Doure Zindagi Ka Akhri Mod ~ Shaam-e-Hayat

By Dr. Ayesha Noorain A

Doure zindagi ka ek waqt woh tha, jo guzar chuka.

Aur ek ye, jo abhi chal raha hai.

Woh waqt, jo ab yaadon mein kahin zinda hai.

Aur ek ye, jo usko yaad karke jee raha hai...

Tab lagta tha ke saansein kam pad jaayengi —

duniya fatah karte karte.

Ab lamha-ba-lamha saans lena mushkil hota jaa raha hai.

Yun bulandi se chala karte the jis zameen par,

ab usi zameen par nazrein jamaye chalte hain —

thokar ke darr se.

Door khade logon ki gupshup sunne wale woh kaan,

aaj nahi sun pa rahe —

woh nazdeek se kiye gaye pyaron ka salaam bhi.

Jo sun bhi lein kabhi kuch,

toh aadhi baat ki wazahat pe mere jawaan bache

kabhi hans padte hain, toh kabhi chid jaate hain...

Padhaya karti thi jinhe main zindagi ke sabaq,

aaj wohi mujhe chup karwa dete hain.

Kabhi hum bhi un mein se hua karte the.

Khair... kabhi woh bhi iss mod se guzrenge.

Doure zindagi har mod par naya tajurba deti hai.

Woh waqt hamara hua karta tha — aaj waqt unka hai.

Taweel zindagi, lambi umar ki khwahish toh sab rakhte hain.

Magar us waqt, jab hum anjaan hote hain —

un khwahishon ke saath

tohfe mein zaeefi bhi milegi.

Ye kandhe, jo kabhi kitabon ka,

kabhi apnon ki khushiyon ka,

kabhi zimmedariyon ka boj —

hansi khushi utha lete the...

Aaj, nahi sambhalta inse apna aap bhi.

Kehne ko tab bhi bohot kuch hota tha,

par sunane ka waqt nahi bachta tha.

Kehne ko aaj bhi bohot kuch hai,

waqt bhi behisaab...

Par sunne wala koi nahi.

Uss waqt hum apne aap mein itna uljhe rehte the,

ke kisi aur ke qisse mein dil hi nahi lagta tha.

Aaj na jaane kyun, har kisi ke qisson, kahaniyon mein dil lag jaata hai —

magar humse gupshup karne waale bhi toh kam ho gaye hain.

Na jaane log apni kahaniyan adhoori kyun chhod dete hain...

Do pal ki khushi ke baad, chaar lamhe tanhai ke de jaate hain.

Haan, maanaa — hum thode mashware dete dete hain.

Ab kya karein...

jisse thodi tawajju haasil ho,

usey apna samajh ke keh dete hain.

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Itni umar guzaarne ke baad, ek hi baat ka afsos liye baithe hain...

Har cheez ko ehmiyat di, har apne ko ehmiyat di —

par jab Rabb ki baari aati thi,

toh “5 minute” karke taal diya karte the...

Aaj, jab har apne ne apni tarjeeh badal di,

toh Rabb ko pehle rakh diya hai.

Kaash ye aisa pehle se hota...

Mere Rabb ka mujh par sabse zyada haq tha.

Kaash maine 5 minute ki bhi deri na ki hoti.

Woh Azeem Baadshah aaj bhi mujhe sunta hai...

Khwab, khwahishen, maqsad, zimmedariyan, daulat, izzat, shohrat, masroofiyat — kya reh gaya hai?

Kuch bhi toh nahi...

Wohi doure zindagi ki baatein dohraate hue —

kabhi nam aankhon ke saath muskurate hue,

aur kabhi khamoshi se doosri peediyon ko dekhte hue —

Shaam-e-Hayat ke chand bache hue lamhe guzaar rahe hain...

Maana, inmein thodi tanhai hai —

par ab Rabb se meri dosti mein kaafi gehraai hai.

By Dr. Ayesha Noorain A