Zindagi O Zindagi.

zindagi o zindagi
tu khushnuma bani hai
ya gamgeen ho gayi hai
ab toh din se raat todti rekha
bhi maheen ho gayi hai
aaj mann mein aya ki
khud ko banate sawalon se jhoojh hi leta hun
aalas-mehnat se thaka, tujhse jawab pooch hi leta hun
toh bata mujhe kya dun tujhe
ki muskuraye fir tera chehra
tujhe bhool khud mein uljha
mano hun mein kisi chamatkar ke liye thehra
kshan ghanton mein, ghante dino, aur din maheeno mein
tabdeel ho rahe hein
aur hum hein ki khud hi ko thanthas bandhate
roz khud hi ke haathon zaleel ho rahe hein
din raat sochte hein ki khaali waqt ki kamna
kaun log karte hein
yahan lamhon ki sena ke raunde jaane se
hum har peher marte hein
lakshya heen is jeevan ka kya abhipray hai
kya yeh hi mera jeevan hai ya uska bas ek adhyay hai?
ek ishara bhar hi dede ki tere liye kya karun
ram banke vanvaas chalun ya rawan ban seeta harun?
tadke subah baitha mein neend se roothi aankhein liye
mere saath yeh atpatey proyog tune kiye toh kyon kiye?
girake chalna sikhana toh halanki kahan mana hai
par bata mujhe kya kabhi aate se bhi genhu bana hai?
itna bhi mat pees ki tujhe mein milun bhi na satane ko
mein hi maun ho gaya toh kise dhoondhegi batiyaney ko
mujhe pata hai ki tu na boli hai na bolegi
kya pata kab tak meri besabri ko ummeed se tolegi
yeh sawa che ki subah bhi acchi hai
yeh hi ban ja na
ya kyun bani padi hai ek khali sapne si
mujhko samjhana
kuch samay nikaal bhi le ab thoda
purane palon ki khatir hi sahi
likh korey panne pe jo mein karun vahi
varna jaa aur reh jo ki tu likhi gayi hai
aur mein tujhmein hi tujhe dhundhta-poochta rahunga
milunga tujhse kismat mein hua toh
varna yun hi kisi din raakh bana kisi nadi mein jaa bahunga.