X$p¡. dyLy$g Qp¡L$ku
dpZk_u Mydpfu_u A_¡ gpQpfu_u hps A¡L$kp\¡ sp¡ NTgdp„ S> \C iL¡$. dpZk_u r_Æ gpQpfu_¡ Mydpfu_p tbvy$ ky^u gC S>_pf NÎepNp„W$ép NyS>fpsu NTgL$pfp¡dp„_p A¡L$ A¡hp õh. Ad©s Opeg lh¡ Ap`Zu hÃQ¡ _\u. "f„N', "ê$`' s\p "Tp„e'\u iê$ L$fu NyS>fpsu NTgfrkL$_¡ "ApW$p¡ Åd Mydpfu' ky^u v$p¡fu S>_pf A¡L$ b¡Myv$ ipef Ap`Zu Np¡W$X$u R>p¡X$u_¡ S>sp¡ füp¡ R>¡.
k¥a Nep, dfuT Nep, i|Þe Nep, b¡apd Nep, N_u Nep A_¡ lh¡ NyS>fpsu NTg_u A¡L$ R>gp¡R>g dpsbf `¡Y$u_p R>¡ëgp ipef Ad©s Opeg `Z Nep...
NyS>fps_u NTg_y„ `|Z® h¥^ìe lh¡ iê$ \pe R>¡. NyS>fpsu NTg_¡ S>¡Z¡ `p¡sp_p i¡f _usfsp iåv$p¡\u v$peL$pAp¡ ky^u gpX$ gX$pìep s¡ Ad©s Opeg Nep.
s¡Ap¡ rdÅÆ `Z lsp, A_¡ NTgdp„ õhÃR>„v$u `Z lsp. s¡Ap¡ lmhp A_¡ N„cuf lsp. s¡d_p rdkfp ku^p `Z A_¡ Óp„kp `Z lsp. s¡d_u bp_udp„ suMpi, s|fpi A_¡ duW$pi_p ANrZs NyZpL$pfp¡ lsp. s¡Ap¡ _hp `Z lsp A_¡ S|>_p `Z lsp.
NyS>fpsu NTg_u Qpf Qpf `¡Y$uAp¡ ky^u s¡Ap¡ r_Æ kÒhiug NTg gC_¡ AX$uMd Ecp füp. A¡L$ v$uO® ip[åv$L$ "L¡$fu-\y°-Bt_N' fdu_¡ s¡Ap¡ Nep. ApS>¡ s¡d_p Ak„¿e i¡fp¡ NyS>fpsu NTgcphL$_p L$p_p¡dp„ `X$Ope R>¡.
""cp¡mhpC Nep_y„ cp_ \sp„
cp¡m`Z_p¡e cpf gpN¡ R>¡.
"`Z' L$lu L$p¡C Åe R>¡ AV$L$u
Ðepf¡ "`Z'_p¡e cpf gpN¡ R>¡.''
Opeg dyipefpAp¡_p tTv$pqv$g i¡f lsp. s¡Ap¡ NTg_¡ NS>®_p L$fu_¡ fS|> L$fsp. `Z M|bu_u hps A¡ R>¡ L¡$ fS|>Aps_p T_|_u bpv$ipl lp¡hp R>sp„e Opeg_u NTgp¡ cf`|f fus¡ hp„Q_nd R>¡. ApS>¡ `Z s¡d_p NTgk„N°lp¡dp„ Ap„Mp¡ V$l¡ghp _uL$m¡ sp¡ L$gpL$p¡ ky^u V$L$u fl¡ R>¡.
""R>¡ dpfy„ v$v®$ A¡_u õhe„ lz„ v$hp L$fui
Å¡ L$pfNf \i¡ _ v$hp sp¡ vy$Ap L$fui
Opeg vy$Ape Å¡ _l] `lp¢Q¡ Myv$p ky^u
sp¡ lz„ õhe„ Myv$p ky^u `lp¢Qu S>hp L$fui.''
NTgdp„ L$l¡hpe R>¡ L¡$ Å¡i lp¡e R>¡, Ap¾$p¡i lp¡e R>¡, `Z Å¡i A_¡ Ap¾$p¡i kp\¡ Aphsu rhQpfp¡_u k„Ly$gsp NTg_¡ cpf¡Md b_phu v¡$ R>¡. OZp kpfp NTgL$pfp¡ D`f NTg_¡ rhQpf_p bp¡S>\u `p„Nmu b_phu d|¼ep_p¡ Apfp¡` R>¡.
Opeg Å¡i kp\¡ rhQpfp¡_p `|f_¡ fS|> L$f_pf NTgL$pfp¡_p Ap Ly$m_p NTgL$pf lsp. R>sp„ s¡d_u NTg NZNZu iL$pe A¡hu lmhu flu iL$u R>¡ s¡ _p¢^`pÓ bpbs R>¡. Ap füy„ A¡_y„ Dv$plfZ :
""Ap A¡V$g¡ sp¡ dpfp D`f \C Arscpf¡
Cðfdp„ d¢ d|¼ep¡ lsp¡ rhðpk h^pf¡.''
NTgdp„ â¡d_u, îÙp_u, Cðf_u, Æh__u, qagp¡kp¡au_u ep âL©$rs_u hpsp¡ sp¡ b¡iydpf Aph¡ R>¡. `Z dy¼sL$dp„ gp„Qfyíhs_u hps L$fhu lp¡e sp¡ AOfy„ L$pd R>¡. lp, lTgdp„ Aphy„ i¼e R>¡. `Z Opeg¡ N„cuf`Z¡ Aphu R>uR>fu hpsp¡_¡e `|fsp KX$pZ\u NTgdp„ hZu gu^u R>¡, A_¡ s¡ `Z R>¡L$ 1988dp„.
""gpNhN_y„ R>¡ _pd i[¼s Al]
gp„Qfyíhs R>¡ gpeL$ps_y„ _pd
_uQsp_y„ R>¡ _pd _urs Al]
^d® R>¡ AÓ¡ f¼s`ps_y„ _pd.''
dp_hrQÑ_p A¡L$v$d srmep_p„ KX$pZp¡dp„ Opeg¡ hpf„hpf spÁey„ R>¡.
""Ad©s\u lp¡W$ kp¥_p A¡W$p L$fu iLy„$ Ry>„
d©Ðey_p lp\ `mdp„ l¡W$p L$fu iLy„$ Ry>„.
Ap dpfu ipefu A¡ k„Æh_u R>¡ dpfu
ipef Ry>„ `prmep_¡ b¡W$p„ L$fu iLy„$ Ry>„.''
""iåv$_u Apf`pf Æìep¡ Ry>„
lz„ blz ^pfv$pf Æìep¡ Ry>„
M|b A„v$fblpf Æìep¡ Ry>„
O|„V¡$ O|„V¡$ rQ½$pf Æìep¡ Ry>„.''
Ap s\p Aphp A_¡L$ i¡fp¡ Ap`Z_¡ Opeg_u epv$ A`phsp fl¡i¡. NTg Üpfp dpZk_¡ kdS>hp_p¡ Apepd Opeg `pk¡\u iuMhp S>¡hp¡ R>¡.
""Å¡f\u Ål¡fdp„ lksp„ bv$_
Mp_Nudp„ M|b fp¡sp„ lp¡e R>¡.''
A_¡ hpf„hpf ¼hp¡V$ \sp¡, k„Qpg_p¡dp„ A_¡L$ hpf spmuAp¡_p NX$NX$pV$ T|„V$hu S>sp¡ Ap i¡f Opeg_u S> _l], dpZkÅs_u A¡L$ rhgnZ qagk|au_u hps L¡$hu Av¹$cys fus¡ L$lu Åe R>¡ s¡ dpZhp S>¡hy„ R>¡!
""s_¡ `usp„ _\u AphX$sy„ d|M® d_ dpfp
`v$p\® A¡hp¡ L$ep¡ R>¡ L¡$ S>¡ ifpb _\u.''
R>¡ëg¡, Opeg_p S> i¡f_¡ kl¡S> bv$gu_¡ d„Q_p Ap dlpfpÅ_¡, i¡f_p Ap il¡_ipl_¡ Agrhv$p L$luA¡ :
S>C flu R>¡ khpfu Opeg_u
bpAv$b, bpdygprlÅ, lp¡riepf!
Ap g¡Mp¡ `Z S>ê$f hp„Qp¡
Ad©s Opeg : ^pfv$pf Æìep, Apf`pf Æìep
ipef Ad©s Opeg lh¡ Apdmp„_p¡ S> _ip¡ L$f¡ R>¡