Monday, July 1, 2013

Zindagi Kya Hai?

This poem is written in allegory. Different phases of life are described by making comparison to nature and inanimate objects around us. If we deeply and minutely look around us we would find life in inanimate things as well. Each thing is the manifestation of a phase of life which puts us into thought that what life is all about and what life is in itslf . And, this is what this poem is about, delving into a deep and unresolved question: What is life? Zindagi kya hai?

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Zindagi kya hai?
Gili mitti ki sondhi khusbu
ya haath se phisalti rukhi reth,

Zindagi kya hai?
Yauvan mein umadhta jazba
ya budhape ki naumeedi,

Zindagi kya hai?
Woh wajah bewajah ka hasna aur thahake
ya yaadon ki jhil se behta aankh ka paani,

Zindagi kya hai?
Thandi bhini hawa ka humein chu kar guzar jana
ya belagaam aandhiyon ka gharon ko ujaad dena,

Zindagi kya hai?
Baarishon mein lehraate unche unche pedh
ya patjhad mein zameen par padi rukhi sukhi pattiyaan,

Zindagi kya hai?
Ek nayi kitaab ek nayi dastaan
ya puraane kitaabi panno ka dardarapan,

Zindagi kya hai?
Khamosh dariya ke sakoot ka sukoon
ya sagar ki lehron ka shor,

Zindagi kya hai?
Urooj bhi hai mashaqqat bhi hai sukoon hai kashmakash bhi hai aitbaar hai dhokha bhi hai jaane iski haqeeqat kya hai AQS
Pata nahi yeh zindagi kya hai?

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