اشفاق احمد کہتے ہیں
میرا پہلا بچہ میری گود میں تھا۔ میں ایک باغ میں بیٹھا تھا ۔ اور مالی کام کر رہے تھے۔
ایک مالی میرے پاس آیا اور کہنے لگا ” ماشااللہ بہت پیارا بچہ ہے ۔ اللہ اِس کی عمر دراز کرے “۔
میں نے اس سے پوچھا ” تمھارے کتنے بچے ہیں ؟ “-
وہ کہنے لگا “میرے آٹھ (8) بچے ہیں”-
جب اس نے آٹھ (8) بچوں کا ذکر کیا تو میں نے کہا کہ “اللہ اُن سب کو سلامت رکھے ۔ لیکن میں اپنی محبت کو آٹھ بچوں میں تقسیم کرنے پہ تیار نہیں ہوں”-
یہ سن کر مالی مسکرایا اور میری طرف چہرہ کر کے کہنے لگا :
۔ ۔ ۔
” صاحب جی ۔ ۔ ۔ محبت تقسیم نہیں کیا کرتے ۔ ۔ ۔ محبت کو ضرب دیا کرتے ہیں”-
Multiply=( ضرب)
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Waow… that is so so beautiful! Thank you for sharing – warms my heart 🙂
I felt the same… but I thought it was a the summer heat 😛 .. Glad you liked it raajii 🙂
Simple and sweet…!!! 😀
PS: I know “zarab” equlx 2 multiply … :p
chotay paa ji .. kuch log zarb ko “hit” wala samajh leta hai 🙂
🙂
Ali, nice post. 🙂 I had to have it translated first before I got to understand. That gardener was whoosh-amazing. More posts please! Hehe.
thanks for liking 🙂
How did the translator translate the last line ? 🙂
actually there were 2 translators. but, here’s how they translated it: “sahab ji, you don’t divide/distribute love, you multiply it.” 🙂 did they get it right though? 🙂
yeah thats exactly right Aasiyah 🙂
very well said Brother
Awesome 🙂
not me 🙂 the gardener was awesome 🙂
very nice.. 🙂
simple n nice .. 🙂
thanks Ayesha and welcome to my blog 🙂
..:)thnxs ali
hahahaha very funny population increase
haha … nice funny interpretation 😀
welcome to my blog 🙂
oh interesting ! Ashfaq Ahmad’s words never fail to warm up our heart 🙂
yes they do … he is my most favorite writer ever 🙂
I read his Zavias two years back and was mesmerized by his talent to convey Barri Barri Baaten in every day language. If I were to title his teachings in one word, it would be ‘ Contentment !’Glided through his three zavias and felt nothing incurs more damage to youth than a contented heart !So quit them but next time I’m stuck in some inevitable mess , I’d know where to turn to for soothing words. 🙂
no doubt zavia is best and its even better to listen from him , search Zavia on youtube , it was actually a weekly program aired on PTV long time ago.
Also I would highly recommend his other collections of short stories
گڈریا
من چلے کا سودا
ایک محبت سو افسانے
صبحانے افسانے
I know Zavia’s actually a compilation of his weekly lectures come discussions. But I like reading them more.Last year I watched Mun Chuly Ka Sauda…its wisdom personified ! Yup his other books are on my reading list already. 🙂
hmmmmmm