Five Hours, A Car Ride, Flowing Poetry

6 January ko Nathdwara se Kota lautte waqt paanch ghante ki yeh yatra ek behte hue shayarana rang mein rang gayi. Waqt kaise guzar gaya, pata hi nahi chala. Nathdwara se humne raat ke 5 baje nikal kar kota pahuchne tak ek bhi pal ka ehsaas nahi hone diya. Jaise Anand Bakshi ne kaha tha:

“Zindagi ke safar mein, manzilain guzar jaati hain,
Woh kabhi waapas nahi aati, kabhi waapas nahi aati.”

Do din ka Rashtriya Baal Sahityik Sammelan aur Bhagwati Prasad Devpura Smriti Samaroh, jo Sahitya Mandal Nathdwara ne aayojit kiya tha, samaapti par tha. 5 baje Nathdwara se nikalte waqt ek sher yaad aaya:
"Kaun kisi ka saath poori zindagi deta hai?
Raasta mushkil hai, chal meri saath thodi der."

Zindagi ki is raah mein Kaifi Bhopali, Anand Bakshi, Indeevar, Ramavatar Tyagi aur Indrajeet Singh Tulsi jaise shayar hamare saath jude. Par aaj ke zamane ke shayaron ke geet aur ghazal bhi kam nahi hain. Mir se shuru hui ghazal ab kahan se kahaan tak pahuch gayi hai. Jaise jaise shaam guroor ho gayi, maine apne saathiyon Ramu Bhaiya ko, jinhone mujhse ghazal ki duniya ka ruju karwaya tha, ek sher padhne ko kaha. Unhone apne naye sher se hamare jazbaat mein rang bhar diye:

"Pavitrata se bheegta hua jaise pavitra paani,
Ghadda jhuka aur baithi, kya kar sakta tha main?
Duaaon mein khud bhi rahi line,
Jaise ek malpua bhune ka paat lete hue, kya kar sakta tha main?"

Agar shaayarana mahoul ho toh ghazal ki gehraai aur bhi dilchasp ban jaati hai. Ramu Bhaiya jinhone Hindi, Urdu aur apne gaav ki bhasha ko apnaya, har style mein ghazal mein maharat hasil ki hai. Unhone ek apni nahi ghazal ki jise sun kar hum sab ka dil jeet liya:

*"Jab se uss machhli ne mere jaale se bachna shuru kiya,
Main roz nadi mein doobta hua nahi rahe.

Jab se sharabiyo ko wo apna humsafar bana liya,
Main apne shaam aur raat ka raasta nahi gaya."*

Ghazal ka asli rang tabhi dikhayi deta hai jab usmein purani parampara ko nayi bhasha aur style se joda jaye. Ramashwar Sharma, yaani Ramu Bhaiya ki ghazal ek pramaan thi, jo jaise hi humare beech guftagu hui, waisi hi asar hai. Maine bhi unhe ek sher suna diya jo humare college dino mein humne likha tha:

"Bhi gayi khud ko dheere dheere,
Aaj ka rang hai, woh aane wale waqt mein.
Rukh thama kar, mujhe hawa ke samundar ki sawaal karna hai,
Jab tak wo sooraj se padhne ka jaadu na ho jaaye."

Har ek kavi ki baat ko samajhna aur unka rang pehchanna zaroori hai, warna uska asar nahi padta. Isliye apne doston ne sabhi sher ki taarif ki. Ramu Bhaiya bhi apni taareef nahi kar paaye aur maine apna sher sunaya:

"Suraj ke dhundte hue rang ka bandhan nahi ho sakta,
Bhi gayi teri saari taareef, jaise ghat leke jo saathi thi.
Aaj jab dekha tumhein, sab kuch likh diya tha,
Chand ne suraj ke chandrishe ke rang ka saara udhar liya tha."

Humne apne beete huye dino ki yaadein taza ki. Jab humare chhote se jeene mein sachcha pyaar hota tha, na ki saari duniya ke jise dekha jaata tha. Ramu Bhaiya ne kaha, "bilkul!" Maine phir kaafi baatein yaad ki aur kaafi rang laayi.

Us waqt mujhe Kaifi Bhopali ke anek sher yaad aaye. Kya shaayar tha, kaise wo apni baat ko kaise samjhaata tha. Lekin ek ghazal ki baat yaad hai, wahi ghazal humne apne yaadon mein diya tha.

"Sharab ke aas-paas tha sab kuch,
Tavern ke baad bhi shaam aa gayi thi.
Zindagi ke raat ko dekhne aur bhi tha kya,
Woh kabhi wo chhata chal rahi thi."

Jaise hi humari gadi chalti thi, hum ghazal mein kho jaate the. Humne apna safar pura kiya tha, lekin pura safar ek aise mehfil ka hisa tha. Mere liye yeh likhne waali baat apne doston ke saath thi. Yeh sab Kaifi Bhopali ke yaad karne ke liye thi jo mere dil mein ek azeem dosti banayi thi.