tasahul ki chadar lapete hue qissa-khwani ek sham thi hum wahan apni din bhar ki is jaan-lewa thakan se nabard-azma khub qahwon pe qahwe ke piyale lundhate rahe aur apne buland-bang dawon se aur qahqahon se kahin ghonslon mein chhupe thak ke soe hue nim-jaan taeron ko jagate rahe aur guzre zamane ke piron faqiron ki koi na kai karamat sunate rahe (kis tarah sahiban-e-karamat barzakh to barzakh shar-angez zindon ki ruhen bulane pe qadir sabhi ko bad-amaliyon se bachate rahe) par jo ye sab nahi mante the wo niswar ki tez bu mein base int gare ke ek nim-pukhta thade par bar-afrokhta ho ke inkar mein sar hilate rahe han magar wo ki jin ke labon par charas aur ganje ki udi si tah mustaqil jam gai thi faqat muskuraate rahe aur sangat mein maujud jo bachcha-khush the wo har aate jate trahdar kam-umr ladke ko aaankhon hi aaankhon mein pate rahe phir sab aapas mein mil kar karachi se kunduz tak pesha karti hui kasbiyon hijdon aur loundon ke pur-kaif qisse sunate rahe gudgudate rahe dil lubhate rahe