Saara aaj bhi achanbe may thi kal bhi hairaan thi..khwab-o-gumaan say parey ek aisi haqeeqat ki shahid hona kisi ezaaz say kum nahi tha...ye tou mominon ki meraaj hai...Hum say deewanon per ye karam kaise hogaya...Ya Allah tu jisey chahe nawaz dey...jisey chahe nakar de...uski her yaad itr-o-gul ki tarha aaj bhi mehekti hai...aur wahi gul baar baar uske khayaalon may khilte rahe...hatta ke her din ke her pal ko mehkaate rahe...maano zindgi ko naya mafhum mil gaya ho...
Vo chehra kyon jaana pehchana sa laga...Jub ke mulaqat bilkul pehli thi...per unsiyet ka ehsaas jaana maana tha...Akhir ye raaz kya tha...Khair waqt ne itni muhallat hi kahan di ke is baat per mazeed ghaur karte..uske baad jo bhi ghata badi tezi say aur be-ekhtiyar...Saarey ekhtiyarat chin liye gaye...bas munjamid soch per ek hi ghulba tha...ke aisa kya ho jis say mai hamesha uski humnasheen rahun..uski sohbat may khudfaramoshi ne sama-aten tez kar di theen...Ankh thi ke mahu-e-khwab thi dil huma tun gosh...Shayed honi ko yehi manzur tha...magar saahir ko khud khabar nahi ke seherzada bakhabar bhi tha aur bekhabar bhi...
Bekhabri tab talak thi jub talak betabi thi.aur ye tou bakhshi gaii thi..kada imtihan tha...jub ke sawal hi na samajh may aaya ho tou jawab kahan say milta...Jub talak khahishen sawaali theen tab talak faham ko aram tha...aur usey kisi jawab ki justaju bhi na thi...kyonki muddua bas itna tha rubaru-e-yaar zuban tak na hile...bas saans chale aur dhadkan ki khabar bhi na ho...per baatin ki sargoshi bhi vo sun liya karta tha...her tashveesh jo aah tak ka safar bhi na kar paati thi uski ankhon may nazar aajaaya karti thi...Aisa kyon kar hojata tha...is sawal say bhi azad tha dil ka yaqeen...ke yehi hai vo...mera najat dahinda....mujhe gardab say nikalne aaya hai...meri dubti nayya ko paar lagaane aaya hai...
Jub say saara ne hosh sanbhala Khuda ko uske her derd ne pukaara...wahi ek aisa dost tha jo bin bataye samajh liya karta hai aur mushkilon may aram diya karta hai...ke uski takhlikh us say kahan juda hai...uski rooh ban ke jo rah raha hai ye wahi khuda hai..Barson ki pukaar ka jawab khushnuma shakal le chuka tha...aksar jawab mujasim bhi hote hain ye jaana usne...aur jub inayet shakal lene lagti hai tab paane waale ka daman phailne lagta hai...maang shadeedtar ho jaati hai..aur ye inayet tou sirf ehsaasaath per huui thi....per is dil ko kya kahiye jisey baat aate aate samajh aati hai....per teer tou kamaan say nikal chuka tha..shikaar aur shikaari dono shikaar hochuke they...ab jub ke safar ehsaasath ka hai jaari rahega....