“Jab maut aati hai, to insaan se sab kuch cheen leti hai… siwaaye uske aamaal ke.”
– Zulfikar Inamdar
“Tu… Aur Tera Aakhri Sach”
Arz kiya hai… ke…
Tu gurur karta hai na…
Apni zindagi par, apni pehchaan par, apne wajood par…
Lagta hai tujhe ke tu kuch khaas hai…
Ke duniya tere hone se chal rahi hai…
Par sach sun…
Tu bhi unhi raaston ka musafir hai,
Jo seedha kabrastan ki taraf jaate hain…
Tu roz uthta hai, sapne banata hai,
Apni jeet ke liye logon ko peeche chhodta hai…
Kabhi kisi ka dil todta hai,
Kabhi kisi ko sirf isliye bhool jaata hai…
Kyunke tujhe lagta hai ke waqt bahut hai…
Par ek din…
Waqt tujhe bata dega ke woh tera kabhi tha hi nahi…
Ek din tu bhi aakhri baar aankhein band karega…
Aur tujhe pata bhi nahi chalega…
Ke jis duniya ko tu pakad ke baitha tha,
Woh tere haathon se phisal chuki hai…
Log tujhe ghusl denge…
Safed kapde mein lapet denge…
Aur phir…
Tujhe kandhon par utha kar le jaayenge…
Tu dekh raha hoga…
Par keh nahi paayega…
Tu sun raha hoga…
Par jawab nahi de paayega…
Aur jab tujhe mitti mein utaara jaayega na…
Tab pehli baar tujhe apni aukaat samajh aayegi…
Ke tu kya tha…
Aur kya ban gaya…
Na tera ghar tere saath aaya,
Na teri daulat, na tera rutba…
Sirf tu aaya…
Aur tere aamaal…
Aur sach to ye hai…
Tujhe apne aamaal ka bhi andaza nahi hai…
Jin logon ko tu apna samajhta tha,
Woh thodi der roenge…
Phir apni zindagi mein wapas laut jaayenge…
Aur tu…
Ek qabar mein akela reh jaayega…
Andhera hoga…
Khamoshi hogi…
Aur sirf ek sawaal hoga…
“Tu ne zindagi kis liye jee thi…?”
Aur us waqt…
Tere paas koi jawab nahi hoga…
Tab tootega tera gurur…
Tab bikhar jaayega tera wajood…
Aur tab tujhe samajh aayega…
Ke jis zindagi par tu itna fakhr karta tha…
Woh to bas ek imtihaan thi…
Aur tu…
Us imtihaan ko samajh hi nahi paaya…
Sher O Shayeri 