koi hayaat ke maani bataa ke samjhaae — Sandeep Gupte

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi

ghazal mein jab talak ehsaas ki shiddat na ho shaamil
faqat alfaaz ki kaarigari mahsus hoti hai

sirf kahne ko hai nai duniyaa
vo hi dastur hai vahi duniyaa

hamein qubul nahin chhoTaa munh baDi baatein
misaal bante hain aur phir misaal dete hain

jab bhi kashti bhanvar mein aai hai
ik du'aa bhi asar mein aai hai

jahaan pe khatm huaa karti hain khirad ki hadein
vahin se asl mein hotaa hai dil kaa kaam shuru'

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

arsa-e-zulmat-e-hayaat kaTe
ham-nafas muskuraa ki raat kaTe

khushi kaa ek hi lamha thaa apni zindagi mein
sakhi aise ki vo bhi dusron ke naam kar aae

hamaari zindagi to mukhtasar si ik kahaani thi
bhalaa ho maut kaa jis ne banaa rakkhaa hai afsaana