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Hansein aur ek baar phir khud ko dhoka dein

Hansein
Aur ek baar khud ko ek dhoka aur dein
Kahen ke shukr hai ke khauf rulane ki rut gai
Woh khauf jo badan mein phail phail kar lahoo uchhalta raha
Woh khauf jo dilon ko itne saal paalta raha
Likhein, hum apne sab musafiron ko roz khat likhein
Likhein ke ab watan mein koi bhi sehar siyah raat ki tarah nahin rahi
Faqat ajeeb se khamosh jhapaTTe mein qaid hai
Aur ab tamam bastiyan kuchh is tarah ke raahzanon ke haath hain ke
Jin ke jism aur dil chhupe hue hain narm-roo muhafizon ki khaal mein
Woh hao hoo, woh dandanati bijliyon ka na-gawar shor dheema pad gaya hai
Jhoot mooT baarishon ke be-sure alaap se
Agarche rooh ki saDand ab bhi aa rahi hai saari chimniyon ki bhaap se
Likhein, badi hi ehtiyat se likhein
Ke log mar to ab bhi roz hi rahe hain sainkdon
Magar bahut sukoon se
Ke un ki gardanon pe un ke qatilon ki ungliyon ka koi bhi nishaan nahin
Hansein, aur ek baar khud ko ek dhoka aur dein
Sunen, agar kahin koi karah koi cheekh to sama'aton ko dosh dein
Sunen jo sach kabhi khud apne aap se
To is kabir jurm mein zabaan mein apne saare daant gaad dein
Aur apne haath se khud apne daamanon ko phaad dein
Gila koi dilon mein rah gaya ho to nikal dein
Diya bujha ke aankh aaine ki sard aankh mein bade hi aetmaad aur bahaduri se daal dein
Ke phir kahin koi khalish kabhi sada na de sake
Hansein
Aur aaj aap apna saara kuchh khushi se be-hisaab khud-farebon ko sonp dein
Qadeem Misr ke sabhi bachche khuchche, Khudaon ko
Yaqeen ki mari hui hatheliyan bhi sonp dein
Sabhi sunahri takhtiyon ko darmiyan se tod kar
Kahaniyan bhi bakhsh dein
Paheliyan bhi sonp dein
Utha ke apni gudiya, apni bansuri, qalam, duaen
Muskura ke
Raahzanon ko
Jaan se azeez tar saheliyan bhi sonp dein
Hansein aur ek baar khud ko ek dhoka aur dein
Hansein
Aur aaj to kuchh itne zor se hansein ke phir
Faza mein door door tak sukoot goonjta rahe
Sukoot goonjta rahe, sukoot goonjta rahe