nirmal miThe pani ki talash
By shafiq-fatima-shoraNovember 18, 2020
wo mera wahm
ki jhonka sa koi sabz-qaba tha
jise dekha
kisi chahkar ki khunki bhi faza mein jo bikharti
to ye khulta
ki abhi khoj hai aaghaz abhi khoj hai parwaz
kabhi yun bhi to hota hai ki ho khoj yahi
rakh ki mutthi mein dabi adh-jali patti
wahi mamul-e-shab-o-roz
ki bedad hi bedad hai
randa jo lagatar rahe pherta apna
tauba har zawiya hamwar
ba-har zawiya chhil chhil ke gawara
kahin ho jae na be-sakhta fariyaad
ye dhadka sa bana rahta hai dil mein
wo tane tut rahe hain
jo qadam the jo bharam the
ki koi lafz na paya na kisi lafz ka mafhum
jo pani ka badal ho
wo tane chhan ke khamosh tahen khak ki
khamosh tahen aansu-e-aflak ki
laut aae wahin
apni sisakti hui paimuda hadon mein
yahi aasar fazaon ke khule-pan se mozahim
jo guzargah mein sailab ki hote
to kisi mod par mudte hue
shabnam ka nam-o-narm bichhauna unhen milta
to do sad resha anasir wo gale bij
zara der ko ho jate wahin dher maze mein
kaf-e-sailab mein uljhe hue khashak mein poshida
wo jud jud ke baham
chain se sote
ki abhi der hai elan-e-sahar hone mein
elan-e-sahar pahle sune jo bhi sahar-khez
wo auron ko bhi jag uthne ka
paiman-e-faramosh shuda
yaad dilae
yahi kaliyon ke tabassum mein ghuli yaad-dahani
jo thithur jae samaat
to samaat ke liye ek anokhi sa dhamaka
ye mera wahm shaguni meri zanjir
koi andhkar utar aae jo payab gumanon mein
to payab gumanon mein
utar aati hai gahrai yaqin si
koi sayyah si sayarsi jhalkar utar aae
jo thahre hue pani mein
to thahre hue pani mein
rawani ki mushahid
meri aashufta-nigahi
wo kahan phir bhi magar lahr tale lahr ki tamir
ki de jis pe jigar-e-tishna-tamanna bhi gawahi
jo wo ek sath-e-garan-maya hai
ek qar-e-bala-khez
ubharta hua mallah
utarta hua aghwaz
jahan wahm nahin
zinda-o-tabinda haqiqat hai dil-awez
koi hire ki kani si ki hai tinat mein sirishta
kabhi aawaz ki lau ban gai
aafaq-ba-afaq palatti hui auraq
kabhi chhanti rahi aankhon se paiham sifat-e-ashk
tu badalta hua rasta
tah-e-dariya se dahakti hui baalu mein
nikalta hua rasta
jise dekha
wo mera wahm nahin mera yaqin tha
koi buta jo khada hai
to yahi kaam hai us ka
ki khazane ka pata puchhne walon ko batae
jo khalaon ka aqab hai
wo khala kab hai khala kab
jo wahan bhi
isi kamli ka kinara ho
kisi daur ke imkan sa jhalakta
to wahan bhi wahi phailaw chhalakta hai chamakta hai
sahar-rang dhundalke mein
siyah-chashm tajalli ka khunuk-tab talazum
to jigar-sokhtgan-e-do-jahan
kaun hai phir khoj mein sargarm
ye tum
gher ke lae gae tum
ya wo nazar manzilat-ara nazar sahab-e-kausar hai
ki hai gasht mein bedar
jise dekha
wo ishaara sa ki han jauf-e-adam
jauf-e-adam mein bhi jo mumkin hai
khud-arai ke aalam mein ye faizan ka aalam
to ye hairat ka thikana nahin
tute hue aaino
ye jud jaane ki manzil
ye jila pane ki ja hai
ki jhonka sa koi sabz-qaba tha
jise dekha
kisi chahkar ki khunki bhi faza mein jo bikharti
to ye khulta
ki abhi khoj hai aaghaz abhi khoj hai parwaz
kabhi yun bhi to hota hai ki ho khoj yahi
rakh ki mutthi mein dabi adh-jali patti
wahi mamul-e-shab-o-roz
ki bedad hi bedad hai
randa jo lagatar rahe pherta apna
tauba har zawiya hamwar
ba-har zawiya chhil chhil ke gawara
kahin ho jae na be-sakhta fariyaad
ye dhadka sa bana rahta hai dil mein
wo tane tut rahe hain
jo qadam the jo bharam the
ki koi lafz na paya na kisi lafz ka mafhum
jo pani ka badal ho
wo tane chhan ke khamosh tahen khak ki
khamosh tahen aansu-e-aflak ki
laut aae wahin
apni sisakti hui paimuda hadon mein
yahi aasar fazaon ke khule-pan se mozahim
jo guzargah mein sailab ki hote
to kisi mod par mudte hue
shabnam ka nam-o-narm bichhauna unhen milta
to do sad resha anasir wo gale bij
zara der ko ho jate wahin dher maze mein
kaf-e-sailab mein uljhe hue khashak mein poshida
wo jud jud ke baham
chain se sote
ki abhi der hai elan-e-sahar hone mein
elan-e-sahar pahle sune jo bhi sahar-khez
wo auron ko bhi jag uthne ka
paiman-e-faramosh shuda
yaad dilae
yahi kaliyon ke tabassum mein ghuli yaad-dahani
jo thithur jae samaat
to samaat ke liye ek anokhi sa dhamaka
ye mera wahm shaguni meri zanjir
koi andhkar utar aae jo payab gumanon mein
to payab gumanon mein
utar aati hai gahrai yaqin si
koi sayyah si sayarsi jhalkar utar aae
jo thahre hue pani mein
to thahre hue pani mein
rawani ki mushahid
meri aashufta-nigahi
wo kahan phir bhi magar lahr tale lahr ki tamir
ki de jis pe jigar-e-tishna-tamanna bhi gawahi
jo wo ek sath-e-garan-maya hai
ek qar-e-bala-khez
ubharta hua mallah
utarta hua aghwaz
jahan wahm nahin
zinda-o-tabinda haqiqat hai dil-awez
koi hire ki kani si ki hai tinat mein sirishta
kabhi aawaz ki lau ban gai
aafaq-ba-afaq palatti hui auraq
kabhi chhanti rahi aankhon se paiham sifat-e-ashk
tu badalta hua rasta
tah-e-dariya se dahakti hui baalu mein
nikalta hua rasta
jise dekha
wo mera wahm nahin mera yaqin tha
koi buta jo khada hai
to yahi kaam hai us ka
ki khazane ka pata puchhne walon ko batae
jo khalaon ka aqab hai
wo khala kab hai khala kab
jo wahan bhi
isi kamli ka kinara ho
kisi daur ke imkan sa jhalakta
to wahan bhi wahi phailaw chhalakta hai chamakta hai
sahar-rang dhundalke mein
siyah-chashm tajalli ka khunuk-tab talazum
to jigar-sokhtgan-e-do-jahan
kaun hai phir khoj mein sargarm
ye tum
gher ke lae gae tum
ya wo nazar manzilat-ara nazar sahab-e-kausar hai
ki hai gasht mein bedar
jise dekha
wo ishaara sa ki han jauf-e-adam
jauf-e-adam mein bhi jo mumkin hai
khud-arai ke aalam mein ye faizan ka aalam
to ye hairat ka thikana nahin
tute hue aaino
ye jud jaane ki manzil
ye jila pane ki ja hai
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