jivan ke prakhar samarthak-se jab prashn chihn
baukhala uthe the durnivar,
tab ek samandar ke bhitar
ravi ki udbhasit chhaviyoan ka
gahara nikhar
svarnim laharoan sa jhallata
jhalamala utha;
mano bhitar ke sau-sau aangari uttar
sab ek sath
baukhala uthe
tamatama uthe !!
sangharsh vicharoan ka lohoo
pi dit vivek ki shira-shira
mean utha gira,
mastishk tantuoan mean pradipt
vedana yatharthoan ki jagi !!
mere sukh-dukh ne akasmath bhavukatavash
sukh-dukh ke charanoan ki
man hi man
yoan ki 'palagi' -
kanth mean jnan sanvedan ke,
aansoo ka kaanta phansa aur
man mean yah asaman chhaya,
jis mean jan-jan ke ghar-aangan
ka sooraj bhasaman chhaya
jhuramur-jhuramur vah nim hansa,
chi diya doli,
phar-phar aanchal tumako nihar
mano ki matri-bhasha boli -
jinase gooanja ghar-aangan
khanake manoan bahuoan ki choo di ke kangan~.
maian jis duniya mean aj basa,
jan-sangharshoan ki rahoan par
jvalaoan se
maanoan ka bahanoan ka suhag siandoor hansa barasa-barasa .
in bharatiy grihini-nirjharini-nadiyoan ke
ghar-ghar ke bhookhe pran hanse.
dil ke aansoo ke phavvare
lekar yah mere chhand
bavare buri tarah yoan akulakar,
boodhe pitrishri ke charanoan mean lot-potakar,
aisi pavan dhool hue -
bahana ke hiy ki tulasi par
ghan chhaya kar
manjari hue,
bhaee ke dil mean phool hue.
apane samuandaroan ke vibhor
masti ke shabdoan mean ganbhir
tab mera hiandustan hansa .
jan-sangharshoan ki rahoan par
aangan ke nimoan ne manjariyaan barasaeean.
aanbar mean chamak rahi bahana-bijali ne bhi
thi takat hiy mean sarasaee.
ghar-ghar ke sajal aandhere se
meghoan ne kuchh upadesh lie,
jivan ki nasihatean paeean .
jan-sangharshoan ki rahoan par
ganbhir ghataoan ne
yug jivan sarasaya.
aansoo se bhara hua chuanban mujh par barasaya.
jiandagi nasha ban ghum di hai
jiandagi nashe si chhaee hai
nav-vadhuka ban
yah buddhimati
aisi tere ghar aee hai.
re, svayan agarabatti se jal,
sugandh phaila
jin logoan ne
apane aantar mean ghire hue
gahari mamata ke aguru-dhoom
ke badal si
mujhako athah masti pradan ki
vah hulasi, vah akulaee
is hriday-dan ki vela mean mere bhitar.
jinake svabhav ke gangajal ne,
yugoan-yugoan ko tara hai,
jinake karan yah hiandustan hamara hai,
kalyan vyathaoan mean ghulakar
jin lakhoan hathoan-pairoan ne yah duniya
par lagaee hai,
jinake ki poot-pavan charanoan mean
hulase man -
se kie nichhavar ja sakate
sau-sau jivan,
un jan-jan ka durdaant rudhir
mere bhitar, mere bhitar.
unaki baanhoan ko apane ur par
dharan kar varamala-si
unaki himmat, unaka dhiraj,
unaki takat
paee maianne apane bhitar.
kalyanamayi karunaoan ke
ve sau-sau jivan-chitr likhe
mere hiy mean jane kisane, jane kaise
unaki us sahajotsargamayi
atma ke komal pankh phanse
mere hiy mean,
mandarata hai mera ji charoan or sada
unake hi to.
yadean unaki
kaisi-kaisi batean lekar,
jivan ke jane kitane hi rudhirakt pran
dukhaant saanjh
durdaant bhavy ratean lekar
yadean unaki
mere man mean
aisi ghum dian
aisi ghum dian
mano ki git ke
kisi vilambit sur mean -
unake ghar ane ki
ber-aber khili,
kraanti ki muskarati aankhoan -
par, laharati alakoan mean biandh,
aangan ki lal kanher khili.
bhookhe choolhe ke bhole aangaroan mean ram,
janapath par mare shahidoan ke
aantim shabdoan bilam-bilam,
lekhak ki durdam kalam chali.
dubali chanpa
jan sangharshoan mean
gadaraee,
khandahar-makan mean phool khile, tal mean bikhare
jivan sangharshoan mean ghum de
um de chakki ke gitoan mean
kalyanamayi karunaoan ke
hiandustani sapane nikhare -
jis sur ko sun
kooean ki sajal muander hili
pratahkalin havaoan mean.
sooraj ka lal-lal chehara
dola dharati ki baanhoan mean,
asakti bhara ravi ka mukh vah.
usaki medhaoan ki jvalaean aisi phailian -
us ghas-bhare jangal-paha d-banjar mean
yoan davagni lagi
mano boodhi duniya ke sir par ag lagi
sir jalata hai, kandhe jalate .
yah agni-vishvajith phaili hai jin logoan ki
ve naujavan,
itihas bananevala sir karake ooancha
bhauhoan par meghoan-jaisa
vidyut bhar
vicharoan ka lekar
prithvi ki gati ke sath-sath ghoomate hue
ve disha-kal van vatavaran-patal jaise
chalate jan-jan ke sath
ve haian age ve haian pichhe.
agajaji khohoan aur khadanoan ke
tal mean
jyoan ratn-dvip jalate
tyoan jan-jan ke anapahachane aantastal mean
jivan ke saty-dip palate !!
davagni-lage, jangal ke bichoan-bich bahe
mano jivan sarita
jalate kooloanvali,
is kasht bhare jivan ke vistaroan mean tyoan
bahati hai tarunoan ki atma pratibhashali
apane bhitar pratibianbit jivan-chitravali,
lekar jyoan bahate rahate haian,
ye bharatiy nootan jharane
aangaroan ki dharaoan se
vikshobhoan ke udvegoan mean
sangharshoan ke utsahoan mean
jane kya-kya sahate rahate.
laharoan ki griva mean sooraj ki varamala;
jamakar patthar ban ge dukhoan-si
dharati ki prastar-mala
jal-bhare paradarshi ur mean !!
sanpooran manav ki pi dit chhaviyaan lekar
jan-jan ke putroan ke hiy mean
machale hiandustani jharane
manav yug ke.
in jharanoan ki balakhati dhara ke jal mean -
laharoan mean laharati dharati
ki baanhoan ne
bianbit ravi-ranjit nabh ko kasakar choom liya,
manav-bhavishy ka vijayakaankshi asaman
in jharanoan mean
apane sangharshi vartaman mean ghoom liya !!
aisa sangharshi vartaman -
tum bhi to ho,
manav-bhavishy ka asaman -
tumamean bhi hai,
manav-digant ke kooloan par
jin lakshy abhiprayoan ki damak rahi kiranean
ve apani lal bunavat mean
jin kusumoan ki akriti bunane
ke lie vikal ho uthati haian -
usamean se ek phool hai re, tum jaisa hi,
vah tum hi ho,
is rishte se, is nate se
yah bharatiy akash aur prithvital,
banjar jamin ke khandahar ke baragad-pipal
ye galiyaan, rahean ghar-manjil,
patthar, jangal
pahachanate rahe nit tumako jin aankhoan se
un aankhoan se maianne bhi tumako pahachana,
manav-digant ke kooloan par
jin kiranoan ka tana-bana
us rashmi-reshami
kshitij-kshobh par aankit
natan-vyaktitvoan ke sahasr-dal svarnojjval -
adarsh bianb manav yug ke.
unake alok-valay mean jag maianne dekha -
jan-jan ke sangharshoan mean vikasit
parinat hote nootan man ka.
vah aantastal...
sangharsh-vivekoan ki pratibha
anubhav-garimaoan ki abha
vah kshama-daya-karuna ki nirojjval shobha
sau sahanubhootiyoan ki garami,
pranoan mean koee baitha hai kabir marmi
ye pahaloo - paankhean, pankhuriyaan svarnojjaval
nootan naitikata ka sahasr-dal khilata hai,
manav-vyaktitv-sarovar mean !!
us svarn-sarovar ka jal
chamak raha dekho
us door kshitij-rekha par vah jhilamila raha.
tana-bana
manav digant kiranoan ka
maianne tumamean, jan-jan mean jis din pahachana
us din, us kshan
nile nabh ka sooraj hansate-hansate utara
mere aangan,
pratipal adhikadhik ujjval ho
madhushil chandr
tha prastut yoan
mere sammukh aya mano
mera hi man.
ve kahane lage ki chale a rahe taragan
is baithak mean, is kamare mean, is aangan mean -
jab kah hi raha tha ki kab inhean bulaya hai maianne,
tab akasmath ae mere jan, mitr, sneh ke sanbandhan
nakshatr-mandaloan mean se taragan utare
maidan, dhoop, jharane, nadiyaan sammukh aeean,
mano jan-jan ke jivan-gun ke rangoan mean
hai phail chali meri duniya ki
ya ki tumhari hi jhaaneean.
tum kya jano mujhako kitana
abhiman hua
sandarbh hata, vyakti ka kahian ullekh n kar,
jab bhavy tumhara sanvedan
sabake sammukh rakh saka, tabhi
anubhavi jnan-sanvedan ki durdam pi da
jhalamala uthi !!
eemanadar sanskar-mayi
santulit nee gahari chetana
abhay hokar apane
vastavik moolagami nishkarshoan tak pahuanchi
aise nishkarsh ki jinake anubhav-astroan se
vaijnanik manav-shastroan se
mere sahachar haian dhaha rahe
viran virodhi durgoan ki akhand satta.
unake abhyantar ke prakash ki kirtikatha
jab mere bhitar mandaraee
meri akhabar-navisi ne sau-sau aankhean paeean.
kagaj ki bhoori chhati par
nili syahi ke akshar mean tha prakat hua
chhappar ke chhedoan se sahasa jhaanka vah nila asaman
vah asaman jisamean jyotirmay
kamal khila
ravi ka.
shabdoan-shabdoan mean vakyoan mean
manavi-abhiprayoan ka sooraj nikala
usaki vishvakul ek kiran
tum bhi to ho,
dharati ke ji ko akulanevali
chhavi-madhura kavita ki
pyari-pyari si ek kahan
tum bhi to ho,
viran mean toote vishal pul ke ek khandahar mean
uge ak ke phooloan ke nile tare,
madhu-gandh bhari uddam hari
chanpa ke sath
uge pyare,
mano jaharile anubhav mean
manav-bhavoan ke amritamay
shat-pratibhaoan ke aangare,
unaki durdaant parakashtha
ki ek kiran
tum bhi to ho !!
apane sangharshoan ke k due
anubhav ki
chhati ke bhitar
durdaant aitihasik dardoan ki bhanvar lie
tum-jaise-jan
mere jivan nirjhar ke patharile tat par
a kh de hue,
tab maianne nahian pukara - 'tum a jao'
tab maianne nahian kaha tha yoan
mere man ki jal dhara mean
tum hath dubo,
muanh dho lo, jal pi lo, apana
mukh bianb niharo tum.
jab mere man ki patharili
nirjhar dhara ke phooloan par,
gahari ghanishthata ki asim
ganbhir ghataean ghum di thian,
ganbhir megh-dal um de the,
au' jivan ki soandhi sugandh
jab mahaki thi
eemam-bhare-bechhor saral maidanoan par
tab kyoan sahasa
toophani meghoan ke hiy mean
tum vidyut ki durdaant vyatha-si
doli thian,
tab maianne kaha tha apani aankhoan mean
bhavatirek tum darasao.
jab asaman se dharati tak
akasmik ek prakash-bel
vidyut ki nil vilol lata-si
sahasa tum bepard hueean
jab mere-man-nirjhar-tat par
tab maianne nahian kaha thi mujhako is prakar
tum apana aantar ka prakar bana jao.
lekin sangharshoan ke path par
aise avasar ate hi haian,
aise sahachar milate hi haian,
nabh-mandal mean khud ko udghatit
karata chalata hai sooraj
is prakar,
jivan ke prakhar-samarthak se prashn-chihn
baukhala rahe hoan durnivar !!
koee svar ooancha uthata hua biandhata chala gaya.
us svar ko chamachamati-si ek tej nok
jisane mere bhitar ki chattani jamin
apani vidyut se yoan kho di, itani randhril kar di ki are
us aandhakar bhoomi se ajab
sau lal-lal jajjvalyaman
manigan nikale
keval pal mean
dedipyaman aangar hriday mean sanbhalata hua
uthata hooan
itane mean hi jane kitani gaharaee mean se maianne dekha
galiyoan ke shyamal soone mean
koee dubali balak chhaya
asahay ! roti chali gee !!
duniya ke kh de dhooh dikhe
viran chilachilahat mean phate chith chamake
the chhor garib sa diyoan ke
nanhe burakoan ki bahean bhitar phansi jha diyoan ke
unhean dekhata raha ki itane mean
dhoohoan mean se jha di mean se hi udhar nikali
viran hava ki laharoan par
pili-dhuandhali udas gahari nari-rekha
usaki uangali pak d chalati koee
balak-jhaeean maianne dekhi
viran hava ki laharoan par
pairoan par maian chanchalatar hooan
jab isi gali ke nukk d par
maianne dekhi
vah phakk d bhookh udas pyas
niahsvarth trisha
jine-marane ki taiyari
maian gaya bhookh ke ghar v pyas ke aangan mean
chianta ki kali kuthari mean,
tab mujhe dikhe karyarat vahaan
vijnan-jnan
nit sakriy haian
sab vishleshan sansleshan mean
mujh mean bijali ki ghoom gee tharathari
uddam jnan sanvedan ki phuraphuri
hriday mean jagi
tan-man mean koee jadoo ki-si ag lagi
mastishk tantuoan mean se pradipt
vedana yatharthoan ki jagi
yadyapi din hai
sab or lagate ag vidyut kshan haian
kiantu aandhere mean -
apani uthati-girati lau ki lilaoan mean
apani chhayaoan ki lila dekhata raha
aantar apadh-grasta atma
namakin dhool ke garam-garam anivar bavandar si ghoomi
phir chhitar gee
ya bikhar gee
par ajab hua
kuchh matiyale pairoan ke usane pair chhue
udvign manahsthiti mean
jivan ke raj dhoosar pad par
aankhean ban kar, vah baith gee, bhitari paristhiti mean.
mastishk tantuoan mean pradipt vedana yatharthoan ki jagi
vah s dak bich
har rahagir ki chhaanh tale
usaka sab kuchh jine pi lene ko utavali
yah soch ki jane kaun vesh mean kahaan v kitana sach mile -
vah nat hokar unnat hone ki bechaini !
