Woh Jo Kabhie Nahi Mili…:

“Woh Jo Kabhi Na Mili… Par Dil Se Kabhi Gayi Bhi Nahi”
“Kuch log milte nahi… par rooh ki takdeer me likhe rehte hain”

– Zulfikar Inamdar

Woh Jo kabhie nahi Mili…:

Arz kiya hai…

Tadap, pagalpan, bechaini, intezaar… bata kya-kya hai,
Jitni baar dil ne chup rehkar saha hai, utni dafa rab se kiya woh raaz kya-kya hai.

Raat ki syaahi me doob kar dekho,
Wahan tere aansuon ka namak bhi milega, aur teri dhadkanon ka thaka hua saaz kya-kya hai.

Wo nahi aayi zindagi me teri… ab bata kya-kya hai,
Jo khwaab kabhi uske aane se roshan the, ab un khwaabon me tut ke girta andhera kya-kya hai.

Dil ke andar ek aawaaz roz uthti hai—
“Mat soch,” par sochne me hi ulajh jata hai banda, phir khud se hi haar kar chup rehne ka azaab kya-kya hai.

Kabhi uski ek muskurahat par duniya hansi si lagti thi,
Ab uske bina har khushi me bhi phoot padti udaasi kya-kya hai.

Pal do pal ka intezaar tha tere hisaab se,
Par waqt ne aaj saal banakar tujhe sikhaya ke sabr ka zehrila imtehaan kya-kya hai.

Tere aas-paas log to bahut hain,
Par teri tanhaayi ka gehra samandar sirf tujhe hi pata hai ke usme doobne ka gham kya-kya hai.

Uski yaad…
Na poori chhodti, na poori milti, bus dil me adhoori rehkar roz apna hi ghar jalati,
Yeh adhoori mohabbat ka sikka bhi do dharon wala hai—
Ek taraf umeed, dusri taraf barbaadi… bata is daud me tera nuksaan kya-kya hai.

Kabhi lagta tha wo aayegi to zindagi me roshni bhar jayegi,
Aaj lagta hai agar aajaye bhi to tere dil ke mausam badalne me der kya-kya hai.

Tu chal bhi padta hai, par har raaste me uska ek saaya khada hota hai,
Aisa saaya jo chhoo nahi sakta tu, par bhool bhi nahi sakta—
Is jazbe ka thama hua darr kya-kya hai.

Zindagi se pooch to sahi,
Usne tere saath kaisi kaisi kismat likhi hai—
Kabhi milan se pehle judaai, kabhi judaai ke baad bhi milne ka gumaan…
Yeh naseebon ke uljhe dhage, bata inme atki teri saanson ka wazan kya-kya hai.

Wo nahi aayi… aur shayad aaye bhi na,
Par tere dil me uska hukm ab bhi chal raha hai,
Teri rooh ke har kone me uski goonj ab bhi jal rahi hai—
Bata… ab is bewafa yaad ne tujhe thakakar rakh diya,
Tere andar ab bhi baki reh gaya dard kya-kya hai…