Diwali .... A Different View

Pataakhon ki dukaan se kuchh door- apane haathon me

Maine usay kuchh sikkay ginatay dekha

Ek ghareeb bachay ki sooni aankhon me,

Kal maine Diwali ko martay dekha

Thi chaah usay bhi, ki vo naye kapaday pehanay

Magar puraanay kapadon ko usay saaf kartay dekha

Hum kartay hain sadaa apnay dukh ki numaayesh

Magar usay chup-chaap dukh sehtay dekha

Jab maine usay poochhaa “Kuchh chaahiye tujhe?”

Muskuraatay huye uska sar maine ‘Naa’ me hiltay dekha

Vo yoon to umar me thaa abhi bahut chhota

Uskay ander ik ‘bade-aadmi’ ko paltay dekha

Kal raat saare shehar kay deepon ki lau me

Uskay Be-bus say cheharay ko maine hanstay dekha

Hum chaahain sadaa shaan se zindaa rehanaa

Usay jeetay jee shaan se martay dekha

Log kehatay hain ‘tyohaar’ hotay hain khushiyon ke vaastay

Par maine usay man hee man, ghutatay aur tarastay dekha

        Aakhir aesa kyon?   WHY?

        By: Unknown Author

Note: I don’t know who wrote this but this is very beautiful and touching. I have changed few words here and there to fix the rhyme …… with apologies from the original writer.   

  ‘Rajan Sachdeva’