'इंतेज़ार'

क्यों पास आ कर भी
थी इतनी दूरी,
क्यों दूर रेह कर
नई लगती कोई मजबूरी.

मिलने को, करने को है इतनी बातें
क्यों मिल नई पाए हम
क्यों हैं अब मुझ को शिकायतें!

बातें शब्दों में जो लिख पाती हूँ
होठों से जाने क्यों कह नही पाती हूँ
दूरियों में मिलता इक अजीब सुकून हैं
मगर इंतेज़ार ख़तम करने का भी इक जुनून है

ना ख़तम होने वाला ये सिलसिला है
मुझे ज़िंदगी पैर फिर भी भरोसा है
मिलना है फिर तुम से इक दिन मुझ को,
मगर नया इंतज़ार अभी करना है मुझ को...

दौर-ए-इंतेज़ार शायद
कभी ख़तम नई होगा,
मिल कर तुम से
फिर एक बार बिछड़ना होगा.

हँसती हूँ मुस्कुराती हूँ
जब ये सोचती हूँ
इस दौर के भी गुज़र जाने का
'इंतेज़ार' किए जाती हूँ ......

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kyon paas aa kar bhi
thi itni duuri,
kyon dur reh kar
nai lagti koi majboori.

milne ko, karne ko hai itni baatein
kyon mil nai paye hum,
kyon hain ab mujh ko shikayatein.

baatein shabdon mein jo likh pati hun,
hothon se jane kyon keh nahi pati hun.
duriyon mein milta ik ajeeb sukoon hain,
magar intezaar khattam karne ka bhi ik junoon hai.

na khattam hone wala ye silsila hai
mujhe zindagi par fir bhi bharosa hai
milna hai fir tum se ik din mujh ko,
magar naya intezaar abhi karna hai mujh ko...

daur-e-intezaar shayad
kabhi khattam nai hoga,
mil kar tum se
fir ek baar bichadna hoga.

hansti hun, muskurati hun
jab ye sochti hun,
is daur ke bhi guzar jaane ka
'intezaar' kiye jati hun......

Dedicated to best buddy Shomita whom I cud not meet when she was in India ....

Comments

Anonymous said…
baatein shabdon mein jo likh pati hun,
hothon se jane kyon keh nahi pati hun.
duriyon mein milta ik ajeeb sukoon hain,
magar intezaar khattam karne ka bhi ik junoon hai.

bahot sahi. fantastic lines.
Hardeep said…
Beautiful ... as always :)
Winged Fantasy said…
:-)
Intezaar se bhala hum kya shikwa karen?
Intezaar hi toh mohabbat ki taqdeer hai yaron...


Nice and very pretty :-)

Cheers!
Meenakshi
Aks said…
@ Sushant !
You happened to pick up those lines which I happened to cherish so much in those moments. ...
Thanks !
@ Hardeep
Thanks buddy ... Is it so usual now ? ;)

@Meenakshi

mohabbat kis ne ki thi aakhir
kisi ke intezaar ki khaatir,
aakhir woh to intezaar hi tha
jo ban gaya mohabbat ki taqdeer !!

aise taar na chedo dil ke
ke aalam sara jhan jhana jaye,
ye intezaar ke khamosh palon ke nagme hain
kahin khamoshiyon ke baad ka toofaan na le aayein !

kya khayal hai :)
Thanks for the appreciation. You almost always can bring that poetry out of me !
Winged Fantasy said…
Waah waah mohtarma... kya khood kaha... :-)

And Aks, you are tagged. visit my blog for details. hehehehe [wicked grin] :-)
Anonymous said…
bahut khoobsurat...:)
Aks said…
@ Dream Catcher
Thanks for the compliment and also for stopping by !
Anonymous said…
cldn't help...have to blogroll ya:) loved every piece of ur poetry .....
Aks said…
@Dream Catcher
Thanks again ! Honest confession: I visited your blog and saw so much that got confused as to where to start from. Had small glimpse of few things and realised that this is too creative to be just given an honour of glimpse. You site deserves more time and I will be back soon :)

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