FREE FROM RELIGION

            
Religion is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions- Albert Einstein 
  

Two weeks back I was in Bangalore for some personal work. I was enjoying my coffee while looking at fabulous lake views from the balcony in evening. I was studying about the civil-war like situation in Syria in Economist Magazine and was really petrified by the images. I started thinking about how the whole world today is fighting over the name of religion and races. Had there been no religion, there would not have been any terrorism…. 

I went through an emotional roller coaster while thinking about religion and its importance in human life.  Here I’ve tried to express my emotions through a poem titled Mezhab which is actually an urdu word and translates to dharm in Hindi and religion in English.

                                                    मजहब
                                   
                         है दुनिया ये ऐसी भंवर जिसमे फंसे दुनिया के लोग,
                चाहे अमीर या फकीर, है कौन जिसको लगा ना मजहब का ये रोग ॥

                       हिन्दू मुस्लिम सिक्ख इसाई या हो बुद्ध या हो बहावी,
                              मजहब  की  बातें  रहती हम सब पर हावी ॥

                                हम नीचे कहते महज़ब से है पहचान हमारी,
                     ईश्वर मौला यीशु वाहे गुरु के चक्कर में उलझी है ये श्रृष्टि सारी॥  

                    इंसान कहता इस जगत में हम पड़ते सब जीवों पर भारी,
      पर परिंदा हंस कर कहता, रे मुरख हमें  ना लगी तुम जैसी मजहब की बीमारी ।
        हम परिंदे गगन में उड़ते, हैं खुसनसीब जो ना मजहब के चक्कर में पड़ते॥

                                            

                  नफरत की आग में झुलस कर इंसान ही जब हैवान बने ,

                     जानवर हंस कर कहते , इंसान से हम जानवर ही भले ॥ 

                                    ले ले परिंदों  जानवरों से ये  सीख,

      महज़ब  की इस खोखली पहचान के चक्कर में, ना तोड़ अमन-चैन की ये रीत ॥

  

                                                      Mezhab   

                         Hai duniya ye aisi bhanwar jisme phase duniya ke log,

                   Chahe amir ya fakir, hai kaun jisko lagan na mezhab ka ye rog.

                       Hindu Muslim sikkh isai ya ho buddh ya ho bahawi,

                          Mezhab ki batten rehti hum sub per hawi.

                        Hum niche kehte mehzeb se hai pehchan hamari,

            Ishwar maula yishu wahe guru ke chakkar me uljhi hai ye shrishti sari.

               Insaan kehta is jagat me hum padte sub jiwon per bhari

  Per parinda hans kar kehta, re murakh hume na lagi tum jaisi mezhab ki bimari

  Hum parinde gagan me udte, hain khusnasib jo na mezhab ke chakkar me padte

                   Nafrat ki aag me jhulas kar insaan hi jub haiwan bane,

                Jaanwar hans kar kehte, insaan se hum jaanwar hi bhale.. 

                     Le parindon jaanwaron se ye sikh,

mehzeb ki is khokhli pehchan ke chakkar me, na to aman chain ki ye reet

 PS:- I've written both in Hindi and English dialects as some of my friends can speak Hindi but can't read or write it.. 

Some meanings for the convenience of readers:

khokhli- holllow

bhanwar- dark lonely space

amir-rich

fakir-poor

shristi-world

jiw- creature

bimari-disease

reet-custom

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