JAWAAB DO
ANSWER ME

Hey Daata, kya tumne bhi pooja apna koi Bhagwaan hai?

kya is jeevan se bhi aage dooja koi jahaan hai?

kya mar ke bhi yaad se badhkar apni koi pehchaan hai?

 

 

har chehre par itne chehre, sachha chehra kaunsa hai?

har saaye kee apnee parchaee, pehla saaya kaunsa hai?

har raaste se judee sau raahein, apna raasta kaunsa hai?

 

 

kaise koi yakeen kare sunee sunaee baaton par?

ankhon dekha jhoot jahan par, jhoot jahan sachhaee hai

kaise koi jiye wahan par jahan hawa aazaad nahi?

har saans pe pehre hotay hain, har aah kisi ki daasi hai

kaise koi baat kare yaari ya rishtedaari kee?

yahan toh har ek dost bikaoo, har apna saudaee hai

 

 

chalo le chalo mujhe yahan se, Eeshwar, Allah, tum jo bhi ho

yeh mere bas kee baat nahi ab, tum hee sambhaalo jo bhi ho

ya phir saaray uljhan suljha do, jaise bhi ho, jo bhi ho

 

O God, have you ever worshipped a God of your own?

is there a world beyond this life?

is our memory our only identity when we are dead?

 

 

every face has so many masks on, how do we tell which one is real?

every shadow has its own shadow, which one was the first to fall?

every road leads to so many more... which one is ours to take?

 

 

how does one trust what one hears...

when even what one sees is a lie, where lies are a reality

how can someone live in a world where the air isn't free

where every breath is captive and every sigh is someone's slave

how does one talk of friendship and relationships

when every friend is for sale and every relative a trader

 

 

take me from here now, Eshwar, Allah, whoever you are

all this is beyond me now, you handle whatever happens

or sort out this mess, in whatever way you can

 

  ~ Swati ~

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