Khamosh

3rd Feb 1986

Looking back, Khamosh is a revelation. Perhaps I always had a thing for the muted, the muffled, the maligned and the marginalised. Nothing good or bad. Just the thing... Also, I think this was the beginning of developing complex ideas using simple words and colloquial expressions. 

Vo jo samne khamosh khada hai

Yeh na samjho vo goonga hai

Uski zubaan band hai, par hausle buland hain

Vo goongon ko gaali nahi diya karta

Kyonki vo sher hai, buzdilon sa nahi jiya karta

Tumne jo kaha hai, usne sab kuchh saha hai

Ye chuppi hi uski shaan hai

Vo shayad issi se mahaan hai

Gar aisa na hota

Toh na poochho kya hota

Na tumhaara astitva hota

Na main tumse kuchh kehta

Ye chuppi uske bheetar ka ek raag hai

Shayad uske andar ek aag hai

Vo ek din zaroor bolega

Tumhaare saamne

Tumhaari kali shakhsiyat ka raaz kholega

Vo tumse tumhaari har karni ka jawaab mangega

Tum par tumhaari hi adalat mein mukaddma dagega

Aur uss din tumhaari koi na sunega

Kyonki-

Vo hi vakeel hoga aur faisla bhi vo hi dega…