Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Hissoṅ mein bante hue Hum

Pal pal kar hissoṅ mein baṅṭ rahe hain hum 
Kabhi hindu, kabhi muslim
To kabhi sikh-isaai
Isse bhi na bane to khud ko 
Punjabi, bangali, Gujrati 
Ban kar baaṅṭ rahe hain hum
Apne hi desh mein kabhi uttar ke to
Kabhi dakshiṇ ke ho kar reh gaye hain hum

Aao ek baar mein milkar 
Baaṅṭ dete hain apne jahaṅ ko 
Apne apne dayaroṅ mein simaṭ kar
Apni hi banai jailon mein
Khud ko kaid kar lete hain hum 
Nafrat ki Iss aag se 
Ek ghera bana, usi ghere mein 
Khud hi apne-aap se 
Batiya kar khush ho lete hain hum 

Kya zarurat hai Hume kisi aur ki
Apne aap mein hi sampurṇa hain hum
Hum hi darshak, hum hi actor
Sarvgunsampann hain hum
Roz apne aap ko uṅcha dikhane ki chah mein 
Kitne hi neeche girte jaa rahe hain hum 
Itne nafrat ke beej bokar 
Aane wale jahaṅ ko waise bhi kya dekar jaayenge hum
Aao aaj issi waqt apne mulk ko noch nochkar 
Apni sarahadeiṅ aap hi tay kar lete hain hum

Ruko, ṭhehro, sambhalo....
Thoḍa socho ek baar phir
Chahte kya hain hum
Nafrat ke phal
Ya ek haṅsta hua jahaṅ
Banana chahte hain hum....

#Self

1 comment:

  1. These happy times are liked by everyone in films only. but we are loosing that equation even there too. some tragic ending offbeat cinema is on roll.
    good thoughts are polluted and a huge giant filter is needed.

    Poem : nailed it perfectly

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