Somewhere! (Hunaak!) by Abbas Ibraheem & Bahjatt Yasser

Author:Abbas, Ibraheem & Bahjatt, Yasser [Abbas, Ibraheem]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yatakhayaloon
Published: 2014-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

Her cheeks turned red causing her freckles to dissapear. Her nose became red hot and her nostrils widened and contracted as she took deep breaths with clear anger. She could not take Mr. Ludwig’s insults, she snatched back her violin and she let out the savage lioness that was hidden behind her freckles and sweetness as her claws attacked on the poor violin’s neck. As she firmly held it between her cheek and shoulder, she scratched up its cords with utter savagery, she did not notice the slight smile that was on Mr. Ludwig’s face for an instant before he returned.

He completed his legendary symphony. The hairs at the back of my neck stood in respect, his team —more like an army battalion — had just survived a battle that was about to wipe them out, they laid down their weapon instruments, took a breath, wiped their seats… all but Mr. Ludwig, who pulled out a bunch of papers from his jacket’s inner pocket and started writing down some notes.

The papers were crowded with lines and musical notes. He was crossing some out and adding others as I quietly approached him.

“Are you Beethoven? Ludwig van Beethoven?! I remember you and this symphony, it is your aaaa… Fifth Symphony as I recall? Is that correct? The Fifth or The Ninth?” — I whispered into his hear.

My naive question was not worthy of an answer at any account and that is exactly what happened. He completely ignored me.

“Oh what amazing gift deafness is!” — he said.

He then removed his small earpiece and set it aside.

“How great it is for one to hear what he wants, and have a deaf ear to what he doesn’t!” — he said.

“Now I remember! You went deaf!” — I said.

“That is true!” — he said.

“Do you not hear me now?” — I asked.

“I do not hear you!” — he replied.

“But… but how? Do you read the movement of my lips?” — I asked.

“I do not hear you with my ears!” — he replied.

Every word that he said confused me even further.

“You hear because of the vibrations of the small ear drum. As for me, every atom of my being feels the vibration of sound… every cell in my body has turned into a delicate listening ear!” — he said.

“I had always wondered how you would compose music without even hearing it!” — I said.

“My sense of hearing had faded over the years, until it was completely gone. I tried to end my life, I almost committed suicide, but as I approached death a new life was born!” — he added as if he was hinting to something.

As you would expect, I was writing every detail down in my notebook.

“Seeing death face to face made me wonder: is life not worthy of a last challenge? And, in any case, I will not lose more than I have already lost!” — he continued.

“But suicide is a crime for losers!” — I said.

“I found out that I was dead amongst the living… so I decided to live after my death!” — he added.

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