Humaray Raastay (Yaadein)

Like I said before, I have tried my hand at Urdu poetry very few times. I am hardly ever satisfied with what I write, but more so with such poetry because I feel like its a pseudo voice, it doesn’t sound like my own. However, often when I read it after sometime it generates a decent amount of laughter. And at times that is exactly what is needed. Just the right amount of dry humor and an ability to laugh at your own self can at times turn moments that were excruciatingly painful and taxing into something that can be said to have made you stronger and allow you to smile, even laugh at times on the nonsensicality of your own efforts and writing ability. It may sound twisted, but even the sad smile it squeezes out of you is worth it. =) .

Wrote this in 1999. Reading it now made me realize that was the time I had been listening to too much of Jagjit Singh and stuff like “Tum Yaad Aayay”. I distinctly remember the last line “shaid kabhi, shaid kaheen” bit being taken from one of Javed Akhtar’s monologues before a song in the same album. However, fits life as I know it today. Personally, I like the other one better;
“Bhula Na Payein Gay” http://expressome.blogspot.com/2005/05/bhula-na-payaingay.html

But here goes;


Yaad tu kabhi aati he hogi
Humari tarhaan unhain bhi satati hogi

Kya howa agar har rishta toot gaya…
Koi waqt naheen kay daman choot gaya

Humari yaadein kabhi kabhi…
Unn ko satati he hoon gi

Guzrtay loggon mein shaid hum ko bhi…
Aankh uttha kar dhoondtay hoon kabhi.

Sabh kehtay hain bhool jao who din…
Hum sochtay hain woh aayain gay he,

Jo vaaday kiyay thay woh nibhain gay…
Phir kabhi na taur kay jayain gay

Hum nay tu aik rishta jorra unn say…
Unhoon nay har naata tora hum say

Yeh waqt bhi shaid guzar he jayay ga…
Magar darr hai apnay nishan choor jayay ga

Shaid Kabhi…Shaid Kaheen…
Humaray Raastay Phir Milain Gay He…