Disclaimer
This book is transliteration of Umera Ahmed’s masterpiece Peer-e-Kaamil WITHOUT HER PERMISSION.
This is only for those readers who understand Urdu but can’t read it. On Goodreads, some people asked meabout Roman transliteration of Peer-e-Kamil. I couldn’t find it, so I made a mental note to try and make it available to others for free when I get time. Then I forgot about it because I never get time.
And this morning, I got this book. Some kind soul had enough time to transliterate, print, and spiral bind and bring it home.
Anyone interested in reading the roman version can borrow from me.
And those online can read it here.
P.S. This is NOT English translation. If you want that, it’s available on Amazon.
“Meri zindagi ki sabse badi khwahish….”
Ball point ko hothon me dabaye wo soch me pad gayi. Phir ek lamba saans lete hue qadr e babasi se muskurai
“Bht mushkil hai is sawal ka jawab dena.”
“Kyu mushkil hai??” Jaweriya ne usse poocha
“Kyu ke meri bht saari khwaishaat hain, aur har khwaish hi mere liye bht aham hai.”
Usne sar jhatakte hue kaha.
Wo dono auditorium ke aqbi hisse me deewar ke saath zameen pe tek lagaye baithi thi. FSC classes me aaj unka aanthwa (8th) din tha, aur us waqt wo dono free period me auditorium ke aqbi hisse me aakar baith gayi thi. Namkeen moongphali ke daano ko ek ek karke khatey hue Jaweriya ne usse poocha,
“Tumhari zindagi ki sabse badi khwaish kya hai Imama? “
Imama ne qadr e hairani se use dekha aur soch me padh gayi,
“Pehle tum batao, tumhari zindagi ki sabse badi khwaish kya hai? “Imama ne jawab dene ke bajaye
ulta sawal kar diya.
“Pehle mene poocha hai, tumhe pehle jawab dena chahiye” Jaweriya ne gardan hilai.
“Achha! Theek hai, mujhe aur sochne do”Imama ne fauran haar mante hue kaha.
“Meri zindagi ki sabse badi khwaish…. “ Wo badbadaai.
“Ek khwaish to ye hai ki meri zindagi bht lambi ho” Usne kaha
“Kyu? “ Jaweriya hasi.
“Bas 50 – 60 saal ki zindagi mujhe bohot choti lagti hai. Kam se kam 100 saal to milne chahiye insan ko
duniya me. Aur phir me itna sab kuch karna chahti hoon, agar jaldi mar jaungi to meri zindagi ki saarikhwaishaat adhuri reh jayengi.”
Usne moongphali ka ek dana mooh me daalte hue kaha.
“Achha aur?? “ Jaweriya ne kaha.
“Aur ye ke me mulk ki sabse badi doctor banna chahti hu, sabse achhi eye specialist. Me chahti hu ki jab Pakistan me eye surgery ki taarikh likhi jaye to usme mera naam top of the list ho.”
Usne muskurate hue Aasmaan ko dekha.
“Achha! Aur agar kabhi tum doctor na ban saki to??” Jaweriya ne kaha. “Aakhir ye meri aur qismat ki baat hai”
“Esa mumkin hi nahi hai. Me itni mehnat kar rahi hu ke merit par soorat aaungi. Phir mere walidain ke
paas itna paisa hai ki agar me yahan kisi medical college me na ja saki, to wo mujhe behroone mulk
bhijwa denge.”
“Phir bhi agar kabhi esa ho ke tum doctor na ban
sako to? “
“Ho hi nahi sakta. Ye meri zindagi ki sabse badi khwaish hai, aur me is profession ke liye sab kuch
chodh sakti hu. Ye mera khwaab hai aur khwabon ko bhala kaise chodha ja sakta hai. Impossible”
Imama ne qatai andaaz me sar hilate hue hatheli pe rakhe dano me se ek aur dana mooh me dala.
“Zindagi me kuch bhi na mumkin nahi ho sakta, kabhi bhi kuch bhi ho sakta hai. Farz karo, ki tum
doctor nahi ban paati to, phir tum kya karogi? Kaise react karogi?”
Imama ab soch me padh gayi
“Pehle to me bht roungi, bohot hi zyada, kai din aur phir me mar jaungi”
Jaweriya be-ikhtiyaar hasi
“Aur abhi kuch der pehle to tum keh rahi thi ki tum lambi zindagi chahti hoho, aur abhi tum keh rahi ho
ke tum mar jaogi”
“Haan, to phir zinda rehkar kya karoongi? Saare plans hi mere medical ke hawale se hain, aur phir ye
cheez zindagi se nikal gayi, to phir baaqi rahega kya”
“Yaani tumhari ek badi khwaish, doosri badi khwaish ko qatl kar degi? “
“Tum ye hi samajh lo. “
“To phir iska matlab to yehi hua ke, tumhari sabse badi khwaish doctor banna hai, lambi zindagi pana
nahi”
“Tum keh sakti ho.”
“Achha! Agar tum doctor na ban saki, to phir marogi kaise? Khudkhushi karogi ya taba’i maut??
Jaweriya ne badi dilchaspi se poocha.
“Taba’i maut, khudkhushi to kar hi nahi sakti”Imama ne laparwahi se kaha.
“Aur agar tumhe tabai maut na aa saki to? Mera matlab hai jald na aayi to phir tum doctor na banne
ke bawajood lambi zindagi guzarogi? “
“Nahi, mujhe pata hai, ki agar me doctor na bani to me bohot jald mar jaungi. Mujhe itna dukh hoga ke
me zinda reh hi nahi sakoongi” Wo yaqeen se boli
“Tum jis qadar khush mizaaj hoho, me kabhi yaqeen nahi kar sakti ki tum kabhi itni dukhi ho sakti ho ke ro ro kar mar jao, aur wo bhi sirf isliye ke tum doctor nahi ban saki, sounds funny”
Jaweriye ne is baar uska mazaq udhane was style me kaha.
“Tum ab meri baat chodho, apni karo, tumhari zindagi ki sabse badi khwaish kya hai? “Imama ne
mouzu badalte hue kaha
“Rehne do”
“Kyu rehne do? Batao na”
“ Tumhe bura lagega” Jaweriya ne kuch
hichkichaatey hue kaha
Imama ne gardan modh kar hairani se kaha “mujhe
“kyu bura lagega?”
Jaweriya khamosh rahi.
“Esi kya baat hai jo mujhe buri lagegi? “Imama neapna sawal dohraya.
“Buri lagegi” Jaweriya ne maddham aawaz me kaha.
“Aakhir tumhari zindagi ki sabse badi khwaish kameri zindagi se kya ta’aluq haihai, ke me ispar bura manoongi”Imama ne is baar qadr e uljhe hue andaazme poocha.
“Kahin tumhari khwaish ye to nahi ki me doctor nabanu”Imama ko achanak yaad aaya.
Jaweriya hass di “nahi, zindagi sirf ek doctor banjane se kahin zyada ehmiyat ke haamil hoti hai”
Usne kuch falsafiyana andaaz me kaha
“Paheliya bujhwana chodh do aur mujhe batao”Imama ne kaha “me wada karti hu me bura nahi
maanungi”Imama ne apna haath uski taraf badhatehue kaha
“Wada karne ke ba’wajood tum meri baat sunne parburi tarah naraz hogi, behtar hai hum kuch aur baatkarein” Jaweriya ne kaha
“Achha me andaza lagati hu, tumhari is baat kata’aluq meri kisi bht aham cheez se hai, right? “
Imama ne kuch sochte hue kahaJaweriya ne sar hilaya
“Ab sawal ye paida hota hai ke, mere liye konsi cheezitni aham ho sakti hai ke me…. “ Wo baat karte karteruk gayi
“Magar jab tak me tumhari khwaish ki nauhiyat jaannahi leti, me kuch bhi andaza nahi kar sakti…… Batado jaweriya, please, ab to mujhe bht hi zyadatajassus ho raha hai” Usne minnat ki
Wo kuch der sochti rahi. Imama ghaur se uska chehradekhti rahi. Kuch der ki khamoshi ke baad jaweriyane sar utha kar Imama ko dekha.
“Mere profession ke alawa meri zindagi me jincheezon ki ahmiyat hai, wo sirf ek hi hai, aur agar
tum iske hawale se kuch kehna chahti ho to kaho, mebura nahi maanungi.”Imama ne sanjeedgi se kaha
Jaweriya ne qadr e chaunk ke use dekha, wo apnehaath me maujood ek angoothi ko dekh rahi thi.Jaweriya muskurai,
“Meri zindagi ki sabse badi khwaish ye hai ki, ki tum…..”
Jaweriya ne use apni khwaish batai. Imama kachehra ek dum safaid padh gaya. Wo shocked thi ya
hairat zada, jaweriya andaza nahi kar saki, magaruske chehre ke taasurat ye zarur bata rahe they ke
jaweriya ke mooh se nikalne wale jumle, uske harandaze ke baraks they.
“Mene tumse kaha tha na, ki tum bura manogi”
Jaweriya ne jaise safai pesh karne ki koshish ki,
magar Imama…… Baghair kuch kahe use dekhti rahi.