Bachpan mein jab bhi kisi baat se dar lagta tha,
main darwaaze ki taraf nahi, aapko dhoondhta tha,
ab samajh aaya ki ghar ki deewarein nahi,
aapki maujoodgi mujhe mehfooz rakhti thi.
Aapne kabhi baithkar apne sangharsh nahi ginaye,
bas har mushkil ke baad ghar waise hi chalta raha,
hum samajhte rahe sab kuch apne aap hota hai,
jabki har sukoon ke peeche aapka tyag tha.
Kai baar aapki daant us waqt buri lagi,
magar umar ne dheere-dheere uska matlab samjhaya,
aap mujhe rok nahi rahe the,
bas un raaston se bacha rahe the jinhe aap jee chuke the.
Jab bhi main haarkar lauta,
aapne bade bhaashan nahi diye,
bas itna kaha, "phir se koshish kar",
aur wahi meri himmat ban gaya.
Aapne kabhi nahi kaha ki aap thak gaye hain,
haalanki chehre par din bhar ki mehnat likhi hoti thi,
ghar aate hi muskura dete the,
shayad pita hone ki yahi zimmedari hai.
Bachpan mein lagta tha ki aapko sab kuch aata hai,
phir bada hokar jaana ki aap bhi seekh rahe the,
farq sirf itna tha,
aap apni pareshani hum tak nahi aane dete the.
Meri chhoti si khushi ke liye,
aapne kitni badi ichchhaayein taal di hongi,
tab samajh nahi paaya,
aaj zimmedariyon ne sab bata diya.
Ghar mein kai cheezein bina shor ke hoti rahi,
fees bharna, fikr karna, zaruratein poori karna,
tab mehsoos nahi hua,
kyunki aap har mushkil khud rok lete the.
Aapne humein udna sikhaya,
magar apna sahara kabhi nahi hataya,
taaki gir bhi jaayein,
toh hausla zinda rahe.
Aaj bhi kisi mushkil faisle se pehle,
aapka chehra yaad aa jaata hai,
kyunki aapne sirf baatein nahi,
jeena sikhaya hai.
Aapki jeb kitni bhari thi,
yeh kabhi yaad nahi raha,
magar aapki wajah se dil kitna nishchint tha,
yeh hamesha yaad rahega.
Kai baar aapne apni pasand chhodi hogi,
taaki hamari pasand poori ho sake,
hum khushiyon mein uljhe rahe,
aur aapka tyag chup gaya.
Aapki khamoshi mein bhi fikr sunai deti thi,
haal poochhne ka tareeka alag tha aapka,
lafz kam hote the,
par apnapan poora hota tha.
Jab pehli baar ghar se door gaya,
tab samajh aaya pita ka hona kya hota hai,
kuch number sirf contact nahi hote,
sabse bada sahara hote hain.
Aapne humein mazboot banna sikhaya,
lekin kabhi kathor banna nahi,
aapki sakhti mein bhi,
hamari bhalai chhupi rehti thi.
Aaj jab khud ko dekhta hoon,
toh aapki kuch aadatein nazar aati hain,
aur sach kahun,
yeh milta-julta hona garv deta hai.
Har parivaar ki kahani mein,
ek aisa kirdaar hota hai jo kam bolta hai,
par sabse zyada zimmedari uthata hai,
hamare ghar mein woh aap the.
Aapne kabhi apne liye taaliyan nahi maangi,
bas chaha ki hum aage badhein,
isi liye aapka yogdaan,
lafzon se bada lagta hai.
Jab log meri safalta ki baat karte hain,
mujhe aapke woh din yaad aate hain,
jab aapne mujh par bharosa rakha tha,
jab main khud par nahi rakh paaya tha.
Umar ke saath samajh aur gehri hui,
aap sirf pita nahi the,
mere pehle guru,
pehle margdarshak bhi the.
Kuch rishte roz "pyaar" nahi kehte,
phir bhi sabse zyada pyaar karte hain,
pita ka rishta bhi kuch aisa hi hai,
jahaan ehsaas lafzon se bada hota hai.
Aaj samajh aata hai ki aapki chinta kyun thi,
kyun har baat par sambhalne ko kehte the,
aap bharosa kam nahi karte the,
bas humein mehfooz dekhna chahte the.
Jab bhi zindagi ulajhti hai,
aapki koi purani baat yaad aa jaati hai,
aur lagta hai,
anubhav sach mein saath chalta hai.
Ghar mein aapki maujoodgi ka ehsaas,
aksar tab sabse zyada hota hai,
jab aap kuch din door chale jaate hain,
aur ghar adhoora lagta hai.
Aapne humein sirf jeena nahi sikhaya,
dusron ka samman karna bhi sikhaya,
aapki sabse badi viraasat,
sanskaar hain.
Jab main chhota tha,
mujhe lagta tha ghar apne aap chalta hai,
ab samajh aaya,
har sukoon ke peeche kisi pita ki neend hoti hai.
Aapne kabhi nahi poocha,
ki hum aapko kitna samajhte hain,
aap bas humein samajhte rahe,
yehi aapke pyaar ki khoobsurti hai.
Aapki jeb mein kitne paise the,
yeh yaad nahi,
par aapke saath kabhi kami mehsoos nahi hui.
Mainne aapko kai baar chup dekha,
par udaas nahi samjha,
ab jaanta hoon,
kuch bojh pita lafzon mein nahi rakhte.
Jab pehli baar kisi apne ki zimmedari uthai,
tab aap yaad aaye,
kyunki parivaar sambhalna,
kitna bada kaam hai, tab samajh aaya.
Aapne kabhi hamare sapnon par hansi nahi udayi,
chahe woh kitne bhi bade the,
aapka bharosa hi,
hamari taqat tha.
Duniya ne bahut kuch sikhaya,
par logon ka adar karna,
aur vachan nibhana,
aapse seekha.
Aap hamesha aage khade rahe,
taaki mushkilein pehle aapse takraayein,
hum ise aam samajhte rahe,
aaj ise tyag kehte hain.
Jab bhi koi safalta milti hai,
mujhe aapki woh chhoti si tareef yaad aati hai,
jisne mujhe khud par yakeen dilaya tha.
Aapne apne sapnon ka hisaab nahi diya,
bas hamare sapne poore karne mein lage rahe,
aur hum der se samajh paaye,
ki pyaar kai baar tyag hota hai.
Pehle aapki baatein lambi lagti thi,
aaj wahi baatein,
zindagi ke sabse sahi niyam lagti hain.
Aapke saath bazaar jaana,
sirf samaan khareedna nahi tha,
woh zimmedari aur samajh seekhne ka waqt tha.
Kai baar aapne humein girne diya,
magar tootne nahi diya,
yehi aapko alag banata hai.
Aapki aankhon mein sabse zyada khushi,
tab dikhti thi jab hum kuch accha karte the,
jaise hamari jeet,
aapki apni ho.
Mainne aapko kabhi apne liye maangte nahi dekha,
par hamare liye dua karte zaroor dekha,
aur wahi aapki daulat thi.
Jab ghar mein sab so jaate the,
tab bhi aap kal ki fikr mein jaagte the,
aur humein lagta tha,
sab theek hai.
Aapki maujoodgi kisi jashn jaisi nahi thi,
woh roz ki us roshni jaisi thi,
jiska ehsaas andhera hone par hota hai.
Samay ke saath aapki chaal dheemi hui,
par hamare liye aapki chinta,
kabhi dheemi nahi padi.
Aapne humein sikhaya,
ki mazboot hone ka matlab sakht hona nahi,
balki mushkil waqt mein bhi sahi rehna hai.
Bachpan mein aapki ungli pakadkar chalta tha,
aaj aapki seekh pakadkar chalta hoon,
aur dono baar,
raasta aasaan lagta hai.
Aapki daant mein bhi sukoon tha,
kyunki uske peeche parwah chhupi hoti thi,
aur parwah se bada pyaar kya hoga.
Main jitna bada hota gaya,
utna hi aapke chhote-chhote tyag samajhta gaya,
aur mera samman badhta gaya.
Aapne kabhi mehsoos nahi hone diya,
ki zindagi kitni mushkil hai,
haalanki mushkilein sabse zyada,
aap hi utha rahe the.
Jab main faislon mein sambhal kar chalta hoon,
lagta hai aapki awaaz ab bhi saath hai,
rokne ke liye nahi,
bachane ke liye.
Kuch log apni baaton se yaad rehte hain,
aap apne karmon se yaad rehte hain,
kyunki jo sikhaya,
use pehle jee kar dikhaya.
Agar zindagi ek lambi yatra hai,
toh mere sabse surakshit kadam wahi the,
jo aapke bharose ke sahare uthe the.