dhabbe / stains

सलाम , कैसे  हो ?
इस  ख़त  पर  पड़े  सुर्ख  निशान  देख
घबराना  मत
ये  सुर्खी  हमारी  यारी  के  ताज  का  जौहर  है
भले  ही  ये  सुर्ख  निशान
मेरे  माथे  से  टपकी
खून  की  बूँदें  हों
ना जाने क्यूँ अटारी आते ही यह ट्रेन र्थथराने लगी है
और ये पांचों बूँदे ऎसे बह रही हैं
मानो ज़ख़्मी पंजाब बना रही हों
पर  ख़त  के  अरब  सागर  तक  आते  आते
कागज़  पर  ही  सूख  रही  हैं
पंजाब  तो  इन्होने  बांट  लिया
इंसान  भी  बांट  लिए
यह  सब  कुछ  बांट  लेंगे
अगर हमने  अपने  मतभेदों को
अरब  सागर  में  घुलती  नदियों  की  तरहा
घुलना और एक होजाने वाली कला नहीं सिखाई
ख़ुदा  हाफिज़

[Hello, how are you?
Don't panic after seeing the red stains on this letter
this very redness is the jewel of the crown of our friendship
although these stains are nothing but blood dripped from my forehead
Don't know why this train started trembling as it reached atari
And these five droplets started flowing in such a manner
as if they are making Punjab
but before reaching the Arabian Sea of this letter
they dried out on the paper itself
They have divided punjab.
They have divided people too.
They will divide everything -
If we didn't teach our differences
the art of dissolving and becoming one
 like the rivers dissolve in Arabian Sea and become one.]

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