Khamoshi Ke Baad:

“Zinda logon ko pyaar aur qadr de diya karo… Varna maut ke baad sirf afsos reh jaata hai.”

– Zulfikar Inamdar

Khamoshi Ke Baad:

Arz kiya hai

Maut ke baad hum samajh me tab hi aayenge,
Jab yaadon ki bheed me sirf ek parchhai ban jaayenge.
Zindagi bhar jo humne chup rehkar saha,
Wahi sab logon ke dilon par bojh banke utar jaayega.

Hum jo roz kisi ki muskurahat ki wajah bante rahe,
Wahi chehra ek din hamari kami me sookh sa jaayega.
Ek aisi khaali si jagah rahegi hawa me,
Jiska hisaab koi nahi de paayega.

Jo humare saamne humse rooth kar chalte rahe,
Wahi ek din hume manaane ke sapne me ro padenge.
Jo hume samajh bhi nahi paaye zindagi bhar,
Wahi lamhe ko thahar kar pachtaane lag jayenge.

Duniya ka nizam bada ajeeb hota hai bhai,
Zinda ho to koi qadr nahi karta,
Aur jab mar jao to har shakl me dard nazar aata hai.
Hum kiya-kuch nahi, bas ek lamha the,
Par maut ke baad woh lamha hi zindagi ki tafseer ban jaata hai.

Us waqt rona-dhona sirf ibtedaa hogi,
Asal deri tab hogi jab koi khud ko maaf na kar paaye.
Hum jis ke liye roz ek dua banke jeete rahe,
Wahi ek din hume yaad karke apni rooh se takraayega.

Aur hum?
Hum to ek hawa ki teh me chip kar, khamosi se itna kahenge,
“Pyar waqt se pehle de dete, to zindagi badal jaati…”

Zindagi bhar jin lamhon ko hum halka samajh kar guzar gaye,
Wohi lamhe maut ke baad sabak banke wapas aayenge.
Koi humari purani diary palat kar dekhega,
Aur har lafz me apne naam ki kami dhoondhega.

Ek tasveer kisi kone me dhool me lipti hogi,
Par dil us tasveer ko bankar rota rahega.
Koi humari aawaz ke ek purane message ko baar-baar sunega,
Par hum us message se bahar nahi aa paayenge.

Shaam ke waqt, jab hawa thodi naram hogi,
Kisi ko achanak mehsoos hoga ke hum paas se guzar gaye,
Par woh bas ek ehsaas hoga — hum nahi.

Mohabbat ka asli rang tab samne aayega,
Jab log apne gham ke bawajood hamare liye dua mangenge.
Par hum unki duayein suntay hue bhi wapas nahi lautenge.

Hum mitti ka ek safar ban jayenge,
Rooh ka ek azaad udaan ban jayenge,
Aur duniya ki har yaad ke darmiyan,
Ek khamosh sa kissa ban kar reh jaayenge.

Phir chahe duniya humari kami me kitna bhi pighal jaaye,
Hum… kabhi bhi… laut kar nahi aayenge.