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“ikvyN rhI qyrI rfq?” Aus ny
afpxI mMiËl dws ky tYksI ivwc sYWt ho ky bYTidaF puwiCaf. mYN ÈIÈy rfhIN
ipwCy vwl vyiKaf. Auh afpxI afvfË vFg hI idlkÈ qy nrm ijhI sI.
“mYN hfly huxy hI kMm ÈurU kIqf hY, ieh pihlf hI itRwp hY.”
“Gbrf nf, mYN qYnUM luwtx nhIN lwgI. qusIN tYksIaF vfly hmyÈf ieh hI
jvfb idMdy ho.”
mYN iPr ÈIÈy rfhIN ipwCy vwl vyiKaf. Auh muskrf peI. mYnUM Aus dI
muskrfht mfsUm ijhI lwgI. mYN soicaf, ‘koeI Éqry vflI gwl nhIN, afrfm
nfl tYksI clfvF. ikrfieaf nf dyx vflI qF lwgdI nI.’ svyry-svyry ieh Kqrf
bixaf hI rihMdf hY. Kfs kr ky ijhVy sVkF `qy KVHy (PlYg) itRwp imldy hn.
“mYN swc afK irhf hF. mYN ds imMt pihlF hI cfr vjy vflI iÈPt ÈurU kIqI
hY,” mYN dwisaf. Auh TIk hI afK rhI sI ik asIN tYksIaF vfly kdy vI
svfrIaF awgy nhIN kbUldy ik awj sfzf kMm bhuq qyË hY. tYksI clfAux dI
tRyinMg dyx vyly sfnUM isKfieaf jFdf hY ik gfhk dy sfhmxy afpxI itRwp
ÈIt nf rwKo, ijs qoN Auh aMdfËf lf sky ik qusIN ikMny ku zflr kmfey hn
jF afpxI jyb ivwc bhuqy zflr nf rwKo. ho skdf hY ik gfhk koeI lutyrf hI
hovy. pr mYN qF swc-muwc hI svyry cfr vjy kMm ÈurU kIqf sI.
“mYN qyrf XkIn krdI hF. cl cMgf qUM rfq tYksI nhIN clfeI. rfq qF kMm
iblkul hI mMdf sI. ijvyN sfrf Èihr mr igaf hovy,” Aus ny ikhf.
“qYnUM ikvyN pqY?”
“mYN vI kMm krdI sI.”
“awCf, qUM vI tYksI clfAuNdI aYN?”
“qYnUM lwgdf hY ik mYN tYksI clfAuNdI hovFgI?” afK ky Auh hwsI. mYN ÈIÈy
rfhIN ipwCy vwl vyiKaf aqy puwiCaf, “Pyr?”
“mYN ‘vrikMg grl’ hF.” sux ky mYN iPr ÈIÈy rfhIN ipwCy vwl vyiKaf, Aus
ny hyTly buwlH dI iewk nuwkr Guwt ky myry nfl awK imlfeI. mYN afpxI
ingHf ÈIÈy qoN pfsy kr leI.
“rfq qF bhuq hI mMdf sI kMm, ipafry,” Aus ny bhuq hI ipafrI afvfË ivwc
ikhf.mYnUM smJ nf lwgI ik Aus nfl hor kI gwl krF. mYN cuwp kr igaf. Auh
vI do ku imMt cuwp rhI. ies dOrfn mYN iewk-do vfr ÈIÈy rfhIN ipwCy vwl
vyiKaf. hr vfr Auh muskrf pYNdI. mYnUM Aus dI muskrfht cMgI-cMgI lwgdI.
iPr Auh bolI, “qUM afnMd mfnxf cfhuMnY?”
mYN ies pRÈn leI iblkul vI iqafr nhIN sI. ies df Jwt dy ky myry koloN
koeI jvfb nf idwqf igaf. Auh iPr bolI, “mYN qYnUM bhuq cMgI zIl dyAUNgI,
ipafry” mYnUM Aus dI afvfË ivwc Eprfpn iblkul hI nf lwgf. ijvyN ‘ipafry’
Èbd Aus ny Dur-aMdroN ikhf hovy. Aus dI afvfË ny myry aMdr kuwJ hlcl qF
kIqI pr mYnUM Auh pihlF hI dws cuwkI sI ik Auh vysvf sI. myry icwq `c qF
sI ik vysvfvF bhuq cusq-clfk qy ÌrybxF huMdIaF hn ijvyN ik ihMdI iÌlmF
ivwc idKfieaf jFdf hY pr Auh qF iblkul afm ijhI BolI-BflI kuVI sI. mYnUM
lwgf ik Auh ËrUr hI iksy dy cuMgl ivwc PsI hoeI sI qy mjbUrI vws ieh sB
kuwJ kr rhI sI. myry icwq `c afeI ik afKF, ‘mYN vysvfgmnI nhIN krdf.’
iPr soicaf ik ieh jvfb kuVI nUM cuwBy nf. mYN QoVHf ijhf ruk ky boilaf,
“qYnUM dwisaf qF sI ik mYN hfly huxy kMm ÈurU kIqY. hfly kuwJ kmfieaf
nhIN.”
“qyrI mrËI,” afK ky Auh cuwp ho geI. mYN ÈIÈy rfhIN ipwCy vwl vyiKaf,
Aus ny Zoa lf ky awKF mIc leIaF sn. Aus dy itkfxy dy nyVy phuMc ky jd
mYN lfl bwqI `qy tYksI rokI qF iewk dm iKafl afieaf ik vysvf hY, ikqy
ikrfieaf dyx dI mfrI KVHI kfr ivwcoN bfhr nf inkl jfvy. myrf iDafn iewk
dm ipwCy vl igaf. pr Auh qF afrfm nfl Ausy qrHF hI bYTI sI. mYnUM lwgf
ik mYN aYvyN hI Èwk kIqI, ieh ivcfrI qF aYho-ijhI nhIN lwgdI. myry aMdr
Aus dI mjbUrI df Byd jfnx leI Auqsukqf pYdf hoeI. mYN Aus nUM bhuq hI
inwjI svfl kr idwqf. BfvyN ipwCo mYN soicaf ik mYnUM ies qrHF nhIN sI
puwCxf cfhIdf. mYN puwiCaf, “qUM ieh kMm ikEN krdI aYN?”
“kI?”
mYN afpxf pRÈn duhrfieaf.
“qUM tYksI ikEN clfAunY?” Aus ny moVvF pRÈn kIqf. mYnUM lwgf ik ieh
afvfË iksy hor dI sI.
“jy mYN tYksI nf clfvF qF qYnUM afpxy itkfxy `qy kOx phuMcfAU,” mYN Ayus
dI afvfË ivcly ruwKypn nUM mihsUs kr ky mfhOl sfvF krn leI muskrf ky
ikhf.
“qy jy mYN DMdf nf krF qF ies smfj ivwc blfqkfrF df hVH af jfvy.” Aus dy
ies jvfb nfl mYnUM qlÉI mihsUs hoeI.
“qUM myry ikwqy nfl afpxy DMdy df ikvyN mukfblf kr skdI hYN?”
“ikEN nhIN?”
iewk pl mYnUM Aus df koeI jvfb nf ahuiVaf. iPr mYN soc ky ikhf, “mYN
ijAux leI myhnq krdF. afpxy-afp nUM vycdf nhIN.”
“mYN vI ijAux leI hI ieh krdI hF. qUM vI afpxIaF syvfvF lokF nUM idMnYN
qy mYN vI.”
tYksI Aus dy itkfxy ‘qy phuMc cuwkI sI. tYksI rok ky mYN ikhf, “afpxIaF
syvfvF ivwc mYN afpxf srIr jF afpxI ËmIr nhIN vycdf.”
“ikhVI ËmIr dI gwl krdYN qUM? myrf vfh inwq quhfzy nfl hI pYNdf hY.
btUey ivwc GrvflI qy bwcy dI qsvIr hovygI qy myry nfl sOx leI Jwt iqafr
ho jfxgy. mYN iksy nfl ivafhI hoeI nhIN. jdoN ivafhI geI, iPr nI iksy
nfl sONdI. aYnI ku ËmIr hYgI af. quhfzy lokF vFg mrI hoeI nhIN.”
“qyrf ‘quhfzy lokF’ qoN kI mqlb aY?”
“qusIN tYksIaF vfly, dogly,” afK ky Auh bxdf BfVf myry vwl suwt ky tYksI
ivwcoN bfhr inkl geI. mYnUM lwgf ijvyN Aus ny myry vwl koeI bhuq hI BfrI
cIË suwtI hovy.
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