“ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke aloha nui i hoʻokahi kanaka. ʻOiai ʻo kou makuahine ia." I loko oʻApelila, ma nā pale nui o kekahi mau kūlanakauhale, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka "The Promise at Dawn" - kahi hoʻololi pono o ka puke a Romain Gary e pili ana i ke aloha makuahine nui, pau a pau.
Aloha ka makuahine i kāna keiki. ʻino, ʻoluʻolu, kuli. Mohai, koi, poina iā ʻoe iho. Ua moe kona makuahine i kona wā e hiki mai ana: e lilo ʻo ia i mea kākau kaulana, kanaka koa, ʻelele Farani, lanakila o nā puʻuwai. Hoʻōho ʻo Māmā i kāna mau moeʻuhane i ke alanui holoʻokoʻa. ʻAe ke alanui a ʻakaʻaka i ka pane.
Aloha ke keiki i kona makuahine. Clumsily, quiveringly, devotedly. Ke ho'āʻo nei e hahai i kāna mau kauoha. Kākau, hula, aʻo i ka pana, wehe i ka moʻolelo o ke aloha lanakila. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ola ana - akā, hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hōʻoia i nā manaʻo i kau ʻia ma luna ona. A ʻoiai i ka wā mua ua moeʻuhane ʻo ia i ka male ʻana i kona makuahine a me ka hanu hohonu ʻana, "ʻo ka manaʻo e make ka makuahine ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻia ʻana o nā mea a pau āna i manaʻo ai" ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomanawanui iā ia.
I ka hopena, lilo ke keiki i mea kākau kaulana, kanaka koa, ʻelele Farani, lanakila naʻau. ʻO ka mea hiki ke mahalo, ʻaʻole ola hou, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hauʻoli iā ia iho a ola nona iho.
ʻAʻole ʻae ka makuahine o ka hero i kāna keikikāne e like me ia - ʻaʻole, kālai ʻo ia, hana i kahi kiʻi maikaʻi mai iā ia.
Ua hoʻokō ke keiki a ʻaʻole e hoʻokō i kāna pono - nā moeʻuhane a kona makuahine. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia iā ia iho e "pono i kāna mōhai, e lilo i kūpono no kāna aloha." Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia me ke aloha ʻeha a hoʻonele koke ʻia ʻo ia, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo ia e ʻiʻini a ʻike pono i kona noho makua ʻole. E kākau i nā huaʻōlelo āna e heluhelu ʻole ai. Hana i nā hana i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ia.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka psychological optics, ʻo "Promise at Dawn" e like me kahi moʻolelo o ke aloha maikaʻi ʻole. ʻO ka makuahine o ka hero Nina Katsev (ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo - ʻo Mina Ovchinskaya, ma ka ʻaoʻao - ʻo Charlotte Gainsbourg nani) ʻaʻole ʻae i kāna keiki e like me ia - ʻaʻole, ua kālai ʻo ia, hana i kahi kiʻi kūpono mai ia. A ʻaʻohe mea pili i ke kumu kūʻai iā ia: "I ka manawa aʻe e hōʻino ai kekahi i kou makuahine, makemake wau e lawe ʻia ʻoe ma luna o kahi moena."
Ka makuahine unconditionally, fanatically manaʻoʻiʻo i ka holomua o kāna keiki - a, o ka mea paha, mahalo i keia, ua lilo ia i ka mea a ke ao nei i ike ia ia: he kaua pailaka, he diplomat, kekahi o ka loa kaulana mea kākau ma Farani, elua laureate. o ka makana Goncourt. Inā ʻaʻole kāna hoʻoikaika ʻana, ua nalowale nā palapala palapala honua… akā pono anei ke ola i kou ola e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻokō i nā manaʻo o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe?
Ua pana ʻo Romain Gary iā ia iho ma 66. Ma kāna moʻolelo pepehi kanaka, ua kākau ʻo ia: "Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehewehe i nā mea āpau me ke kaumaha hopohopo. Akā i kēia hihia, pono e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ua mau ia mai koʻu wā makua, a ʻo ia ka mea i kōkua mai iaʻu e komo pono i ka hana palapala.