Jodha was loving the weather and the surroundings.She walked in the garden and sat on the porch where she sits daily and feeds the pigeons.As she sat there,she reminisced about the past days.If she didnt gulped the poison infront of Jalal to prove her allegations imposed on Benazir right,Benazir would have succeeded in killing her beloved Shehnshah.She wiped the lone tear that formed on the corner of her eye and was about to get up when she felt a hand on her shoulder.She turned around and smiled at the sight before her.
''Itni raat ko aap yahaan kya kar rahi hai,Jodha Begum? Bahar itna thand hai.. Agar aapko thand lag gayi toh? Chaliye andar..'' Jalal told her.
Jodha smiled and held his hands.He looked at her and she said, ''Jabtak aap humare saath hai,humein kuch nahi hoga... Aapke pyaar ne humein aaj zinda rakkha hai,Shehnshah...''
Saying this,Jodha hugged him tightly...Jalal smiled at her antics and hugged her,as well.
''Humein pata nahi tha,Shehnshah,ki,aap humse itna prem karte hai... Atgah Sahab aur Jiji Anga usdin humse humare kaksh mein milne aaye thhe... Atgah Sahab ne bataya ki aapne Dargah mein aur mere Kanha ke samne apna shish jhukaye mere jaan ki bheek maange thhe.. Unhone ye bhi bataya ki aap usdin bohut roye the mere haath pakar ke... Kyun karte hai humse itna prem,Shehnshah?''
Saying this,tears came out of her eyes.Jalal pulled her more to himself and covered themselves with the shawl and said, ''Jodha Begum,aap bohut hi nayaab hai aur bohut hi acchi hai.. Aap hi woh pehli insaan hai jo Shehnshah Jalaluddin Mohammad ko nahi,balki,Jalaluddin Mohammad se be intehaan mohabbat kiya... Aap hi woh pehli insaan hai jo mere rutba,shauhrat,naam se nahi,mere rooh,mere dil ko chaha hai... Aapne hi kaha thha na,ki,mere andar dil hai,bas,usse dharkane keliye koi aisa insaan chahiye jo aapse pyaar karta ho.. Toh woh aap hi hai Jodha Begum... Aapne hi mere patthar jaise dil mein jaan aur pyaar bharke dharkana shuru kiya hai... Aapne mujhe apne asal Jalal se rubaru karwaya,jo,pehle kisine nahi karwaya hai... Aapke zubaan mein saat janmo keliye hi sahi,par,hum aapse har janam keliye bandh chuke hai aur aage bhi bandhe rahenge...''
Jalal's words' brought tears in her eyes.. She never thought that her Shehnshah could be so mature and loving...The respect she had for him,has now grown into much more...She wiped those tears and clunged into him for more warmth...
''Hum bohut hi khushnaseeb hai ki humein aap mili,Jodha... Warna,yeh Jalal apni Jodha ke bina adhura reh jata... Hum aapse vadaa karte hai ki hum aapka saath kabhi bhi nahi chorenge... Hum aapse behat mohabbat karte hai...''
''Hum bhi aapse behat prem karte hai,Shehnshah... Humara vadaa raha ki hum kabhi bhi aapko chhorke kahi nahi jaayenge... Yeh ek Rajvanshi aur Mughal Sultanate ki Begum aur Mallika-e-Hundustan ka vadaa rahaa... Yeh Jodha humesha apni Jalal ki thhi,hai aur humesha rahegi...''
After this,they hugged each other tightly and reminisced their moments of togetherness and prayed to both Allah and Kanha to keep them together for lifetimes to come...
BG Music:
''Har kisiko nahi milta,
Yahaan pyaar zindagi mein,
Khushnaseeb hai hum,
Jinko hai mili,
Yeh bahar zindagi mein...
Tum mein hum hai,
Hum mein tum ho,
Tum se hum hai,
Hum se tum ho,
Kismato se milte hai do dil yahaan,
Har kisiko nahi milta,
Yahaan pyaar zindagi mein,
Khushnaseeb hai hum,
Jinko hai mili,
Yeh bahaar zindagi mein...''
~*-The End-*~
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