He asked Kanha -- Bacha lijiye unhe.. Bacha lijiye Jodha Begum ko.. (his tears were out again).. Vo to aapki ibaadat karti hain..unhone kisi ka kya bigada hai..jo unhe ye saza mil rahi hai..
Agar kuch saza deni hai to humein dijiye.. (he was literally begging now).. Ye sab humari vajah se hua hai.. Humnein apne gusse mein aakar naa jaane kya kya kaha hain unhe..Lekin vo sirf sehti rahin...
Har baar humein aagah kiya unhone..lekin humnein bevakoofi ki hadein paar kardin..
Phir bhi unhone bas humare baare mein socha..yahan tak hi apni jaan ki bhi parvah nahi ki.. Kripya unhe bacha lijiye...Agar unhe kuch hua..to hum..to hum..(he could not complete his sentence)..
He folded his hands..and bowed down his head in Kanha's feet...
Ye SHahenshah aapke saamne sir Jhukakar Jodha Begum ki jaan ki bheekh maangta hai.. With this he completely broke down..
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After some five or ten minutes, He heard a feeble "Shahenshah.." in the silent room.. He was shocked.. He knew..that word was spoken after a great struggle but yes..it was spoken..
he heard it right.. he immediately got up and ran back to the bed..He saw her closed eyes moving with much difficulty..She was looking so weak..
Her lips had just uttered Shahenshah.. How terrible and happy he felt simultaneously.."Even after taking this drastic step..all she says is SHahenshah".. His head shook in despair..
And all they could say is - Sorry Shahenshah... She is sinking.. May be her inner strength helped her to utter some words..but very little time is left with her..
We are so very sorry.. As we had said, that She would live up only for some hours..
Jalal was not at all ready to hear this.. He got hold of the vase on the table and threw it at the wall with all his might...
He shouted - NO!! Never!! This cannot happen..She cannot leave without talking to me.. She needs to answer me.. She needs to open her eyes.. She has to live..
DO Whatever you can..but you cannot tell me that she is leaving..Go and search for anything that you need..BUT BRING HER BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS RIGHT NOW!!!
This is my order..
He got up and covered her body with double blankets.. He went to her feet and started rubbing them in desperation.. He did not want to lose her..
His eyes were all upon her closed eyes..much opposite to what he had said the day before..👏
Finally he had realised that He felt so vulnerable..because she was NOT just "Somebody"..She was KHAAS..He felt for her..
He liked her..He more than liked her.. He had always felt a strange feeling when she was near.. but he was sure he felt for her..
Did he Lov..Love Her?? Can Love make somebody so vulnerable.. Was he in Love??.. He was shocked but calm enough..
Beautiful dear.. just beautiful...I've highlighted the bits and the lines that I really liked above..as I've said before you can capture emotions very very very well!🤗
I especially want this bit to happen maybe tomorrow - Jalal talking/complaining to an unconscious Jodha of how much she's troubling him...*sigh*
Acha..to ye tareeka nikala hai aapne humein pareshaan karneka.. Jodha Begum aankhein kholiye..
Varna sach keh rahein hain..Bahut badi saza denge hum aapko humein is tarah chot pahuchane ka.. Kyon chup chap leti huyi hain..
Maariye na taana..Kahiye..Ki aap sahi thin..aur hum galat..Kahiye na ki aap jeet gayin..aur hum haar gaye..boliye na..(he was loosing his confidence)..
He had continously caressing his begum's forehead..talking to her every now and then like a mad child.. telling her all sorts of silly things..
asking her to respond to him.. The only thing he had not asked her was why she did this for him..
Hats off to you!!!!😃
Excellent read..I mean we all sort of guessed how yesterday today and tomorrow is going to proceed, but you breathed life into it..
Kudos Nancy! Keep it up! 🤗
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