ONE DIES BUT SURVIVES By:Maqsood HasniTranslated By: NajamHe knew that he had not promised to return. But he hoped that he would see him once again. It was the optimistic attitude that had maintained the relation otherwise it is soul-dissecting to wait for some one because man has got entangled in the marsh of selfishness and his chief aim lies in becoming economically strong. He had spiritual relation with him, who was a poor man. But he himself had every requisite of life. Along with that, it was against the aristocracy to wait for a beggar.Doctors wait for patient to fleece him of money. The wife is fully conscious that her husband will not return with an empty pocket. The shopkeeper deceives the customers to sell his defective goods. The employer longs for new applicants to snub for bettering his dishes. Landlord wants to be saluted by his tenanls. The tenanls wait for landlord in order to solve their problems. In short, everyone has to kindle in the hell of waiting for someone.It is quite strange that his act of waiting was not related to any material aspect. He reminded him of some memories and, the worth-mentioning things was that these memoirs were not pleasant in any way because man wants to forget the moments of perturbation, hardships and obstinacy. In fact, these feelings disturb man when he is in a state of happiness and, to face the tragedies of life is not an essay task and only a brave man can face them with a smiling face and it is also a fact that everyone is not bold.Today, when he returned home tired, his better half welcomed him after hardly bringing happiness over her face. He consoled her that he required the services of the most qualified doctor in the city for her remedy because she was more costly than money. Perhaps he was “ the first haves” who regarded human more credible than pelf otherwise money has great supremacy over blood relations.While comforting his wife, his child caught his legs and, at this moment, he reminded the “ gone person”, he used to do the same that resulted in the removal of all the fatigue. He became happy to have cheap thing from him. He wanted to give costly things to his child but he belonged to a poor family. But he never missed him in his memories, he hurray picked up the child with tearful eyes.He called the skive of the house and emphasized to look after the children in a proper way as he was taking his wife to a doctor. In the mean time, the elder son, startled from slumber and came there . He was just like him in childhood. The gone person had once said “my dear son listen to me carefully because it will be very conducive for you. You know it well that I belong to the category of poor toiler. I am not make property for you and you will have to survive going through hardships. I am sure if you hard work, you will come out the hell of poverty.”The gone person also stressed that he would not exhort him time and again. The gone person had a charm in his tone and due to his affection, he understood everything even being immature. Then he manged to be a great man and dragged out his father of the hell of penury. When man manly dares to achieve something, he easily finds his cherished goal. The son of a poor toiler passed his M.sc and he had a respectable job. But the tragedy was that his father died before he got his first pay because God had concluded not to bless his father with any kind of bounty.Today, he could not repeat the words of his father because circumstances were quite opposed to. He said his son I am taking your mother to a doctor and care for you and your younger brother and take him in study.The car was very speedily going along the road and a crops (his wife) was taking her last breath on the other seat. He did not want her demise like other rich, because his two old parents had already left this world and she was his only companion and beloved in that world, So, he hold her very dear and castled a glance at the living dead body who was lost in profound thinking. His hopes were alive when they reached the doctor’s lab.The doctor checked this living copse and there was no any pleasant feeling on doctor’s face during this inspection, it seemed that life had lost this war. After checking her, the doctor took him to one side and said the reality which he did not want to hear but he had to face it. Man has to hear a lot unpleasant things as how could one spit over the face of truth.He had become quite pessimist while returning. Although he consoled her yet she had understood everything by his facial expressions. It is a fact that facial expressions are more understandable. The sun was tired and wanted to seek protection in the amplitude of west. He castled a glance at his wife and she gave him a smile despite having immense pain and affliction. The painless of the sun had become the lamb-black of Mary’s eyes. The moonbeams had given shelter to the sun. Perhaps demise wanted to deprive Mary of mundane miseries and tortures. He called to mind the gone person had also pail soot in his eyes. After recalling it, he never stopped even for a moment and shouted: “ I will not let her die” but Mary was not more.If pail soot spreads in eyes , the partners forget all promises and affections and leave this world for ever.
