har ek dard ko harf-e-ghazal banaa dungaa — Khurshid Ahmad Jami

"vafaa ne jhuum ke jab tere giit gaae hain qadam ufuq pe andheron ke laDkhaDaae hain tire qarib pahunch kar bhi kam nahin hote gham-e-hayaat ne jo faasle baDhaae hain bahut tavil sahi raah-e-justuju lekin bahut hasin tire gesuon ke saae hain tiri nigaah mudaavaa na ban saki jin kaa tiri talaash mein aise bhi zakhm khaae hain paDaa hai 'aks jo rukhsaar-e-shola-e-mai kaa to aaine tiri yaadon ke jagmagaae hain musaafiraan-e-shab-e-gham ki raah mein 'jaami' nae charaagh miri fikr ne jalaae hain"

"taa-hadd-e-nazar koi makaan hai naa makin hai dil vaqt ke maqtul fasaanon ki zamin hai auraaq-e-bahaaraan ko phir ik baar ulaT kar dekho to sahi naam hamaaraa bhi kahin hai is tarah bhaTaktaa huun akelaa hi akelaa jaise ye miraa shahr miraa shahr nahin hai jalte hain charaaghon ki tarah gham ke andhere jab se mire hamraah koi shoala-jabin hai har samt zamaane ki vahi dhuul hai lekin har shakl tire pyaar ki dil-daar-o-hasin hai chhaai hain jahaan zulf-e-moambar ki ghaTaaein shaayad mire giton kaa nayaa des vahin hai yaadon ke shabistaan se bulaataa nahin koi khvaabon ke dariche mein koi shama nahin hai tu aur bhi raahon se miri duur huaa hai tu aur bhi mujh se mire giton se qarin hai sadiyon se isi tarh bhaTakti hai khudaai sadiyon se isi tarh khudaa arsh-nashin hai haalaat ke baDhte hue pathraav mein 'jaami' kuchh aur mujhe azmat-e-hasti kaa yaqin hai"

"sahar kaa husn gulon kaa shabaab detaa huun nai ghazal ko nai aab-o-taab detaa huun mire liye hain andheron ki phaansiyaan lekin tiri sahar ke liye aaftaab detaa huun vafaa ki pyaar ki gham ki kahaaniyaan likh kar sahar ke haath mein dil ki kitaab detaa huun guzar rahaa hai jo zehn-e-hayaat se 'jaami' shab-e-firaaq ko vo maahtaab detaa huun"

"gul-ba-daamaan na koi shoala ba-jaan hai ab ke chaar su vaqt ki raahon mein dhuaan hai ab ke shaam-e-hijraan jise haathon mein liye phirti hai kaun jaane ki vo tasvir kahaan hai ab ke zindagi raat ke phaile hue sannaaTe mein duur haTte hue qadmon kaa nishaan hai ab ke teri palkon pe koi khvaab laraztaa hogaa mere giton mein koi dard javaan hai ab ke ek ik saans pe dhokaa hai kisi aahaT kaa ek ik ghaav ujaalon ki zabaan hai ab ke sahn-e-gulshan hai bahaaron ke lahu se rangin shaakh-e-gul hai ki bas ik tegh-e-ravaan hai ab ke jo kabhi husn ke honTon pe na aayaa 'jaami' haae vo harf-e-tasalli bhi garaan hai ab ke"

"suraj saron pe aag ugaltaa dikhaai de mujh ko ye shahr aaj pighaltaa dikhaai de vo saamne rakhaa hai koi khat khulaa huaa vo duur koi chaand nikaltaa dikhaai de kis ke qarib jaaiye kis ko pukaariye har shakhs apnaa ruup badaltaa dikhaai de main is nadi ko paar to kar jaaungaa magar aage koi charaagh to jaltaa dikhaai de ye reg-zaar-e-gham ye khayaalon ki tez dhuup jo zad mein aa gayaa vo pighaltaa dikhaai de ghar ho ki raasta ho ik aaseb har jagah tanhaaiyon kaa zahr ugaltaa dikhaai de aavaaz de ki raat ke unche pahaaD se khvaabon kaa paanv aaj phisaltaa dikhaai de 'jaami' miri nazar mein zamaana hai is tarah phulon ko jaise koi masaltaa dikhaai de"

"giit khvaabon ki tarah duur se chal kar aae raat aai to ujaalon ke payambar aae gham ki qindil jalaao ki bahut mumkin hai koi mehmaan sar-e-shaam mire ghar aae apne bichhDe hue suraj kaa khayaal aate hi saamne vaqt ke taarik samandar aae zehn mafluj rivaayat ki thakan chehron par haae kis shaan se mahfil mein sukhanvar aae tanz karne miri jalti hui tanhaai par aarzuon ke taraashe hue paikar aae log phirte hain yahaan harf-e-malaamat ki tarah zindagaani kaa yaqin aae to kyunkar aae dil mein is tarh ruke dard-e-vafaa ke lamhe jis tarah shahr mein changez kaa lashkar aae jis taraf majma’-e-ahbaab khaDaa thaa 'jaami' ham pe aae to usi samt se patthar aae"

"vo mujhe zindagi bataataa hai phir bhalaa kyon nazar churaataa hai main usi ko uThaa rahaa thaa par vo mujhe hi faqat giraataa hai yaad us ko kiyaa yahaan main ne par mujhe vo vahaan bhulaataa hai raaz saare bataa diye main ne kyon magar raaz vo chhupaataa hai log masruf hain mohabbat mein aur vo dil miraa dukhaataa hai"

"tere tasavvuraat se aage nahin gayaa ye dil tavahhumaat se aage nahin gayaa jo biich raah chhoD gayaa shukr hai vo shakhs meri tavaqqu'aat se aage nahin gayaa shaayad use pasand thiin jhuTi numaaishein lekin main dil ki baat se aage nahin gayaa jazbaat-e-dil ko vo bhi na kuchh Dhang de sakaa main bhi takallufaat se aage nahin gayaa tohfa bhi us ke vaaste kangan liyaa 'zarim' vallah main us ke haath se aage nahin gayaa"

"taavil-e-ahd-e-fan hi to vahshat kaa hal nahin pesh-e-nazar junun hai yaaro ghazal nahin ab is ke baad ahd ki taarik raat hai ye ikhtitaam-e-shaam hai subh-e-azal nahin ai dost ishq mansab-e-fahm-o-shuur hai ye irtiqaa hai zehn kaa koi khalal nahin ik umr ratjagon ki aziyyat mein kaaT di ab mere khvaab niind kaa radd-e-amal nahin kyaa kyaa ataa-e-neamat-e-rabb-e-karim hai lekin 'samir' dard kaa nemul-badal nahin"

"na koi dost ho meraa na ho adu meraa tum apne munh se agar kah do mujh ko tu meraa fasurdagi mein junun-e-havaa-e-gul yaani khizaan ke daur mein saudaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa jo tum nahin to bahaar-e-jinaan mein khaak nahin bahut vasia hai daamaan-e-aarzu meraa nibhegi ai dil-e-aavaara ab na tujh se miri bas aaj se na main teraa huun aur na tu meraa banaa rahe hain vo jalve ki apne tasvirein dikhaa dikhaa ke tamaashaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa kisi ki zulf-e-siyah kah rahi hai khul khul kar ghaTaa ne rang uDaayaa hai hu-ba-hu meraa mah-e-siyaam kaa aur intizaam kyaa karte janaab-e-shaikh uDaa le gae subu meraa jafaa kaa rang judaa hai vafaa kaa rang judaa malo na dast-e-hinaai mein tum lahu meraa taDap rahi hai jo abr-e-siyaah mein bijli firaaq mein yahi naqsha thaa hu-ba-hu meraa suhaani raat hai chhiTki hai chaandni 'muztar' miri nigaah mein phirtaa hai maah-ru meraa"

"zindagi bojhal hui aazaar se jism jhuktaa jaa rahaa hai baar se doston ne is qadar dhoke diye aur raghbat baDh gai aghyaar se zindagi kaa ik nayaa imkaan huaa ik daricha khul gayaa divaar se ab bayaan kaise karun rudaad-e-gham kaam mushkil hai dil-e-naa-chaar se hijr ki raaton mein bahtaa hi rahaa ek naala chashm-e-dariyaa-baar se misl-e-majnun regzaaron mein rahe sar paTakte ret ki divaar se ham asiraan-e-mohabbat hain yahaan uljhe hain ab gesu-e-khamdaar se 'qalb' teri ghazlein yuun shaadaan karein dard nikle hai tire ashaar se"

"chaahe khoTe hain yaa khare hain ham Dast-e-qudrat ke laaDle hain ham 'aks-e-rafta ko dekhiye saahib kitne maa'sum lag rahe hain ham raat jivan kaa giit gaati hai khvaab-e-tanvim dekhte hain ham 'umr lag jaaegi sanbhalne mein kis bulandi se yuun gire hain ham ek hangaam hai taghayyur kaa kunj-e-nisyaan mein paDe hain ham ab bhi mehndi kaa rang gahraa hai sandalin haath par rache hain ham ik tamaashaa hai kaar-zaar-e-hayaat dekh kar ser ho chuke hain ham jhilmilaate hain aarzu ke kanval dil-jharoke se jhaankte hain ham"