“Yaad uski aati hai jise hum kabhi bhool jaate hain; kuch log toh dil mein is tarah bas jaate hain ke waqt unhe door zaroor kar deta hai, magar dil unhe kabhi ‘guzra hua’ keh hi nahi paata.”
-Zulfikar Inamdar
❤️🩹 “Tum Yaad Nahi Aati… Tum Yaad Rehti Ho”
Arz kiya hai…
Log mujhse aksar poochte hain,
“Kya ab bhi uski yaad aati hai?”
Main muskura deta hoon…
Unhe kaise samjhaun
Ke yaad toh uski aati hai
Jise insaan kabhi-kabhi bhool jaata ho…
Tumhe toh main bhoola hi nahi,
Tum yaad kaise aaogi…?
Tum toh mere andar
Us dhadkan ki tarah rehti ho
Jiska ehsaas har pal nahi hota,
Magar jiske bina
Ek pal bhi guzarta nahi…
Kabhi raat bahut khamosh ho
Aur neend aankhon se rooth jaaye,
Toh main tumhe dhoondhta nahi…
Bas aankhein band karta hoon
Aur tum khud-ba-khud
Mere khayalon ke paas aa baithti ho…
Na kuch kehti ho,
Na main kuch poochta hoon…
Bas kuch der
Meri tanhai tumhari ho jaati hai,
Aur tumhari yaad
Meri tanhai ki sabse khoobsurat awaaz…
Kabhi kisi mehfil mein
Mohabbat ka zikr chhid jaaye,
Toh sab apni-apni kahani sunate hain…
Koi milne ki baat karta hai,
Koi bichhadne ki,
Koi ishq ki jeet sunata hai,
Koi bewafai ka gham…
Aur main?
Main chup-chaap sunta rehta hoon…
Kyunki meri mohabbat ki kahani
Na jeet mein likhi ja sakti hai,
Na haar mein…
Maine tumhe paaya bhi nahi
Ke tumhe khone ka ilzaam doon,
Aur itna chaha hai
Ke tumhe gair bhi nahi keh sakta…
Kabhi kisi ko
Apne mehboob ka intezaar karte dekhta hoon,
Toh ajeeb si muskurahat aa jaati hai…
Dil dheere se kehta hai—
“Dekho…
Kisi ke naseeb mein intezaar ke baad
Mulaqat bhi likhi hoti hai…”
Phir na jaane kyun
Ek pal ke liye
Meri nazar darwaze par chali jaati hai…
Jaise dil ko ab bhi
Kisi namumkin se qadam ki aahat ka yaqeen ho…
Aqal samjhati hai—
“Koi nahi aayega…”
Aur dil jawab deta hai—
“Maine kab kaha ke mujhe yaqeen hai?
Mujhe toh bas intezaar achha lagta hai…”
Shayad mohabbat
Insaan ko thoda pagal kar hi deti hai…
Jo mil nahi sakta,
Uske milne ki umeed rakhta hai…
Jiska naam lene ka haq nahi,
Usi ka naam dil mein
Sabse mehfooz rakhta hai…
Jise apna keh nahi sakta,
Usi ki fikr
Apno se zyada karta hai…
Aur phir duniya ke saamne
Bilkul aam sa ban kar kehta hai—
“Sab theek hai…”
Tumhe pata hai?
Kabhi-kabhi main bahut khush hota hoon…
Dil kholkar hasta hoon,
Doston se baatein karta hoon,
Zindagi ko jeeta hoon…
Aur achanak
Kisi lafz mein,
Kisi khushboo mein,
Kisi geet mein,
Kisi ajnabi ki muskurahat mein…
Tum mil jaati ho.
Us waqt dard nahi hota…
Bas dil kuch pal ke liye
Bahut dheere dhadakta hai…
Jaise andar se koi keh raha ho—
“Kaash…
Ye khoobsurat pal
Uske saath baant sakte…”
Tab samajh aata hai
Ke insaan sirf gham mein
Kisi ko yaad nahi karta…
Kabhi-kabhi sabse zyada yaad
Khushi mein aati hai…
Kyunki dard toh
Insaan akela seh leta hai,
Magar jab koi khoobsurat lamha aaye
Aur dil kahe—
“Kaash woh yahan hoti…”
Toh woh kami
Aankhon tak pahunch hi jaati hai…
Maine bahut baar
Tumhe bhoolne ka faisla kiya…
Tumhari yaadon se
Thoda door jaane ki koshish ki…
Khud ko samjhaya—
“Jo tera nahi,
Uske liye dil ko kyun pareshan karna?”
Magar dil bhi ajeeb vakil nikla…
Har baar tumhari taraf se
Koi nayi daleel le aaya—
Kabhi tumhari muskurahat,
Kabhi tumhari saadgi,
Kabhi tumhari koi chhoti si baat,
Kabhi woh ehsaas
Jo tumhare naam se hi
Mere andar utar aata hai…
Aur main har baar
Apne hi dil se mukadma haar gaya…
Phir ek din
Maine tumhe bhoolne ki koshish hi chhod di…
Socha—
Kyun bhoolun?
Har mohabbat ko manzil mile,
Ye zaroori toh nahi…
Har dua ka jawab
Hamari marzi ke mutabiq aaye,
Ye bhi zaroori nahi…
Aur har woh shakhs
Jo dil mein utar jaaye,
Zindagi mein bhi hamara ho…
Shayad ye bhi zaroori nahi…
Isliye ab tumhari yaad se
Ladta nahi hoon…
Aati hai toh
Thodi der paas bitha leta hoon…
Kabhi usse baatein karta hoon,
Kabhi uske saath muskura leta hoon,
Kabhi aankh bhar aaye
Toh aansu bhi girne deta hoon…
Phir dil se bas itna kehta hoon—
“Jahan bhi ho…
Khush rehna.”
Tum meri ho ya nahi,
Ye faisla zindagi ka hai…
Magar tumhare liye
Mere dil mein kya hai,
Ye faisla sirf mera hai…
Aur maine faisla kar liya hai—
Tumhe paane ki zid nahi karunga,
Tumhe rokne ki koshish nahi karunga,
Tumhari zindagi par
Apna koi haq nahi rakhunga…
Magar tumhare liye jo izzat,
jo fikr, jo dua mere dil mein hai…
Use kisi faasle ki saza nahi dunga.
Agar kabhi
Tum kisi aur ke saath
Bahut khush nazar aao…
Toh mumkin hai
Meri aankhein ek pal ke liye nam ho jaayein…
Main insaan hoon,
Dil hai mere paas…
Dard toh hoga…
Magar yaqeen karo,
Us nami ke peeche bhi
Ek dua hogi—
“Bas ye muskurahat
Iske chehre se kabhi kam na ho…”
Shayad yahi meri mohabbat ki
Sabse ajeeb baat hai…
Dil tumhe apna dekhna chahta hai,
Aur mohabbat tumhe khush dekhna…
Aur jab dono mein se
Kisi ek ko chunna pade,
Toh main har baar
Apne dil ko samjha lunga…
Tumhari khushi ko nahi.
Saal guzarte rahenge…
Mausam badlenge…
Chehre badlenge…
Zindagi apne naye panne likhti rahegi…
Ho sakta hai
Ek waqt ke baad
Hum dono ke darmiyaan
Itni doori aa jaaye
Ke ek doosre ki khabar tak na rahe…
Magar mujhe lagta hai
Kuch rishte khabar ke mohtaaj nahi hote…
Woh baaton se nahi,
Ehsaas se zinda rehte hain…
Aur agar kabhi
Bahut saalon baad
Kisi shaam tumhe achanak
Mera khayal aa jaaye…
Toh ye mat sochna
Ke main tumhara intezaar karte-karte
Wahin ruk gaya hoga…
Nahi…
Main zindagi jeeyunga.
Hansunga.
Safar karunga.
Khwab dekhunga.
Apni adhuri kahaniyon ke baad
Naye panne bhi likhunga…
Magar dil ke ek kone mein
Ek jagah aisi zaroor hogi
Jahan waqt ko bhi
Kuch badalne ki ijazat nahi hogi…
Wahan tum rahogi.
Na meri hokar,
Na mujhse juda hokar…
Bas ek khoobsurat ehsaas bankar…
Aur agar us din
Tum apne dil se poochho—
“Kya kisi ne mujhe kabhi
Sach mein itna chaha tha?”
Toh shayad meri khamoshi
Tum tak pahunch jaaye…
Aur kahe—
“Haan…
Ek shakhs tha
Jo tumhe har roz yaad nahi karta tha…
Kyunki tumhe bhoolne jitni fursat
Uske dil ko kabhi mili hi nahi.”
Woh tumhara intezaar
Darwaze par nahi karta tha…
Tumhari khushi ka intezaar
Apni duaon mein karta tha…
Woh tumhe apna banane ki
Zid nahi karta tha…
Bas itna chahta tha
Ke zindagi tumhe kabhi
Us tarah na rulaye
Jis tarah tumhari kami ne
Use kabhi-kabhi rulaya tha…
Aur shayad
Uski mohabbat ka sabse gehra raaz
Yahi tha—
Tum uski zindagi mein kitni thi,
Ye duniya kabhi jaan nahi paayi…
Magar uski zindagi mein
Jahan-jahan khamoshi thi,
Wahan-wahan tum thi… ❤️🥀
Aur ek aakhri line—
“Tumse baat ho ya na ho, mulaqat ho ya na ho… meri zindagi ke kuch khamosh lamhon par naam hamesha tumhara hi rahega.” ❤️🩹
