Kashi ki Kahani | Poem | BluePencilSharpner


Mulakaat hui aakhir kaar usse meri

Baithi thi ghaat k kinaare 

Kisi ki pratiksha krte hue

Na naam pata na koi jaankaari thi uski

Baith gaya uska paas jaake 


Kaafi kuch bataya use maine apni zindgi ki baare me 

Ki kya kahaniya hai meri 

kya jee raha hu main

kya kar raha hu is nagri me 

is ghaat k paas


Kuch na bola usne

Mano khamosh thi wo 

Muskura kar bas dekhti rahi 

Us dhamakte diye ki roshni ko pani me jaate hue


Ek lambi saans bharke

apna samaan smatete hue 

mujhe dekha aur boli


“Baat ye nhi tum yaha aaye,

Baat ye ki tum abhi bhi yaha ho.

Rishta hai tumhara is nagri si, 

Baandh liya hai tumhe is chamak ne.

Ye jo keh rahe the tum,

Apni zindgi k baar me.


Zara lambi saans to leke btao 

Zinda kaha ho tum?

Kya ye zinda, zinda hai

Ya wo zindgi zinda hai.


Aksar ajati hui is ghaat k paas

Maathe pe chandan lagake.

Ek haath me ghat ka pani leke 

khudke sar pe chadha leti hui

Dhalte suraj k saath ek aur alvada kehjaati hu.


Jab bhi lage ki kahani adhori hai tumhari,

To bina soche ye yaad karlena,

Kahani zaruri thi 

Ya kahani mahatava


Chalo ab jaati hu,

Is dhalte suraj k saath is yaad ko bhi bhula dena.

Hum mile ye kaafi tha,

Kahani agar hui puri,

To mujhe bhi ek kirdaar bana dena.”


Naam to batati jaao


“Kaashi naam hai mera”


-Shantanu Singh


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