Love conquers all

It had been real long time that I gave any space for any wild random thoughts to drift in the vacuum of my brain.

Today, as I was checking my mail on home PC, I turned on my gazal collection.
Frankly, I have some typical favorites in that huge collection that I play regularly. Apart from the reason of time, not understanding Urdu well is another valid reason for not listening to the entire collection often.

Neways, I stopped mid tracks as I listened to “Chak Jigar Se…”

I have a friend who is going through some real testing times.
He has recently left his well to do family, taken up a small room on rent, is struggling with his business…all for his love.

This may be one of those regular love stories… boy striving through tough times for his girl.
But then I have seen up close and front his fate after his decision.

It takes a lot more than those rosy dreams and those soft whispers of promises to take up life upfront for your love.

He left his home with hardly any cash on himself.
He has been putting off his hunger pangs by managing on a vada pav or two. Those two shirts can be seen every alternate day.

He is striving to earn enough to pay off his rent, the bike has already been kept aside...it is all walking for almost 40 mins to the office.

Initially, everybody wondered if he could pull himself through all this.
Trust me, he has.
For the first time, I saw the power of love at work.

I was plain jealous of the girl for whom he managed to take up this test of fate.
She loves him equally and has supported him completely through this. She saves up some pennies to work up for the rent, sees to it that he has a meal whenever they meet.

Looking at them holding hands, I just know deep inside my heart that they will make it.

They just would.

God cannot even dare think otherwise.

They have won it all…they are together even on the thorny roads.

Now it is His turn to bring out the gardens for them.