raanpee se uthee huee aankhon ne mujhe
kshan-bhar tatola
aur phir
jaise patiyaaye huye svar mein
vah hansate huye bola-
baaboojee sach kahoon-meree nigaah mein
na koee chhota hai
na koee bada hai
mere liye,har aadamee ek jodee joota hai
jo mere saamane
marammat ke liye khada hai.
aur asal baat to yah hai
ki vah chaahe jo hai
jaisa hai,jahaan kaheen hai
aajakal
koee aadamee joote kee naap se
baahar nahin hai
phir bhee mujhe khyaal hai rahata hai
ki peshevar haathon aur phate jooton ke beech
kaheen na kaheen ek aadamee hai
jis par taanke padate hain,
jo joote se jhaankatee huee angulee kee chot chhaatee par
hathaude kee tarah sahata hai.
yahaan tarah-tarah ke joote aate hain
aur aadamee kee alag-alag ‘navaiyat’
batalaate hain
sabakee apanee-apanee shakl hai
apanee-apanee shailee hai
masalan ek joota hai:
joota kya hai-chakatiyon kee thailee hai
ise ek aadamee pahanata hai
jise chechak ne chug liya hai
us par ummeed ko tarah detee huee hansee hai
jaise ‘teleefoon’ ke khambhe par
koee patang phansee hai
aur khadakhada rahee hai.
‘baaboojee! is par paisa kyon phoonkate ho?’
main kahana chaahata hoon
magar meree aavaaz ladakhada rahee hai
main mahasoos karata hoon-bheetar se
ek aavaaz aatee hai-’kaise aadamee ho
apanee jaati par thookate ho.’
aap yakeen karen,us samay
main chakatiyon kee jagah aankhen taankata hoon
aur peshe mein pade huye aadamee ko
badee mushkil se nibaahata hoon.
ek joota aur hai jisase pair ko
‘naanghakar’ ek aadamee nikalata hai
sair ko
na vah aklamand hai
na vakt ka paaband hai
usakee aankhon mein laalach hai
haathon mein ghadee hai
use jaana kaheen nahin hai
magar chehare par
badee hadabadee hai
vah koee baniya hai
ya bisaatee hai
magar rob aisa ki hitalar ka naatee hai
‘ishe baanddho,ushe kaatto,hiyaan thokko,vahaan peetto
ghissa do,aisha chamakao,jootte ko aina banao
…ophf! badee garmee hai’
rumaal se hava karata hai,
mausam ke naam par bisoorata hai
sadak par ‘aatiyon-jaatiyon’ ko
baanar kee tarah ghoorata hai
garaz yah ki ghante bhar khatavaata hai
magar naama dete vakt
saaph ‘nat’ jaata hai
shareephon ko lootate ho’ vah gurraata hai
aur kuchh sikke phenkakar
aage badh jaata hai
achaanak chinhukakar sadak se uchhalata hai
aur pataree par chadh jaata hai
chot jab peshe par padatee hai
to kaheen-na-kaheen ek chor keel
dabee rah jaatee hai
jo mauka paakar ubharatee hai
aur angulee mein gadatee hai.
magar isaka matalab yah nahin hai
ki mujhe koee galatafahamee hai
mujhe har vakt yah khayaal rahata hai ki joote
aur peshe ke beech
kaheen-na-kaheen ek adad aadamee hai
jis par taanke padate hain
jo joote se jhaankatee huee angulee kee chot
chhaatee par
hathaude kee tarah sahata hai
aur baaboojee! asal baat to yah hai ki zinda rahane ke peechhe
agar sahee tark nahin hai
to raamanaamee benchakar ya randiyon kee
dalaalee karake rozee kamaane mein
koee phark nahin hai
aur yahee vah jagah hai jahaan har aadamee
apane peshe se chhootakar
bheed ka tamakata hua hissa ban jaata hai
sabhee logon kee tarah
bhaashaa use kaatatee hai
mausam sataata hai
ab aap is basant ko hee lo,
yah din ko taant kee tarah taanata hai
pedon par laal-laal patton ke hajaron sukhatalle
dhoop mein, seejhane ke liye latakaata hai
sach kahata hoon-us samay
raanpee kee mooth ko haath mein sanbhaalana
mushkil ho jaata hai
aankh kaheen jaatee hai
haath kaheen jaata hai
man kisee jhunjhalaaye huye bachche-sa
kaam par aane se baar-baar inkaar karata hai
lagata hai ki chamade kee sharaafat ke peechhe
koee jangal hai jo aadamee par
ped se vaar karata hai
aur yah chaukane kee nahin,sochane kee baat hai
magar jo jindagee ko kitaab se naapata hai
jo asaliyat aur anubhav ke beech
khoon ke kisee kamajata mauke par kaayar hai
vah badee aasaanee se kah sakata hai
ki yaar! too mochee nahin ,shaayar hai
asal mein vah ek dilachasp galatafahamee ka
shikaar hai
jo vah sochata ki pesha ek jaati hai
aur bhaasha par
aadamee ka nahin,kisee jaati ka adhikaar hai
jabaki asaliyat hai yah hai ki aag
sabako jalaatee hai sachchaee
sabase hokar guzaratee hai
kuchh hain jinhen shabd mil chuke hain
kuchh hain jo aksharon ke aage andhe hain
ve har anyaay ko chupachaap sahate hain
aur pet kee aag se darate hain
jabaki main jaanata hoon ki ‘inkaar se bharee huee ek cheekh’
aur ‘ek samajhadaar chup’
donon ka matalab ek hai-
bhavishy gadhane mein, ’chup’ aur ‘cheekh’
apanee-apanee jagah ek hee kism se
apana-apana farj ada karate hain.
mocheeraam