Jaana pehchaana Ajnabi

Kal mujhsa mujhe mila koi

mulakaat hui kuch baat hui

Woh jo aksar mujhko milta tha

Thoda sa gumsum dikhta tha

Woh aaya tha tufano se guzarta hua

Khoya tha apne pita ko usne aur ban chuka tha khud pita

Kal mujhsa mujhe mila koi

mulakaat hui kuch baat hui

Hazaroon ki iis bheed mein

woh akela sab se junjhta

Local train ke dibbe mein, darwaje pe jhulta

Karta raha woh roz safar aur thame raha woh tooti dor

ek kadi na jaane kaha se ek din

usse pata mera de gayi

samay ki karwaton ke beech, usse mulakaat hui

woh dabi aawaz mein pooch baitha

kya hum ek jaise hain

mein hoon pat aur kya chit hai tu

kya hum sikke ke do pehlu jaise hai

Mein aaj jo itna shant hoon, yeh nahi ahenkaar mera

khaye hai baar baar zakham, yeh sirf hai teeraskaar mera

Meine tumko bhi aksar dekha hai

tere haath mein bhi woh rekha hai

Kalam to tu bhi chalata hai

hummein shayad yahi ek naata hai

Tu muskarakar peeta hai vish

aur mein ne kanth mein roka hai

Tu hai mere hi mulk ka

jise apno ne hi loota hai

Mujhe bhi lootne ka ehsaas hai

Aaj jo bhi mere paas hai

woh waqt ki hi gehri chaal hai

Meine bhi boojha boojha sa hoon

aur tera bhi haal behaal hai

Tu shayad kal phir aabad ho

par meine jo bhi kuch khoya hai

na lauta sakega koi khuda

mein ho gaya hoon jinse juda

Sunkar teri yeh dastan

mera dil na jaane kyu ro diya

yakinan hai hum ek mulk ke

tera dard bhi nahi hai mujhse juda

Kal mujhsa mujhe mila koi

mulakaat hui kuch baat hui

Written by Vaibhav Maitreya