– Zulfikar Inamdar
“Mohabbat ka asli wajood tab samajh aata hai,
jab dil bolta rahe aur saamne ki khamoshi bhi mehsoos ho.”
Arz kiya hai…
Maine tumhare dil se saaf kaha tha,
Ke mujhe tumse betahasha muhabbat hai…
Magar tumhare dil ke asar kab dikhte,
Har dhadkan me bas tumhara hi zikr hai.
Intezaar me hu ke kab tum samjhogi,
Mere dil ki wo bechain si zubaan…
Ab to tumhare dil ke waqiyaat bhi,
Jaise raat ki dhund me kho gaye ho anjaan.
Tumhari nazron me ek doori si rehti hai,
Par mere andar tumhari ek dunya basta hai…
Tum samjho ya na samjho,
Meri har saans tumhari taraf rasta banati hai.
Main roz apne jazbaat sambhal kar likhta hu,
Magar tum tak pohonchne se pehle alfaz ro padte hain…
Mohabbat ke raaste me sabse mushkil hota hai,
Woh ehsaas jise tum samajh na pao aur hum chhod bhi na paayein.
Kabhi socha tha tum samjhogI dil ka safar,
Mere shab-o-roz ka woh tanha safha…
Par tum to khud waqt ki bheed me kho gayi,
Aur main ab bhi wahi pe rukha hu, jahan tum muskurayi thi pehli dafa.
Mere alfaz tum tak pahunchte bhi honge kya?
Ya tumhari khamoshi unhe bejaan kar deti hai?
Maine mohabbat ko sajda samajh kar apnaya,
Magar tumhare labon par iska ek naam bhi nahi.
Kabhi kabhi to lagta hai tum na hoti to,
Zindagi thodi kam takleef deti…
Par phir ye dil muskurakar kehta hai,
Tumhari yaad na hoti to zindagi bhi zindagi kahan rehti.
Dil maanta nahi phir bhi keh deta hai,
Tum meri ho, chahe izhaar na ho…
Mohabbat ka rang sirf milne me thodi hota hai,
Kabhi kabhi bichhad kar bhi asli noor milta hai dard ko.
Ab mohabbat meri aadat se barh kar ibadat ban chuki,
Har raat tumhari kami se sajdi si lagti hai…
Main to aaj bhi us mod par zinda hu,
Jahan tumhari ek jhalak meri saari thakan mita deti hai.
Tumhari wafaa ki umeed me nahi jeeta,
Bas tumhari ek tasalli ka intezaar karta hu…
Shayad kabhi tum samjho ke mohabbat kya hoti hai,
Tab tak main apne dard ko hi humsafar rakhta hu.
Mere liye mohabbat ek mehla nahi,
Ek ujdi basti hai jise main har roz basaata hu…
Tumhari yaadon ki baarish me bheeg bhi jaata hu,
Aur phir apne aansuon se hi khud ko sukhaata hu.
Aaj bhi dua karta hu tumhari khushi ke liye,
Chahe meri zindagi me tumhari jagah adhuri hi rahe…
Ye dil dard se thoda thak chuka hai,
Par tumhare naam ki dhadkan aaj bhi poori hai, adhoori nahi.