Qurbat

-02-

"Dadu?. Kya kisi ko mohobbat ho skti hai hai?"
(Dadu? Can someone fall in love?)

"Haan bilkul hoskti hai."
(Yes. It can certainly happen)

"Bilkul waise hi jaise apko dadi se thi?" Isha questioned her dadu's sitting at the terrace with her head on his lap while he sat on a chair .
(Just like the way you loved dadi?)

The dusk fell as Isha talked to her dadu. Isha had always shared a very special bond with her grandparents.Since she was a child and had a habit of sitting with occasionally at terrace watching the sunset. Something she was doing right now too.

"Thi nhi hai. Mohobbat nhi ishq hai." Her dadu replied having an unknown smile on his lips patting her head.
(Not loved, love. True love)

Isha smiled looking up at her dadu. She dreamed of having a man like him. He's her hero. Someone she looks upto.

"Acha. Aur yeh ishq mohobbat hoti kaise hai?" Isha questioned.
(Well. How does this love happen?)

Her dadu looked down at her with a small smile his eye brows furrowed. "Kyu? Tumhe bhi hogya kya?" He said playfully smiling.
(Why? You fell for someone too?)

"Kya-nhi nhi- mujhe kahan se.mohobbat shohobat kahan aur Mein kahan. Mein to bs aise hi pooch rhi hun."Isha said quickly. Muhammad shahid's smile widened. He knew his granddaughter very well.
(What-nono-me, never. I was just asking)

He nodded dramatically before speaking. "Haan haan. Woh romance shomance kitabien to mein prhta hun na chup chup ke-" his words were cut off with Isha shushing him with wide eyes of shock.
(Yes yes. I red all those romance novels secretly right?)

"Dadu! Halke bolien! Apko kaise pata. Please amma ko nhi bataye ga jaan se mardengi please dadu pleaseppleasepleasemerepyaaredadu-" Isha looked here and there to make sure noone heard him .
(Dadu! Speak lower! How do you know. Please don't tell amma, she'll kill me)

"Acha acha theek hai. Khair ab tumhe ho hi gyi to bata deta hun." He said
(Ok ok. Well now that you fell in love, let me tell you)

"Mujhe koi nhi hui-" ( I just said no-)
"Shh feels mein hu!" (Shh I'm in feels)
"Oh sorry"

"Aik lambi saans lo aur ankhien band karo." He said doing it himself. Isha had sat up straight crossing her legs in a meditation pose.

(Take a deep breath and close your eyes)

"Ab socho-" (now think-)
"Nhi woh to nhi hota-" (no that's something I cant do-)
"ISHA!"
"Acha sorry sorry mazak krrhi thi."
(Sorry I was just kidding!)

Starting again dadu continued. "Ankhien band karo aur apne dil pr haath rkho" Isha did so placing her hand on right side of her chest. "The other one." Her dadu said opening is one eye to look at her.
(Close your eyes and place your hand on your heart)

"Oh" she did so.

"Ab apni dil ki awaz pr dihaan do aur socho, yeh dil, yeh jaan kya tum kisi pr qurbaan karna chaho gi?" Isha's expression turned serious as a face came in front of her ,a very known face.

(Now pay attention to the sound of it. This heart, this life , would you sacrifice this on someone?)

"Kya koi chehra aya hai tumhare samne?" Dadu asked looking at his granddaughter to which she nodded.
(Did a face appear in fromt of your eyes?)