba inhlamvu ye-sniper.

Futhi imvula-iwile cishe nsuku zonke. Yiqiniso, iqoqa kahle emathangeni ethu, lapho kufanele sikhishwe khona ngezimbiza namaphini. Futhi imvula ifike udaka-inyawo elihle noma ngaphezulu. It splatters kanye namaqebelengwane konke, futhi njalo sucks ezikhunjini zethu. Omunye umuntu omusha owaqashwa wathola izinyawo zakhe zinamathele kuwo, bese ezandleni zakhe lapho ezama ukuphuma-njengaleyo indaba yaseMelika ye-tar baby!

Ngalokhu konke, asikwazanga ukusiza ukuzwa ukwazi ngamasosha aseJalimane endleleni. Phela, babhekene nezingozi ezifanayo esizenzayo, futhi baqhubekile emgqonyeni ofanayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umsele wabo wokuqala wawuyididi ze-50 kuphela ezivela kithi. Phakathi kwethu asikho iNdawo Yomuntu, emngceleni wezinhlangothi zombili ngocingo olubhaliwe-kodwa beseduze kakhulu ngezinye izikhathi ngezinye izikhathi besizwa amazwi abo.

Yiqiniso, sibazonda lapho bebulala abangane bethu. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi, sasibahlekisa ngabo futhi sasizizwa sinezinto ezifanayo. Futhi manje kubonakala sengathi bazizwa befana.

Ngolunye usuku olusasa-Usuku LwamaKhisimusi-sasiqothule kuqala. Njengoba kwakunjalo, sasamukela, ngoba okungenani udaka lwaluqinile. Yonke into yayicwebezela emhlophe ngeqhwa, kuyilapho ilanga elikhanyayo likhanya phezu kwakho konke. Isimo sezulu esiphelele seKhisimusi

Phakathi nosuku, kwakunamabolongwane amancane noma umlilo wesibhamu ohlangothini olulodwa. Futhi njengoba ubumnyama behlela ngoKhisimusi wethu, ukudubula kwayeka ngokuphelele. Ukuthula kwethu kokuqala okuphelele ezinyangeni! Sithembele ukuthi singase sithembise iholidi elinokuthula, kodwa asizange sithembele kulo. Satshelwa ukuthi amaJalimane angase ahlasele futhi azame ukusisindisa.

Ngaya emgodini ukuze ngiphumule, futhi ngilalele embhedeni wami, kumelwe ukuba ngiye ngalala. Ngaso sonke isikhathi umngane wami uJohn wayegijimela ngiphapheme, ethi, "Woza ubone! Bheka ukuthi amaJalimane akwenza kanjani! "Ngathatha isibhamu sami, ngakhubeka emgodini, futhi nganamathela ikhanda lami ngokucophelela ngaphezu kwe-sandbags.

Angikaze ngithemba ukubona umuntu ongaziwa futhi okhangayo kakhulu. Iziqhumane zezibani ezincane zazikhanya kulo lonke umzila waseJalimane, kwesokunxele nangakwesokudla kuze kube yilapho iso lingabona khona.

"Kuyini na?" Ngabuza ngokuphazamiseka, futhi uJohn waphendula, "Izihlahla zikaKhisimusi!"

Futhi kunjalo. AmaJalimane ayefake izihlahla zikaKhisimusi phambi kwezintambo zawo, zikhanyiswe ngekhandlela noma ilanga njengama-beacons enhle.

Sabe sesizwa amazwi abo aphakanyiswa ngengoma.

I-Stille nacht, i-heilige nacht. . . .

Leli carol kungenzeka lingasajwayele eBrithani, kodwa uJohn wayazi futhi wahumusha: "Ubusuku obubusuku, ubusuku obungcwele." Angikaze ngizwe omunye oyithandayo-noma okunye okunenjongo, ngalobo busuku obumnyama, obukhanyayo inyanga yokuqala yesine.

Lapho ingoma iqedile, amadoda asezintweni zethu ahlambalaza. Yebo, amasosha aseBrithani ahlambalaza amaJalimane! Khona-ke omunye wamadoda ethu waqala ukucula, futhi sonke sajoyina.

UNowell wokuqala, ingelosi yasho. . . .

Eqinisweni, asizwanga kahle njengamaJalimane, ngezimiso zabo ezinhle. Kodwa basabela ngehlombe lokuzikhandla kwabo bese beqala elinye.

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum. . . .

Sabe siphendula.

Wozani nonke nina nithembekile. . . .

Kodwa manje bajoyina, behlabelela amagama afanayo ngesiLatini.

Abakwa-Adeste fideles. . . .

I-British ne-German zivumelanisa ngaphesheya kwe-No Man's Land! Ngingacabanga ukuthi akukho okungahle kumangalisa-kodwa lokho okwakulandela kwaba ngaphezulu.

"IsiNgisi, fika!" Sazwa omunye wabo ememeza. "Awukho ukudubula, asikho ukudubula."

Lapho, lapho sibheka khona, sasibhekana ngokushaqeka. Khona-ke omunye wethu wamemeza ngokukloloda, "Uza lapha."

Simangele, sabona izibalo ezimbili ziphuma emgodini, zikhuphuka phezu kocingo lwazo olubhebhethekile, futhi zithuthukiswa zingavimbelwe eNarheni yoMuntu. Omunye wabo ubize, "Thumela isikhulu sokukhuluma."

Ngabona omunye wabantu bethu ephakamisa isibhamu sakhe esilungile, futhi akungabazeki ukuthi abanye benza okufanayo-kodwa induna yethu yamemeza yathi, "Bamba umlilo wakho." Wabe esekhuphuka waya eyohlangana namaJalimane ngecala. Sabezwa bekhuluma, futhi ngemva kwemizuzu embalwa, induna yabuya nge-cigar yaseJalimane emlonyeni wakhe!

"Sivumile ukuthi ngeke kube nokudubula ngaphambi kwamabili ebusuku," ushilo. "Kodwa abathunywa kufanele bahlale emsebenzini, futhi nonke, hlalani niqaphile."

Ngandlela-thile, singenza amaqembu amadoda amabili noma amathathu avela emathangeni futhi eze kithi. Khona-ke abanye bethu bebekhuphuka futhi, futhi emaminithi amaningi, sasihlala e-No Man's Land, abangaphezu kwamakhulu amasosha kanye nezikhulu zohlu ngalunye, bexosha izandla namadoda esasizama ukubulala amahora nje ngaphambili!

Kungakabiphi kwakhiwa ibhomu, futhi nxazonke sasihlangana-iBritish khaki kanye German gray. Kumele ngithi, amaJalimane ayegqoke kangcono, enembambano entsha yeholidi.

Amadoda ethu kuphela awazi isiJalimane, kodwa amaJalimane amaningi ayazi isiNgisi. Ngabuza omunye wabo ukuthi kungani.

"Ngenxa yokuthi abaningi baye basebenza eNgilandi!" Esho. "Ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu, ngangingumlindi ehhotela leCecil. Mhlawumbe ngilinde etafuleni lakho! "

"Mhlawumbe wena!" Ngathi, ngihleka.

Wangitshela ukuthi wayenentombi eLondon nokuthi impi yayiphazamise izinhlelo zabo zomshado. Ngamtshela ukuthi, "Ungakhathazeki. Sizokushaya ngePhasika, khona-ke ungabuya uphinde ushade nentombazane. "

Wasehleka ngalokho. Khona-ke wabuza ukuthi ngingamthumela yini ikhadi leposi elizonginika kamuva, futhi ngithembisa ukuthi ngizokwenza.

Omunye umJalimane wayekade engumbonisi eVictoria Station. Wangibonisa isithombe somndeni wakhe emuva eMunich. Udadewabo omdala wayemthande kakhulu, ngathi kufanele ngimhlangabeze ngelinye ilanga. Wayegcoba futhi wathi uzoyithanda kakhulu futhi wanginika ikheli lomndeni wakhe.

Ngisho nalabo abahluleka ukuxoxa nabo basengakwazi ukushintshanisa izipho-ugwayi wethu we-cigars, itiye lethu ngekhofi yabo, inyama yethu yenkomo yamasoseji abo. Amabheji nezinkinobho ezivela kwifenifomu zashintsha abanikazi, futhi omunye wezintambo zethu wahamba ne helmetshi evulekile! Ngathengisa i-jackknife ibhande lesikhumba lesikhumba-isikhumbuzo esihle sokubonisa lapho ngifika ekhaya.

Amaphephandaba aphinde ashintshe izandla, futhi amaJalimane agxeka ngokuhleka kwethu. Basicinisekisa ukuthi iFrance yayiphelile futhi iRussia nayo ishaywa. Sasitshela ukuthi kwakungenalutho, futhi omunye wabo wathi, "Awu, ukholwa amaphephandaba akho futhi sizokholelwa okwethu."

Ngokusobala baqamba amanga-kodwa ngemuva kokuhlangana la madoda, ngizibuza ukuthi amaphephandaba ethu ayeqiniso kangakanani. Lezi akuzona "izibambisi ezimbi" esizifundile ngakho. Bangamadoda anemindeni nemindeni, nethemba kanye nokwesaba, izimiso futhi, yebo, uthando lwezwe. Ngamanye amazwi, amadoda afana nathi. Kungani siholwa ukukholelwa ngenye indlela?

Njengoba ikhula isikhathi eside, izingoma ezimbalwa zathengiswa emlilweni, bese-ke zonke zijoyina-angiqambi amanga kini- "Auld Lang Syne." Kwabe sesihlukana nezithembiso zokuhlangana futhi kusasa, ngisho nenye inkulumo umdlalo webhola.

Ngangisanda kubuyela emathangeni lapho iJalimane elidala lifaka isandla sami. Wathi: "Nkulunkulu wami, kungani singenakuthula futhi sonke siya ekhaya?"

Ngamtshela ngobumnene, "Ukuze ucele umbusi wakho."

Wangibuka ngalesosikhathi, ngokucabangela. "Mhlawumbe, umngane wami. Kodwa futhi kumelwe sibuze izinhliziyo zethu. "

Futhi-ke, dadewethu othandekayo, ngitshele, ingabe kube khona u-Eva uKhisimusi onjalo kuwo wonke umlando? Futhi kusho ukuthini lokhu, lokhu kungenakwenzeka ukuba umngane wezitha?

Ngokuba empini lapha, kusho okuncane kakhulu. Abantu abahloniphekile lawo masosha angase abe, kodwa alandela imiyalo futhi senza okufanayo. Ngaphandle kwalokho, silapha ukuyeka ibutho labo bese silithumela ekhaya, futhi singalokothi sifeze lowo msebenzi.

Noma kunjalo, umuntu akanakusiza acabange ukuthi kuzokwenzekani uma umoya oboniswe lapha uthathwa yizizwe zomhlaba. Yiqiniso, izingxabano kufanele zivele zivele njalo. Kodwa kuthiwani uma abaholi bethu bekwenzela izifiso ezinhle endaweni yezixwayiso? Izingoma esikhundleni se-slurs? Ibeka esikhundleni sokubuyiselwa? Ngeke yini yonke impi iphele ngesikhathi esisodwa?

Zonke izizwe zithi zifuna ukuthula. Kodwa kulokhu kusasa ngoKhisimusi, ngiyazibuza ukuthi sifuna yini ngempela.

Mayelana Nendaba

I-Christmas Truce ye-1914 ibizwe ngokuthi u-Arthur Conan Doyle "isiqephu esisodwa somuntu phakathi kwazo zonke izinyathelo ezimbi." Ngokuqinisekile kuyisenzakalo esisemangalisayo kakhulu seMpi Yezwe I futhi mhlawumbe nayo yonke impi yasempi. Ukukhuthaza kokubili izingoma ezithandwayo nemidlalo yaseshashalazini, ikhuthaze njengesithombe esiphezulu se-archetypal sokuthula.

Ukuqala kwezinye izindawo ngoKhisimusi nakwabanye ngosuku lukaKhisimusi, lesi sivumelwano sasihlanganisa cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zombuso waseBrithani-isiJalimane, kanti amaFulentshi namaBelgium abathintekayo. Izinkulungwane zamasosha zahlanganyela. Ezindaweni eziningi lihlala okungenani ngoSuku lwe-Boxing (uDisemba 26), kanti kwabanye phakathi no-January. Mhlawumbe into ephawulekayo, ayizange ikhule ngaphandle kwesinyathelo esisodwa kodwa yavela endaweni ngayinye ngokuzenzekelayo futhi ngokuzimela.

Engazimele futhi ebalabala njengenhloko, bekukhona lokho okuqinisekisiwe ukuthi akuzange kwenzeke-ukuthi yonke into yenziwa. Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi kwenzeke kodwa ukuthi izindaba zacinywa. Futhi akunjalo. Nakuba kwakuncane okunyatheliswa eJalimane, lesi sivumelwano sasiqamba amasonto amakhulu emaphephandabeni aseBrithani, ngezincwadi ezishicilelwe nezithombe ezivela kumasosha ngaphambili. Enkampanini eyodwa, amahemuhemu wakamuva wezenzo ezimbi zaseJalimane angabelana ngesikhala nesithombe samasosha aseBrithani naseJalimane ahlangene ndawonye, ​​ama-caps kanye nezigqoko zashintshana, bekhamuluka ikhamera.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izazi-mlando ziye zabonisa isithakazelo esincane ekugqaseni okungafaneleki kokuthula. Kuye kwaba nesifundo esisodwa esiphezulu salesi sigameko: I-Christmas Truce, ngu-Malcolm Brown noShirley Seaton, Secker & Warburg, eLondon, ngo-1984 — ivolumu engumngane wababhali bencwadi ka-1981 ye-BBC, Ukuthula Kwangaphandle Kwezwe Lomuntu. Le ncwadi inombolo enkulu ye-akhawunti yokuqala-ngesandla kusuka ezincwadini nakwedayari. Cishe yonke into echazwe encwadini yami eqanjiwe idonsela kulawa ma-akhawunti-nakuba ngikhulise idrama ngandlela-thile ngokukhetha, ukuhlela nokucindezela.

Encwadini yami, ngizame ukulwa nemibono emibili ethandwayo ye-truce. Omunye wukuthi amasosha ajwayelekile kuphela ahlanganyela kulo, kanti izikhulu ziphikisana nazo. (Ambalwa amapholisa awaphikisa, futhi abaningi bahlanganyela.) Omunye wukuthi nohlangothi alufuni ukubuyela empini. (Amasosha amaningi, ikakhulukazi aseBrithani, amaFulentshi naseBelgium, ahlala ezimisele ukulwa nokuwina.)

Ngokudabukisayo, kwadingeka futhi ngishiye imidlalo ye-Christmas Day yebhola-noma ibhola lezinyawo, njengoba kuthiwa e-US-ngokuvamile ihlotshaniswa nokukhohlisa. Iqiniso liwukuthi indawo ye-No Man's Land yayinqume imidlalo engekho emthethweni-nakuba ngokuqinisekile amanye amasosha ayegibela amabhola kanye nezindawo ezithatha indawo.

Omunye umqondo wamanga mayelana nalesi sigameko sabanjwa ngisho namasosha amaningi ayekhona: ukuthi ayedlulele emlandweni. Nakuba iTruce Truce yisibonelo esikhulu kunawo wonke salolo hlobo, amaloli angakahleleki bekuyisiko lesikhathi eside sempi. Phakathi neMpi YaseMelika Yomphakathi, isibonelo, amaRabel kanye namaYankees athengisa ugwayi, ikhofi, namaphephandaba, baphonya ngokuthula emaceleni ahlangene, futhi baqoqa ndawonye ama-blackberries ndawonye. Eminye imizwa yokuzwelana yayilokhu ivamile phakathi kwamasosha athunyelwe empini.

Yiqiniso, konke okushintshile ezikhathini zanamuhla. Namuhla, amasosha abulala ezindaweni ezikude, ngokuvamile ephethe inkinobho nokubona kwikhompyutha. Ngisho nalapho amasosha ahlangana ubuso nobuso, izilimi zabo namasiko ngokuvamile zihlukahlukene kakhulu ukwenza ukuxhumana okungenakwenzeka.

Cha, akufanele silindele ukubona enye i-Christmas Truce. Noma kunjalo okwenzekile kulokho uKhisimusi we-1914 kungase kukhuthaze abenzi bokuthula banamuhla-ngoba, njengalokhu njalo, isikhathi esihle sokuthula sihlala isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba amabutho aye empini.