Gar mujhe is ka yaqee' ho: An open letter to the humanity

Faiz saab and I have this connection, one that I don't fully understand, but I fully enjoy none the less. The connection where he has somehow channeled my feelings into words so perfectly that they often leave me gob-smacked. One such piece is Gar Mujhe Is ka Yaqee' Ho. The poem to me is an open letter, a letter to humanity, filled with a profound life lesson, one that humanity needs to learn in order to survive. The lesson that if I could be a messiah, if any of us, in fact, could be a messiah we would, we would and then all will be right, then one way or the other, we would be saved by one single entity. But then that entity does not exist, our collective burden is too much, even our individual burden is too much for anyone else to bear. So no matter anyone else tries to save us, to be our savior, to be the one that comes and rescues us, they can't. But if they can't then what? Can no one ever be saved? Never be rescued? That's not true, the thing is each of us is precious, each of us is worth being saved. The catch is, the only one that can save me is me, no one else can, they can want to, they can want it really hard, they can even die trying, but they can't do it. The only one that can is me, the only one that can save you is you. So go ahead. Be your own savior, be your own messiah. No situation is too bad to not be salvaged. Go ahead, save yourself, save yourself for yourself and for the ones that love you so much had they been in the position to be able to save you they would, even if it meant that they had to sacrifice themselves for you. Go ahead, take that step, its always worth it.
Leaving you with the poetry and one better, I'm also leaving you the audio link to Tina Sani's mesmerizing voice singing the amazing poetry, so take a look, take a listen, feel important enough to take that first step towards saving you.

 

Gar mujhey iska yaqee’ ho
Mere humdum, mere dost.

Gar mujhey iska yaqeen ho
Ke tere dil ki thakan,
Teri ankhoon ki udasi, tere seeney ki jalan,
Meri diljoi, mere pyar se mit jaey gee.
Gar mera harf-e-tasalli
Voh dava ho, jis se
Ji uthey phir se tera ujd.ra hoa bai_noor diyar
Teri paishanee se dhul jain yeh tazleel ka daagh
Teri beemar javani ko shifa ho jaey.

Gar mujhey iska yaqeen ho
Mere humdum mere dost.

Rooz-o-shab, shaam-o-sehar
Main tujhey bhelata rahoon
Main tujhey geet sunata rahoon
Halkey sheereen
Absharoon ke, baharoon ke, chaman_zaroon ke geet
Amad-e-subh ke, mehtaab ke, sayyaroon ke geet
Tujh se main husn-o-mohabbat ki hikayaat kahoon
Jaisey maghroor haseenaoon ke barfaab se jism
Garm hathoon ki hararat se pighal jatey hain
Jaisey ik chehrey ke Thaihrey hoey manoos naqoosh
Dekhtey dekhtey he badal jatey hain
Kis tarah aariz-e-mehboob ka shafaf baloor
Yakbayak baada-e-ahmer se dekhak jata hai
Kaisey gulcheen ke liye jhuktee hai Khud jhuktee hai shaakh-e-gulaab
Jis tarah raat ka aiwaan mehak jata hai
Yoonhee gata rahoon, gata rahoon, tere Khatir
Geet bunta rahoon, baitha rahoo, tere khatir

Par mere geet tere dukh ka madava he nahi
Naghma jarrah nahi, moonis-o-gum_Khuwar sahi
Geet nashtar to nahi, marham-e-azar sahi
Tere azar ka charaa nahi
Nashtar ke siva aur ik safaak maseeha
Mere qabzey main he nahi
Is jahan ke kisi zeerooh ke qabzey main nahi
Haan magar tere siva, tere siva, tere siva...

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