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FEBRUARY, 1926)
THE SEQUEL TO HIR AND RANJHA
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Jadió chan Hajj da chasya us dihāṣe main akhyā ki: "Tusās ūkde ho ithori KhānaKa'aba trai-sau kitne koh he, kadan tupsahin ?"
Pher unhãn ākhyā "Tainūn keha fikr he. Asean bhi nuo vanjna he.
Jadio oh dinh khí Hajj da Girẽ tnhãn mainum pushya ki: “Tin pher asĩdo nalithe äsin ya uthe rahsin."
Main ākhyā ki: "Uthe tusa de koe han."
Unhan akhya ki: “Jiswakht ahkām Hajj de jo han, jadan sabb pūre püre kar-rahen, tadan uss nun fulān pahari ute milin, ki apne näl tainui assan ithe le ābhān."
Pher ākhyā ki: “Hath assānun napā ate akhiăn het karnin." Main hath pakaraiya aur akhiãn hetya. Thori der vichoð unhan akhyā ki: "Akh khol."
Jadai main akh kholi, tadãn dittha ki bazārāó admin us jah te khalote, tasbihan pherrahe han, zikr Khudā karonde han.
Main unhai-thon puobhya ki: "Eh kea ho-raha he ? Ate kon ja he?"
"Unhāó akhya," Eh admi sabb Musalman han aur eh Hajj dā makān he. Tūn ahkām Hajj de jo han bajā liya.
Ugwagt phir sabab ikattha ate bher admiyon de maiti chip-yai. Do dihäre main uthe rabā, aur admiyān apne desiyān nun, jo maithon hik varihon age hajj nuo -hüi-hāin milya. Häl ahwal puchhya, ākhyā. Dil vich main jätā ki oh admi Hiro Ranjhã dobió Wali Mard-Khudă de han howe. Tās unhān-de ahūdh kar-ke labhon ate bāqi 'umar unhānde. khidmat vich lagyā wall. Jehrā apna nishān unhãn choi pahāņi dā dasya-hä us-nun dhūdha. Oh doin uthe baithe ditthe. Main khush hoyā ate shukrāna Khuda (jalla wa 'ala) da kita. Unhân mainuó sunjätä ate apne kol sadya akhya ki: "Hun farigh ho-raha-hjó !"
"Mais ākhya : “Dhillā ho raha hün."
Phir mera hath pakapke ate usitarah akhyā ki: "Akhiän būt." Thori der ton pichhe adān akh kholi. Usi jah pahle ute phohunche. Isi farah kitne muddat panj chih mahīne khwāh vadh-gadh unhindi khidmat maió rahā, khāwan Waste kadin roți kadin chāwal. dadh hondi hai. Rahi hik dihāre khiyal bāl bachah ghardā mere dil vich aiya, na rahesaki. Be-ikhtiyar rowan lagă. Unho maithon puchhya ki: "Tun kyuó ronda-hain ?”
Main pahle to sharmīyā ; pher jadan unhai wat wat puchhya, tadaó main akhyā ki: "Mainuó ghar-bār, bül-bachah, dost bele yad äi hain, ronda hün."
Unhãn hik dui nui ākhyā, ki: "Watan di muhabbat har hik nun hondi he, toi sachāhin je tuó akhin tainun pohunchā deve.
Us-vele main ākhyā: "Je tusās mainun phunchaiyo, to meri chah he."
Ug-vele Mai Hir ākhyā ki: "Tainui Jhang Syāl vich phhuncha-dewni häin. E par tūn athe asadi zabäni is já de Rais nui asādi sanehă dewangi ki: Mãi Hir to Miko Ranjha jinde han, müe nahin. Ate tusin unhānde baqg vich bad-kamman na-hoù, ki oh bure nahia, usi-tarah majhin Miai Ranjha charā indā-he ate Mãi Hir usde pās rahndi-he. Tusade ute hiri, gharibi ate miskini di guzarde han, tusai mere makān-iddati äke janab Khuda wand Karim Rahim se du'a mango. Khuda tusă de du'a qabul farmiesi, tusinuh khushi, sa ish wa daulatmandi bakhshesi."
Main 'arz kita, ki: "Jetha main us shahr Jhang Syal vich jinda-jind pohutthi-hão, insha 'llah ta'ala, xarür garür unhaó de kol, ya'ne Rais Jhang Syal de kol, niri bal akh-depan."
Tedân Mai Hir Miãn Ranjhi mera hath pakarke åkhyā, ki: "Akhiko būt."
Main akh bûti, thori char ton pichhe, unhän akhya ki: 'Akh khol." Main jadan akh kholi, Tadăn dinh-lahan taraf Roza Mai Hir di jo hik darakht jand dā vadā bē, āpnun usde tale dittha. Kujh char main uthe baithā-rahā. Roga Mãi Hir val turkar pohutthā, usde muja wirän kolon puchhyå ki, “Eh Roya kesda he?"
"Unhän akhya ki: "Eh Roza Mar Hir Syāl da he."
Trai-chär dihäre hoe ban ki maio us mahān ute masjid de vioh tahră hūn. Pachhde puchhde tusādā nãow ma'lum hoya, ki tusin buzurg, vadi 'umar de 'ālam făzil, bafiz Quran