Jab bhi jazbon ke liye alfaz nashtar ho gaye

पिक्चर कप्शन : प्रसिद्द गायक अनूप जलोटा दैनिक भास्कर भोपाल में मुस्लिम सलीम (बाएं से दुसरे) की सीट पर बैठे हुए सन १९९८

(Picture caption: Famous singer Anup Jalota sitting on the seat of Muslim Saleem - Standing third from left and clean shaved - in Dainik Bhaskar Bhopal in 1998)




Jab bhi jazbon ke liye alfaz nashtar ho gaye
Kaise kaise phool jaise haath khanjar ho gaye
(Whever knives of words attack emotions
flower-like tender hands turn into daggers)

Deo qaamat wo shajar jab tez andhi mein gira
Pasta-qad jitne they paude sab qad-aawar ho gaye
(When that giant tree fell in strong winds
all the dwarf plants suddenly became tall)


neem faqa, neem uryani ko andar chhod kar
Ghar se bahar jab qadam rakkha, sikandar so gaye
(Leaving the house while being half-fed and half-clad
We became king soon after stepping out of the house)

Paikar-e-targheeb they saare khiloney door sey
Chhoo liya ham ney to sab yaklakhat patthar ho gaye
(All the toys beckoned me towards them from afar
but turned into stone as soon as I touched them)

Chha gaya chehron pe phir se saaye-e-fikr-o-alam
sab ko shayad gham ye tha ham kaise janbar ho gaye
(coluds of worry and sorrow covered the faces of near and dear ones
all were perhaps aghast how could I survive)

Aalam-e-takh’eel mein Muslim hua kis ka guzar
Meri yaadon key kayee lamhey muattar ho gaye
(Who is this who has passed through the world of Muslim’s imagination
it (the thought) has made a number of my past memories fragrant)

जब भी जज़बों के लिए अलफ़ाज़ नश्तर हो गए
कैसे कैसे फूल जैसे हाथ खंजर हो गए
देव कामत वो शजर जब तेज़ आंधी में गिरा
पस्ताकद जितने थे पौदे सब कदावर हो गए
नीम फाका, नीम उरयानी को अन्दर छोड़ कर
घर से बाहर जब क़दम रक्खा, सिकंदर हो गए
पैकर-ए-तर्गीब थे सारे खिलौने दूर से
छु लिया हम ने तो सब यकलख्त पत्थर हो गए
आलम-ए-तखईल में मुस्लिम हुआ किस का गुज़र
मेरी यादों के कई लम्हे मुअत्तर हो गए