KASHMAKASH
HESITANCY

Gamzada geeton se, dil kabhi bharta hai kya

Jakhm bhar jaate hain, waqt bhi rukta hai kya

Kaash kho hii jaati kahin, yaaden dhundh banke

Har shay me tum mil jatey ho, ye mazra hai kya

Ek mahaul hai tanhaaii ka, tum bhi shamil ho

Ittfaq kahan tak maanen, ye silsila hai kya

JahaN udaas hai tum bin, khamosh mastiyan

Kamptey labon par koi, shikva bhi ruka hai kya

Khwaabon ko bhool jaaney kii, jaroorat kyun ho

Ajnabi ruston se kahin, pahchaan ho gayi hai kya

Humney ek baar uttha kar palken deedar kiya hai unka

Nazron ke aiiney ko usne bhi dekh liya hai kya

Yun gum huye hain hum, kashmakash ke nakaab mein

Jazbaat ke sailaabon me dil doob hi gaya hai kya

 

Sad songs are so captivating, one always wants more

Does time ever stop even after the wounds are healed?

I wish the memories would fade away like fog

What is this mystery of finding you in everything?

There is a lonely mood in which you are there

It’s an unending trend, how can I call it fluke?

My whole being is dull without you, and energy is calm

How can quivering lips hold onto a gripe?

Unless one gets familiar with those imagined ways

Why should there be a need to forget the dreams?

Once I lifted my eyes to have a glance at him

Has he seen himself in the reflection of my eyes?

How lost I have been in the layers of hesitancy

Has heart sunk in the thunderous waves of emotion?

 ~Neelam Jain~

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