तन्हाई

हमारे कूचे को मुड़कर न देखना, ये उनकी रज़ा थी,
उनकी गली में पाँव न रख सकें, ये हमारी सजा थी,
ता-उम्र तन्हाई में काट देना किसे मंजूर था मगर,
कुछ उनकी, कुछ हमारी वजह थी।

~रबी

[ They won’t come to my area, it was their wish,
I can’t set foot in their area, it was my punishment,
Who wanted to live a life of this kind of loneliness,
But they had some reasons, and I had some reasons. ]