𝐈𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐢 𝐚𝐩𝐧𝐢 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐡 𝐤𝐨 𝐯𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐲𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐡 𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐤𝐢, 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐢-𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐢 𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐢 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐤𝐢, 𝐡𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐡𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐇𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐤 𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐤 𝐧𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐳𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐢, 𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐥 𝐤𝐢 𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐤𝐞𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞.

Gehri raat thi, par hum soye nahi,
Seene mein dard tha, magar hum roye nahi.
Tanhaayi ki chaadar mein hum lapte rahe,
Kehne ko bohot kuch tha, par hum bole nahi.

Yaadon ke saaye chhupaye hai raaz,
Dil ki silwatein hai saboot, par humne jaana nahi.
Koi jo poochta, kya soch rahe ho tum,
Kaash samjha pata ke hum kahi dino se roye nahi.

Jaane kiske intezaar mein, ye raat dhal gayi,
Dil ke tukde sambhalte rahe, par dard se kabhi jhuke nahi.
Sab kuch tha par phir bhi kuch kami si thi,
Zindagi ke is raaste mein, hum phir bhi kabhi ruke nahi.

Nazar ke aage the sapne, par haath se fisalte gaye,
Dil ki har ek baat ko, humne khud tak simate rakha.
Jaag rahe kisi ke liye, ya khud se rooth gaye,
Ye sawaal to dil se kiya, par jawab kabhi mila nahi.

Din dhalta raha, lekin andheron ka silsila kabhi ruka nahi,
Har pal ki ek nayi kahani thi, par purana gile-shikwe bhula nahi.
Sapne jo kabhi saath the, ab paraye lagte hain,
Humne samjha tha dard ko, par ab dusro ko samjhana aasan nahi.

Jisme thi bas kuch bechaini, aur thodi si tanhaayi,
Raat bhar humne apni khud se ek jung ladaayi.
Koi jo sunne aata, humne apni baat bayan karayi,
Par kismat ne to humein sirf khaamoshi ki raah hi dikhayi.

Ye dil jo kabhi masroof tha muskurahat mein,
Ab ismein sirf gham ka aawas hain.
Mitti ki tarah bikhar gaye hum, hawaon mein,
Par kisi ne na dekha, kyun hum roye nahi.

Chhupaye the jo jazbaat, aaj phir se bechain kar gaye,
Jaise ek purani kitaab, jo dhool mein dabaayi gayi thi.
Kash koi samjhta, ke humne intezaar kitna kiya,
Jaise kabhi khatm na hone wali ek adhoori dua thi.

Sapne jo kabhi humare the, aaj kisi aur ke ho gaye,
Hum apne jazbaaton ke bojh tale dab gaye.
Jaagte rahe hum kis ke liye, ye raaz, raaz hi reh gaya,
Aur hum roye nahi, apni kismat se bhi shikwa na kiya.

Ab toh bas aadat si ho gayi hai dard sehney ki,
Jaise chand ka poora na hona, ek haqeeqat ho gayi.
Raat kab dhal gayi, pata hi nahi chala,
Bas hum apni dastaanein likhte chale gaye,
Par in khaali kagazon pe apne aansu kabhi giraaye nahi.

Zindagi toh ek intezaar tha, jisme sirf raat thi gehri,
Humne bas sapne dekhe, par unhein kabhi apnaya nahi.
Dard ke iss silsile mein bas hum aur khaamoshi thi,
Par is khaamoshi mein bhi, hum kabhi roye nahi.

“𝐃𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐳 𝐫𝐞𝐡 𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚,
𝐀𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐨 𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐮 𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐤𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐡 𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚.”

- ʙʏ ʜᴀʀᴅɪᴋ ᴊᴀɪɴ. ©
© Hardik Jain