jannat ke pattay...[Leaves Of Paradise]

part 64

Har cheez jaise slow motion mein ho rahi thi. Aawaz mein band ho gayi thi. Sirf harkaat dikhayi de rahi thi. Woh ittar tark airport par chhote chhote qadam uthati chal rahi thi. Us ke saath koi aur bhi chal raha tha magar woh usay

Nahi dekh rahi thi.

"Rehne do haya! Mujhe abhi World Cup ka gham nahi bhoola."

Jahaz dheere dheere mahv parwaaz tha. Khidki ke paar mar mara ke samundar pe badal tairte dikhayi de rahe thay. Narm roo'i ke gaalon ki tarah sarmayi badal. Un mein itna paani lada tha jitna us ki aankhon mein tha. Ya shayad us ke

Ansoo zyada thay.

Itne handsome ladkon ki behan bane pe kam az kam mein tayar nahi hoon, yeh bhai chara tumhein hi mubarak ho." Us ne khud ko airport pe aba ke seene se lagate, be-tahasha rote hue mehsoos kiya. Woh us ka sar thapak'te hue kuch Keh rahe thay. Kuch aisa ke bas ab woh un ke paas rahe gi, ab woh us ko wapas nahi bhejenge.

"Cheezen waqti hoti hain, toot jaati hain, bikhar jaati hain, rawaayat daaimi hoti hain, sadiyon ke liye apna asar chhod jaate hain. Insaan ko koi cheez nahi har sakti jab tak ke woh khud haar na maan le. Aur tum ne aaj ek toote hue gingerbread
house se haar maan li?"

Woh amaan ke saath DJ ke ghar mein thi. Wahan har taraf kohram macha tha. Us ki ami aur behnon ka bilkul bilkul kar rona,

matam, bein, siskiyon ki awaazain, cheechain.......... jo un maut thi aur goya poori duniya idhar ikattha ho gayi thi, woh

kisi ko dilaasa na de saki, bas ek kone mein baithi be awaaz roti gayi.

Acha phir soch lo........ woh ab bhi shadi shuda hai?"

Namaz-e-janaza pichle roz hi ada ki ja chuki thi magar gham abhi bhi purana nahi hua tha. Khadija ki behnein us se us ke baare
mein poochti thin, magar woh kisi ko kuch bata nahi pa rahi thi. Saari baatein khatam ho gayi thin. Duniya baraf ka dheer ban gayi

thi. Mar mara ke samundar pe teerti baraf ka dheer.

Kya zindagi itni jaldi guzar jati hai?"

"Is se bhi jaldi guzar jati hai. Hamein pata bhi nahi chalta aur hamara waqt khatam ho jata hai. Ikhtitam

..................

".Surkh sanobar ke unchay darakhton ke darmiyan hawa asraati hui guzar rahi thi. Wahan har soo ghana jungle tha. Unchay darakhton ke patay sunehri dhoop ko mitti tak pohanchne nahi dete thay. Dopahar ke waqt bhi idhar thandi, meethi si

chhaayi ya thi.

Baharein isi chhaaya mein idhar udhar bhagti boli ke safed phool tor tor kar tokri mein bhar rahi thi. Ayesha gil ek darakht tale zameen par bethe samne phelay kapray pe rakhe bahut se surkh jangi phoolon ko dhaage mein parwar hi thi. Qareeb hi ek darakht ka kata hua

Itna gira pada tha. Jab bahut se phool jam ho gaye to woh Ayesha ke paas aayi.

"Ayesha....." Safed phoolon se bhari tokri us kapray pe ek taraf andelete hue us ne pukara.

"Hoon" us ne jawab diya karte hue haath se safed phoolon ka dheer naye phoolon se ek taraf smait diya. "Safir tum se larkiyon raha tha?" Woh khali tokri rakh kar us ke samne alti paalti maar ke yun beti gayi ke ab un

Dono ke darmiyan phoolon wala kapra bicha tha.

"Lar nahin raha tha, apni baat samjhaane ki koshish kar raha tha." Magar woh uncha uncha kyun bol raha tha?" Baharein dono hathon pe chehra giraye ulji ulji ki pooch rahi thi. Gardan jhuka kar sooyi phool mein daalti Ayesha ne muskura kar sar jhatka.

"Jab insaan doosre ki baat nahin samajhna chahta to woh yunhi uncha uncha bolta hai. Tumhein pata hai na, us ke peernotice ne us ki shadi us ki Pakistani cousin se tay kar di hai aur woh us se shadi nahin karna chahta."