“Ek Kami Jo Poori Na Hui”:

“Ek Kami Jo Poori Na Hui”
Arz kiya hai…
Kabhi kabhi yunhi tanha baithta hoon,
To guzra hua waqt mere paas aa baithta hai,
Main kisi ko yaad karne ki koshish bhi nahi karta,
Phir bhi ek chehra aankhon mein utar aata hai.
Ajeeb rishta tha tumse…
Na tum meri thi, na main tumhara ho saka,
Phir bhi dil ne tumhe us jagah rakh diya,
Jahan aaj tak koi doosra aa na saka.
Maine waqt se kaha tha—
Jo mera nahi, use mujhse door kar de,
Waqt tumhe to bahut door le gaya…
Magar tumhari yaadon ka kya karta,
Woh to mere andar hi ghar bana baithi thi.
Main maanta hoon,
Har mohabbat ko manzil milna zaroori nahi,
Har dua ka jawaab
Hamari marzi ke mutabiq hona zaroori nahi,
Magar dil bhi kitna nadaan hai…
Jise ek baar apna maan le,
Use bhoolne ke liye
Saari zindagi bhi kam pad jaati hai.
Kabhi khud se poochhta hoon—
Kami meri mohabbat mein thi,
Ya meri kismat ko tum manzoor nahi thi?
Kya main tum tak pahunchne mein der kar gaya,
Ya tumhara raasta kabhi meri taraf tha hi nahi?
Maine tumhe paane ke liye
Kisi se jung nahi ki,
Bas apne Rab se khamoshi mein maanga tha,
Aur shayad isi liye
Tumhare na milne ka gila bhi
Main duniya se nahi kar saka.
Bas dil mein ek sawaal reh gaya—
Jab tum meri kahani mein theharne wali hi nahi thi,
To tumse itni mohabbat hui hi kyun?
Tum chali gayi…
Magar tumhare baad bhi
Maine tumhari jagah kisi se bharne ki zid nahi ki,
Kyunki kuch khaali jagahen
Bharne ke liye nahi hoti,
Bas insaan ko andar se gehra karne ke liye hoti hain.
Log kehte hain—
“Waqt ke saath sab bhool jaata hai insaan…”
Shayad woh sahi kehte hon,
Magar mujhe lagta hai
Insaan bhoolta kuch bhi nahi,
Bas yaadon ke saath jeene ka
Saleeqa seekh leta hai.
Ab tum yaad aati ho
To aankhon mein aansu har baar nahi aate,
Kabhi halki si muskurahat bhi aa jaati hai…
Ke zindagi ne chahe tumhe mera na hone diya,
Magar ek waqt aisa bhi tha
Jab tumhara khayal hi
Meri duniya ko khoobsurat bana deta tha.
Aur haan…
Kabhi kabhi dil aaj bhi poochh leta hai—
“Agar us din kismat ne
Ek faisla mere haq mein likh diya hota,
To kya aaj meri zindagi kuch aur hoti?”
Main jawaab nahi deta…
Bas aasman ki taraf dekhta hoon,
Aur khamoshi se muskura deta hoon.
Kyunki ab samajh gaya hoon—
Har woh shakhs jise hum dil se chahte hain,
Zaroori nahi woh hamari zindagi ban jaaye…
Kuch log sirf isliye milte hain
Ke humein mohabbat ka matlab samjha sakein,
Phir khud ek yaad bankar
Humare andar kahin reh jaayein.
Tum bhi shayad meri zindagi ka
Wohi khoobsurat sa adhoora hissa ho…
Jise main paa nahi saka,
bhula nahi saka,
aur jiska zikr kiye bagair bhi
aaj tak dil mein sambhale hue hoon.

-Zulfikar Inamdar