kal rah mean jate jo mila richh ka bachcha.
le ae vahi ham bhi utha richh ka bachcha .
sau nematean kha-kha ke pala richh ka bachcha .
jis vaqt b da richh hua richh ka bachcha .
jab ham bhi chale, sath chala richh ka bachcha ..1..
tha hath mean ik apane sava man ka jo sota.
lohe ki k di jis pe kh dakati thi sarapa[1] .
kaandhe pe chadha jhoolana aur hath mean pyala .
bazar mean le ae dikhane ko tamasha .
age to ham aur pichhe vah tha richh ka bachcha ..2..
tha richh ke bachche pe vah gahana jo sarasar.
hathoan mean k de sone ke bajate the jhamak kar.
kanoan mean dur[2], aur ghuangharoo p de paanv ke aandar.
vah dor bhi resham ki banaee thi jo purazar[3].
jis dor se yaro tha bandha richh ka bachcha ..3..
jhumake vah jhamakate the, p de jis pe karanaphool.
muqqaish[4] ki l diyoan ki p di pith upar jhool.
aur unake siva kitane bithae the jo gulaphool.
yooan log gire p date the sar paanv ki sudh bhool .
goya vah pari tha, ki n tha richh ka bachcha ..4..
ek taraf ko thian saik doan l dakoan ki pukarean .
ek taraf ko thian, piroan[5] javanoan ki katarean.
kuchh hathiyoan ki qiq aur ooantoan ki dakarean .
gul shor, maze bhi d thath, amboh[6] baharean .
jab hamane kiya lake kh da richh ka bachcha ..5..
kahata tha koee hamase, miyaan ao qalandar .
vah kya hue,agale jo tumhare the vah bandar .
ham unase yah kahate the “yah pesha hai ‘qalandar’[7].
haan chho d diya baba unhean jangal ke andar.
jis din se khuda ne yah diya, richh ka bachcha”..6..
muddat mean ab is bachche ko, hamane hai sadhaya .
l dane ke siva nach bhi isako hai sikhaya .
yah kahake jo dhapali ke teean gat pai bajaya .
is dhab se use chauk ke jamaghat mean nachaya .
jo sabaki nigahoan mean khapa “richh ka bachcha”..7..
phir nach ke vah rag bhi gaya, to vahaan vah .
phir kaharava nacha, to har ek boli jubaan “vah”.
har char taraf seti kahian piro javaan “vah”.
sab hans ke yah kahate the “miyaan vah miyaan”.
kya tumane diya khoob nacha richh ka bachcha ..8..
is richh ke bachche mean tha is nach ka eejad .
karata tha koee qudarate khaliq ke teean yad .
har koee yah kahata tha khuda tumako rakhe shad[8].
aur koee yah kahata tha ‘are vah re ustad’
“too bhi jiye aur tera sada richh ka bachcha”..9..
jab hamane utha hath, k doan ko jo hilaya.
kham thoank pahalavaan ki tarah samane aya.
lipata to yah kushti ka hunar an dikhaya.
vaan chhote-b de jitane the un sabako rijhaya.
is dhab se akha de mean l da richh ka bachcha ..10..
jab kushti ki thahari to vahian sar ko jo jha da.
lalakarate hi usane hamean an lata da.
gah hamane pachha da use, gah usane pachha da.
ek dedh pahar phir hua kushti ka akha da.
gar ham bhi n hare, n hata richh ka bachcha ..11..
yah daanv mean pechoan mean jo kushti mean huee der.
yooan p date roope-paise ki aandhi mean goya ber.
sab naqad hue ake sava lakh roope dher.
jo kahata tha har ek se is tarah se muanh pher.
“yaro to l da dekho zara richh ka bachcha”..12..
kahata tha kh da koee jo kar ah aha ha.
isake tumhian ustad ho vallah “aha ha”.
yah sahar[9] kiya tumane to nagah[10] ”aha ha”.
kya kahiye garaj akhirash ai vah “aha ha”.
aisa to n dekha, n suna richha ka bachcha ..13..
jis din se “nazir” apane to dilashad yahi haian .
jate haian jidhar ko udhar irashad[11] yahi haian .
sab kahate haian vah sahibe eejad[12] yahi haian .
kya dekhate ho tum kh de ustad yahi haian .
kal chauk mean tha jinaka l da richh ka bachcha ..14..
