“Jaha Mohabbat Bhi Haar Jaati Hai:”

“Sabse gehra dard tab hota hai… jab tum jaan jaate ho ke jiske liye tum toot rahe the, wo tumhe dekh kar bhi kuch mehsoos nahi karta.”

– Zulfikar Inamdar 

“Jaha Mohabbat Bhi Haar Jaati Hai:”

Arz kiya hai ke…

Mai nahi chahta ke wo mere bulane se aaye…
Kyuki mohabbat agar awaaz maange,
To phir usme kuch bhi pavitra nahi bachta.

Main chahta tha ke wo khud mehsoos kare—
Meri kami, meri khamoshi,
Aur meri saansein jo uske naam par ruk ruk kar chalti thi…

Lekin ek waqt ke baad samajh aa gaya…
Ke mohabbat ek tarfa ho to ibadat ban jaati hai,
Par saamne wale ke liye sirf ek background noise reh jaati hai.

Main toot gaya…
Par ajeeb baat ye hai ke
Tootna dard nahi deta,
Dard tab deta hai jab pata chale
Ke saamne wale ko fark hi nahi pada.

Dil ne ek kadwi baat samjhi:
Mohabbat kabhi insaan ko nahi chhodti…
Insaan mohabbat ko chhod dete hain
Jab unhe koi aur aasani mil jaati hai.

Aaj main use nahi bulaata…
Kyuki zindagi ne ek kaala sach samjhaya—

Kuch log tumhara dard dekh kar nahi jaate…
Wo isliye jaate hain
Kyuki unhe tumhare hone se hi thakaan hoti hai.

Aaj main intezaar bhi nahi karta…
Kyuki intezaar ka sabse andhera pehlu ye hai
Ke tum har din khud ko samjhate rehte ho
Ke “shayad wo aayegi”…
Jab ke dil ke kisi kone me
Tum jaante ho ke wo kabhi aane wali nahi.

Philosophy kehti hai—
Haqeeqat ko kabhi roohani rang me mat dekho;
Waqt batata hai
Ke mohabbat ek ehsaas nahi…
Ek dhoka bhi ban sakti hai
Jab tum usse galat insaan par barbaad kar do.

Aaj mujhe ye tak yaqeen nahi
Ke wo kabhi mujhe milegi ya nahi…
Par ek baat ka yaqeen ho gaya hai—

Kuch judaiyaan qismat nahi deti…
Insaan khud likh kar chale jaata hai,
Chup chaap, bina mud kar dekhe,
Jaise tum kabhi uske the hi nahi.

Aur sabse sakht baat?
Mohabbat ka jawab har baar mohabbat nahi hota.
Kabhi kabhi jawab
Ek thandi si khamoshi hoti hai—
Jo saaf keh deti hai:
“Tum galat jagah dil rakh kar baithe the.”