سجدہءشکر بھی ادا نہ ہوا — انجم سلیمی

Sajda-e-shukr bhi ada na hua

Sajda-e-shukr bhi ada na hua
Khud hi kaha tha
Jab tak jaag raha hoon tab tak
Tum mera bistar ban jaao
Ya phir yoon hi....
Zaanu par sar rakh kar leta rehne do
Thak jaao,... ya so jaaoon
To beshak mere sar ke neeche eent ka takiya rakh jaana
Aankh khuli to dekha
Sar ke neeche eent ka takiya tha
Aur maathe par mehraab ne jagah bana li thi
(Kahin nahin tha us ke badan ka reshmi bistar
Kahin nahin tha
Kaanon mein sargoshiyan karta
Pat san ke zaanu ka takiya)
Jaane kab tak...
Kitni umron.....
Main us eent ko shehron shehron, galiyon galiyon liye liye phirta rehta tha
Neend aati to takiya karta
Jaagta to mehraab banata
Aaj ek umr ki neend tamaam hui to dekha
Main ek eent ki masjid mein
Chhe foot ki saf par bichha pada hoon
Sar ki taraf ek pat san ki si mehraab khadi hai
(Kya yeh pat san ki si eent wohi hai?
Ya us ka zaanu hai??!!!)
Hairat aur khushi mein, main to apna marna bhool gaya hoon
Ab is eent ko shukrane ka ek sajda mujh par wajib hai
(Qabl is ke mera nama-e-aamaal khule
Aur har safhe par nashukri mein lipta yahi ghaflat ka lamha
Harf-e-jali mein likh diya jaye...)
Eent ke rukh par, ek bose aur ek sajde ka qarz hai mujh par
Lekin kya hai.....
Mohlat khatm hui jaati hai
Mitti ki kapdi chhat itni jhuki hui hai
Sajde mein jaana mushkil hai,