rafta rafta Dar jaaeinge — Mushtaq Sadaf

"dard ko dard kaho dard ke qaabil ho jaao aisaa bhi kyaa hai ki khud dil hi se ghaafil ho jaao tum ko tufaan se laDnaa jo nahin hai manzur phir to behtar hai ki kashti nahin saahil ho jaao imtihaan ishq mein honaa hai to hogaa vo zarur aag ke khel mein pahle hi se shaamil ho jaao is se pahle ki kisi aur kaa main ho jaaun main tumhein zahr duun aur tum mire qaatil ho jaao lau charaaghon ki baDhaane se nahin kuchh haasil nuur ban ke shab-e-zulmaat pe naazil ho jaao saikDon tajrabe be-kaar kiyaa karte ho ho mire dard mein shaamil to miraa dil ho jaao shor barpaa hai ki nikle ho talaash-e-gham mein makhzan-e-gham hai miraa dil yahin daakhil ho jaao ahmaqon se jo kabhi vaasta paD jaae 'sadaf' baat karne se kahin achchhaa hai jaahil ho jaao"

"kabhi anjaane mein jab bhi kisi kaa dil dukhaataa huun to phir tanhaaiyon mein baiTh kar aansu bahaataa huun mujhe maalum hai manzar hasin vo ho chuke dhundle magar kyuun roz aankhon mein vahi manzar bulaataa huun miri is baat se naaraaz hain kuchh bastiyon vaale khushi ghar ghar luTaataa huun magar gham kyuun chhupaataa huun miri saanson ki quvvat kaa bahut mushkil hai andaaza main phunkon se charaaghon ko nahin suraj bujhaataa huun miri fitrat hai apne haafize ko taaza rakhne ki main apnaa haafiza kamzor hone se bachaataa huun"

"raaz tak zehn ko rasaai de aur aankhon ko tu dikhaai de raah pe dil rahe javaani mein mujh ko is 'umr mein sujhaai de asl chehra dikhaai de tab naa ab kise kaun munh-dikhaai de main kahin devtaa na ban jaaun meri sirat mein kuchh buraai de mere hisse mein ‘izzat-o-shohrat itni de ghair ko dikhaai de shor mein tu bhi kyon 'sadaf' gum hai apni aavaaz mein sunaai de"

"ham apni mohabbat kaa tamaashaa nahin karte karte hain agar kuchh to dikhaavaa nahin karte ye sach hai ki duniyaa ki ravish Thiik nahin hai kuchh ham bhi to duniyaa ko gavaaraa nahin karte ik baar to mehmaan banein ghar pe hamaare ye un se guzaarish hai taqaazaa nahin karte duniyaa ke jhamele hi kuchh aise hain ki un ko ham bhuul to jaate hain bhulaayaa nahin karte fardaa pe hain nazrein to kabhi haal pe nazrein maazi ko magar muD ke bhi dekhaa nahin karte jin mein ki buzurgon ki koi qadr nahin ho ham aise gharon mein kabhi rishta nahin karte baarish ho ki tufaan ho yaa aag kaa jangal ham ghar se nikal jaaein to sochaa nahin karte jo khvaab nazar aataa hai sarsabz zamin kaa us khvaab ki taabir bataayaa nahin karte baazaar mein bikte nahin vo log umuman rishton kaa jo apne kabhi saudaa nahin karte"

"ye zarf ki tu khush hai kahin rishta joD ke naadim zamir meraa tiraa saath chhoD ke yuun to abhi abhi miri aankhein hui thiin band lekin azaan-e-dil ne jagaayaa jhinjhoD ke is ek chehre mein kai chehre simaT gae ik aaina banaayaa hai kirchon ko joD ke di bhaaiyon ne mujh ko jo hisse mein buDhi maan dozakh mein jaa ke baiThe hain jannat ko chhoD ke aaegaa zindagi mein ye din bhi kabhi 'sadaf' laaungaa aasmaan se sitaaron ko toD ke"

"jab achchhe the din raat kam yaad aae buraa vaqt aayaa to ham yaad aae jo samjho mohabbat ki tauhin hai ye sitam-gar se pahle sitam yaad aae zamaane se jab paD gayaa vaasta to tiri zulf ke pech-o-kham yaad aae mili jo mohabbat ke badle mein nafrat hamein ahl-e-duniyaa ke gham yaad aae hansi aa gai un ki baaton pe yunhi vo samjhe ki un ke karam yaad aae jo hans kar kisi ne kisi se kahaa kuchh hamein bhi kisi ke sitam yaad aae kabhi dil ko dil se jo dekhaa bichhaDte 'sadaf' ko tumhaare karam yaad aae"