✨ “Jab Dil Ne Bolna Chhod Diya…:” ✨

“Jo dard dil ki gehraai me doob kar jeeta ho…
Uski khamoshi bhi cheekhti hui lagti hai.”

– Zulfikar Inamdar

✨ “Jab Dil Ne Bolna Chhod Diya…” ✨

Arz kiya hai… ke…

Apne hi khamosh uljhano ke daldal me dheere dheere doobta hua mai,
Aur log ab bhi seedhi si baat pooch lete hain—
“Tu baat kyun nahi karta?”
Kaash koi ye bhi pooch leta
Ke itne saalon se mai bolna
Kis se chah raha hoon…
Aur sunna kaun tha?

Dil ke kone me kuchh zakhm
Aise chhupkar baithe hain
Jaise purani tasveer ke peeche
Likhe hue woh raaz
Jo kisi ko dikhaye nahi jaate.
Unhe chhedne ka matlab
Apne aap ko phir se todna hota hai…
Aur sab kuchh bikharta hua dekhna
Har kisi ki bas ki baat nahi.

Raaton ko jab saari duniya so jaati hai,
Tab meri khamoshi jaag jaati hai.
Aankhon ke neeche andhera badhta rehata hai,
Aur dil ke andar ek awaaz kehti hai—
“Bol de… halka ho jaayega…”
Par dusri awaaz darr ke saath fusfusati hai—
“Nahin… koi samjhega nahi.”

Bas isi ladaai me saari zindagi guzar gayi:
Dil bolna chahta raha,
Aql chup rehne ko kehti rahi,
Aur duniya…
Woh be-asar be-khabar si
Sirf yeh sochti rahi
Ke mai badal gaya hoon.

Kisi ko kya pata,
Mai badla nahi…
Mai bas thak gaya hoon.
Lafzon ko uthana thak gaya,
Dilon ke bojh ko sambhalna thak gaya,
Aur un logon se samjhana thak gaya
Jinhe samajhne se zyada
Faisla sunana aasaan lagta hai.

Kabhi kabhi to lagta hai
Ke dil ke andar ek pura shehar basa hai—
Tanhaai ki galiyan,
Yaadon ki imaratein,
Afsoos ka traffic,
Aur registan jaisi khamoshi…
Jahan chalne wala sirf mai hoon.
Aur rukne ke liye
Koi saaya bhi nahi.

Jab kisi ne poochha hi nahi,
To mai bataun kis se?
Kis tarah samjhau
Ke kuchh dard lafzon ke laayak hi nahi hote…
Unka wazan sirf dil hi utha sakta hai.
Aur mera dil…
Ye bechaara dil,
Kitni baar toot kar bhi
Sambhalne ka natak karta raha.

Mai baat is liye nahi karta…
Ke zindagi ne mujhe chup rehna
Seekha diya.
Kabhi kisi ke jaane par,
Kabhi kisi ke badalne par…
Aur kabhi kisi ke bewajah
Door chale jaane par.

Sach to ye hai ke…
Khamoshi mera gunah nahi,
Mera zinda rehne ka tareeqa ban gayi hai.