رندھی یک اس بات کا وہ ر مطلب سمجھ ی گئ تیھ کیوں کہ اس یک آنکھوں می رشم ےک الل ڈورے رتی ر ی می گئ تھے لیکن بعد ر جب رندھی ے ن اےس ے اپئ ر ی دھوت نکال کر دی تو اس ے ن کچھ دیر سوچ کر اپنا لہنگا اتار دیا۔ جس پر میل ے بھیگئ یک وجہ ےس اور بیھ نمایاں ہو گیا تھا۔ لہنگا اتار کر اس ے ن ایک طرف رکھ دیا اور جلدی ےس ی دھوت ے اپئ رانوں پر ڈال یل۔ پھر اس ے ن ے اپئ تنگ بھنچ چویل اتارنے بھنچ ی ی یک کوشش یک جس ےک دونوں کناروں کو مال کر اس ے ن ایک گانٹھ دے رکیھ تیھ۔ وہ گانٹھ اس ےک تندرست ے سین ےک ننھے می لیکن سمٹیےل گڑےھ ر چھپ ی گئ تیھ۔ کھڑیک ےک باہر پیپل ےک پنی کپکپارہ تھے۔ ایس طرح ے لڑیک ےک دونوں ی ڑ کیے جو ے می رشابور ہو چےک پات ر ڈھی یک تھے ایک گدےل ر می پڑے تھے اور صورت ر رندھی ےک ساتھ ڑ چپئ وہ ر ے ی ہوت تیھ۔ اس ےک ننگ بدن یک گریم اس ےک جسم می اییس ہلچل یس پیدا ر کر ریہ تیھ جو سخت می جاڑے ےک دنوں ر نائیوں ےک گرم حماموں می نہا ی ن وقت محسوس ر ہوا ی کرت ےہ۔ She had understood him, though she did not know his language. Red webs of shame had suddenly floated in her eyes. When Randhir had handed her a fresh white dhoti, she had hesitated for a moment and then abruptly she had loosened her dirty coarse kashta, made filthier by the rain. As the soaked garment collapsed round her legs she had swiftly covered her thighs with the dhoti. She had then tried to take off her tight choli by opening a tiny knot, almost embedded in the deep and narrow hollow between her breasts. She had guessed what he had in mind. He could see it in her eyes. Randhir had given her a dry towel to wrap herself in. She had hesitated but only for a second, then she had taken off her lehnga, which was tied around her waist, put it aside and hurriedly covered her thighs with the towel he had given her. She had then tried to wriggle out of her choli, which was Knotted tightly at the front. But because it was wet, she was having difficulty undoing the knots, which were buried in her deep cleavage. Beyond the window the pepal leaves had dripped with rain. The Ghatan girl’s soaked two-piece dress was on the floor in a filthy heap. The girl had clung to Randhir. The warmth of her nude unwashed body had reminded him of a hot bath in winter in a filthy public hammam. The rains had come and outside the window, the wet leaves of the pipal tree trembled in the drizzle. The wet clothes of the girl lay in a heap on the floor and she lay next to Randhir, holding him tight. Her naked body emitted a strange heat, the kind one felt in a hot, dirty steam bath in a barber shop. ُ دس برس اس کو دالیل ی کرن ہو ی گئ تھے۔ اور ان می وہ پیشہ دس برسوں ر کر ےان وایل لڑکیوں ےک تمام رازوں ےس واقف ہو چکا ُ تھا۔ مثال ےک طور پر اےس ے یہ معلوم تھا کہ ی دھوت پان ےک آخری شے پر جو چھوکری ایک نوجوان لڑےک کو ی بھات بنا کر ی رہئ ےکلئاچھوت کنیا ےہ۔ اس ر کا ریکارڈ"کا ےہ کرتا مورکھ ٹون ہ ی اپن ڑ پیار پیار‘‘ ے ون ی باج پر بجایا کرت ےہ کہ ُ ے اےس اشوک کمار ےس بہت ُبری طرح عشق ہ۔ ی کئ ے من چےل لونڈے اشوک کمار ُ ےس اس یک مالقات کر ےان کا ُّ جھانسہ دے کر اپنا الو سیدھا کر چےک تھے۔ اےس یہ بیھ معلوم تھا۔ کہ داور می جو پنجابن ی رہئ ےہ ر رصف اس رلئ کوٹ پتلون ُ ی پہنئ ےہ کہ اس ےک ایک ے یار ن اس ےس کہا تھا کہ ٹانگی تو بالکل اس رتیی ر انگریز ڑ ایکیس یک طرح رہی جس ے ن ’’مراکو عرف ّ می کام کیا خون تمنا‘‘ ُ ر ِ ے تھا۔ یہ فلم اس ن ی کئ بار دیکیھ۔ اور جب اس ےک یار ے لی ڑ ن کہا کہ مار ر ے ڈییچ اس لئ پتلون ی پہنئ ےہ کہ ر ٹانگی بہت اس یک ر خوبصورت رہی۔ اور ان ٹانگوں کا اس ے ن دو الکھ کا بیمہ کرا رکھا ےہ۔ تو اس ے ن بیھ پتلون ے پہنئ رشوع کر دی۔ جو اس ےک می بہت پھنس چوتڑوں ر کر ی آت تیھ۔ He had been a pimp for ten years and knew all about the weaknesses and idiosyncracies of the girls in his profession. That girl who lived at the end of Pydhonie, with a man she called brother, was very fond of the songs of the film "Achut Kanya" because she was very much in love with Ashok Kumar, the star of the film. Many enterprising youngmen, knowing about her infatuation, had posed as Ashok Kumar's friends, and holding out the hope of introducing her to him, had exploited her. There was also that Punjabi girl in Dadar who wore slacks because one of her lovers had said to her that her legs were like those of that Hollywood actress, whose crural charms were featured in "Morocco". She had seen this film many times and when she learnt that its star, Marlene Dietrich, whose legs were insured for two hundred thousand rupees, wore slacks she immediately had some made and wore them tight at the hips. He had been in this business for ten years and he knew all the secrets of this profession and the women who worked it. He knew, for instance, that at the end of the street the girl who lived with a man she said was her brother and who used to play a song from the movie Achoot Kanya on her broken harmonium was in love with the actor Ashok Kumar. Many boys had taken her to bed on the promise that they would introduce her to Ashok. He also knew that the Punjabi girl who lived in Dadar wore a jacket and trousers because a customer had once told her about Marlene Dietrich, the star of the movie Morocco, who was said to wear trousers because her legs were so beautiful that they needed to be protected. They were said to be insured for a lot of money. She had seen that movie many times. The trousers sat tightly over her buttocks but it didn’t matter.