Aane Waali Hai

“Intezaar kabhi waqt ka nahi hota… jis dil se mohabbat hoti hai, usi ki aahat par saansein ruk jaati hain.”

– Zulfikar Inamdar

Arz kiya hai…

Uske deedar ko meri aakhen taras gayi hai,
Dil kehta hai thodi der ruk jaa… bas wo aane waali hai.

Har subah apne saath ek nayi dua lekar milti hai,
Lagta hai koi barkat meri rooh tak aane waali hai.

Mobile ki khamoshi bhi ab ek saathi jaisi lagti hai,
Par dil kehta hai—ye sannaata bhi todne aane waali hai.

Ye raat ki chadar, ye chand ki thandi saansein,
Jaise keh rahi ho koi rooh, mere qareeb aane waali hai.

Tanha lamhon ka bojh kabhi kabhi thaka deta hai,
Par umeed ki halki si roshni kehti hai—raahat aane waali hai.

Barson purane waade bhi yaadon me abhi zinda hain,
Jaise koi adhoori dastaan poori hone aane waali hai.

Kabhi hawa ki mehfil me uska naam sa goonjta hai,
Jaise koi khushbu palat kar is raahein aane waali hai.

Mere ghar ka darwaza bhi uske liye sada khula rehta hai,
Jaise kismat ka bhi ek mod hai jo wapas aane waali hai.

Aksar dil apne zakhmon se samjhauta kar leta hai,
Par har marham kehta hai—ek nayi muskan aane waali hai.

Taron ne bhi raat bhar meri khamoshi ko suna hai,
Lagta hai unme se koi paighaam le kar aane waali hai.

Kabhi uske kadmon ki aahat dil ke raaston me gunjti hai,
Jaise waqt khud mujhe bata kar jaane waali hai.

Aansu bhi kabhi kabhi be-vajah muskura dete hain,
Jaise unki rawani me koi rahmat aane waali hai.

Mere alfazon me uska aks abhi tak basa rehta hai,
Jaise yaadon ki qismat me wapas aane waali hai.

Kabhi ek pal aisa hota hai jis me duniya ruk si jaati hai,
Aur lagta hai abhi, isi waqt, abhi koi khabar aane waali hai.

Har dhadkan apni rawani me ek hi soorat poochti hai,
Ke kab wo rooh se rooh milne aane waali hai.

Kabhi yaadon ka bhaar saansen tez kar deta hai,
Kabhi lagta hai koi narmi se aakar mujhe sambhaalne aane waali hai

Meri zindagi ki kitaab me ek safha abhi bhi khaali pada hai,
Shayad wo hi qissa wapas likhne aane waali hai.

Dil ne kabhi uska intezaar chhoda hi nahi,
Ye jazba maanta hai—wo laut kar aane waali hai.

Shab-e-tanhaiyon me kabhi uska chehra sa ubhar aata hai,
Jaise koi rooh hawa ke zariye batane aane waali hai.

Jis mohabbat ne itna rulaya, utna hi sambhala bhi hai,
Shayad wohi mohabbat ek roshan roop me aane waali hai.

Kabhi ek muskuraahat yaad aati hai, kabhi ek aansu,
Dono hi kehte hain—ye kahani ab mod lene aane waali hai.