“Kuch log mohabbat haarte nahi…
– Zulfikar Inamdar
Bas unki qismat me wo shakhs likha nahi hota.”
“Some people do not lose love…
They simply lose against destiny.”
Wo Lakeer Jo Mere Haath Me Nahi:
Arz kiya hai…
Jisko mili wo… mujhe uski hatheli dekhni hai,
Kaisi hoti hai wo lakeer… jo mere haath me nahi…
Main umr bhar jise duaon me maangta raha,
Shayad wo meri qismat ki tehreer me nahi…
Wo jis ke naam se roshan the mere din-o-raat,
Aaj uska zikr bhi meri taqdeer me nahi…
Maine har mod par wafaaon ke diye jalaye,
Phir bhi uski ek nazar meri tasveer me nahi…
Kabhi jo mere saath khwaabon ka ghar sajata tha,
Aaj uska ek bhi rang meri tameer me nahi…
Main uski yaadon ke sahare hi jeeta raha magar,
Wo samjha hi nahi ke jaan ab jism-o-zameer me nahi…
Ek waqt tha ke uski hansi se saans chalti thi,
Ab wo baat kisi dawa, kisi taaseer me nahi…
Maine chaaha tha use toot kar ibaadat ki tarah,
Par meri mohabbat uske dil ki tafseer me nahi…
Uske jaane ke baad ajeeb sa sannata hai,
Jaise koi awaaz ab meri zanjeer me nahi…
Main roz uski tasveer se baatein karta hu,
Kyuki ab wo shakhs meri dastgeer me nahi…
Kabhi lagta hai wo laut aaye to sab theek ho jaaye,
Phir yaad aata hai… wo ab meri taqdeer me nahi…
Meri aankhon ne bohot ashk sambhal kar rakhe hai,
Ye aur baat ke ab dard bhi taqreer me nahi…
Mujhe dekh kar aksar log poochte hai muskura kar,
“Tum itne udaas kyun ho?”
Kaise bataun…
Jis ke liye udaas hu, wo meri taqdeer me nahi…
Ab to aadat si ho gayi hai tanha raaton ki,
Ab koi khwaab meri neend ki jaageer me nahi…
Kabhi kabhi dil karta hai qismat se ek sawaal karu,
Aakhir kya kami thi mujh me…
Jo wo lakeer mere haath me nahi…
Maqta
“Zulfikar” ab kis baat ki shikayat kare khuda se,
Mohabbat to mili…
Magar wo mohabbat meri taqdeer me nahi…
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English Version:
The Line That Was Never Written In My Hands:
A Request is:
I wish to see the hands that held your fate,
The palms where your love chose to remain…
What kind of line was written there,
That never reached my hands again…
I prayed for you through sleepless nights,
Through every silent tear I cried,
But maybe your name was never meant
To walk beside me through this life…
You were the light of all my days,
The calm within my restless skies,
Now even your memory feels distant,
Like fading stars in empty nights…
I built a world from shattered hopes,
And called your love my only home,
But every road I walked for you
Still left my soul to walk alone…
There was a time your gentle laugh
Could breathe new life into my chest,
Now every smile I force to wear
Feels like sorrow dressed as rest…
I loved you more than words could hold,
More than prayers ever could explain,
Yet my devotion touched your door
Without a chance to enter in…
Since you left, silence has grown,
Like winter living in my veins,
And every corner of my heart
Still softly whispers out your name…
I speak to photographs at night,
As if they still could answer me,
Pretending memories are enough
To heal a love that couldn’t be…
Sometimes I dream you’ll come again,
And every wound will disappear,
Then fate arrives with bitter truth:
“You were never written here…”
People ask me why my eyes
Carry storms they cannot hide,
How do I tell this broken world
The one I loved was never mine…
Now loneliness has learned my voice,
And darkness knows my every prayer,
For even sleep refuses dreams
When your absence lingers there…
And if one day I question fate,
It’s only this I ask above:
“What flaw was written in my soul
That kept me from the one I love?”
Final Verse
“Zulfikar” no longer blames the stars,
Nor curses destiny divine…
For love was placed within his heart…
Just not the heart he wished was his…
Sher O Shayeri 