𝙄𝙨 𝙠𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖 𝙠𝙚 𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙖, 𝙠𝙖𝙫𝙞 𝙖𝙥𝙣𝙞 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙝 𝙠𝙤 𝙫𝙮𝙖𝙠𝙩 𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙮𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙝 𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙩𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞 𝙠𝙞, 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙖𝙗𝙝𝙞 𝙠𝙖𝙗𝙝𝙞 𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙝 𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞, 𝙥𝙖𝙧 𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙞 𝙨𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙝𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙨 𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞. 𝘽𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙞 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙞 𝙠𝙚, 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙚, 𝙬𝙤𝙝 𝙖𝙥𝙣𝙚 𝙟𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙠𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙦𝙨𝙖𝙙 𝙠𝙝𝙤𝙟𝙣𝙚 𝙠𝙞 𝙠𝙤𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞, 𝙖𝙪𝙧 𝙮𝙚𝙝 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞 𝙠𝙞 𝙠𝙮𝙖 𝙮𝙚𝙝 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙞 𝙪𝙨𝙠𝙞 𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙞 𝙠𝙞 𝙖𝙨𝙡𝙞 𝙥𝙚𝙝𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞.


Zinda hoon, par zindagi se juda sa hoon,
Aaj kyun itna majboor aur akela hoon?
Dil mein sawaal hai, jo chubhte rehte hain,
Bina galti kiye, yeh sazaa mili kyun hain?

Zehar sa lagta hai yeh dard ka raaz,
Har raat mein chhupa ek ajeeb ehsaas.
Khamoshi se baatein karta ek khayal,
Aankhon ke aansu se, har khwab behaal.

Zindagi ki deewaron pe udaasi ka rang chhaya,
Saath mein khauf ka ek bechain sa saaya.
Naye jazbaat, naye dard ka paighaam hai yahaan,
Sahi aur galat ka faasla lagta hai adhura yahaan.

Us waqt ke dard se, shayad maut ka talooq hai,
Har din, mein yehi ek sawal karta hoon,
Bekasur hoon, ye hi meri zindagi ka raaz hai,
Khud se bhi, apni galtiyon ka hisab leta hoon.

Har subah ek naye iraade ke saath aati hai,
Har shaam purani yaadon ko chhod jaati hai.
Agar zindagi mein ek nayi raah hai kahin,
Toh is dard ke safar mein, kyun ek ajeeb junoon hai?

Jism se rooh tak ek ajeeb si chhalang hai,
Har khushi bas ek dhundhli si parchhai hai.
Yeh safar hai ya ek intezaar ka silsila hai,
Kya yeh dard hi, zindagi ka asli rang hai?

Bistar par guzri har raat, ek nayi kahani ban jaati hai,
Har dard, ek purani yaad dilaati hai,
Yeh khel kya hai, kyun saansein rukne ko tayaar hain
Zinda hoon, magar zindagi se door hoon, aur yehi meri sachai hai.

Naye dard, naye zakham, har din ek nayi dastaan hai,
Majbooriyon ki raaton mein, ek nasha khaufnaak hai,
Mujhe yeh saza kab tak aur kaise sehna hai?
Zinda toh hoon, magar kya yahi dard mere jeeney ki pehchaan hai?

Har pal ek nayi pariksha, khaufnaak sapna lagta hai,
Zinda toh hoon par jeene ka maqsad ab adhoora lagta hai hai.
Kis se kahoon, kis tarah se samjhaoon, apni zindagi ki yey dastaan ko,
Yeh ajeeb sa sawal, zindagi ka gumnaam raaz lagta hai.

“𝙕𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙞 𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧, 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙠𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙖𝙯 𝙠𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣,
𝙃𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝙠𝙖 𝙟𝙪𝙣𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙣𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙗𝙖𝙖𝙩 𝙟𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣.”


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