Was Bachhan an Eternal Pessimist??

 

Kab se baitha madiraalay mei.n, pi na sakaa ab tak haala

Yatna sahit bharta hoo.n, kintu ulat deta pyaala

Maanav bal ke aage nirbal Bhaagya suna vidyalaya mei.n

“Bhagya prabal, Maanav nirbal” kaa path padhaati madhushaala!!

 

Pyaala hai par pi paayenge, hai gyaat nahi itna humko

Is paar niyati ne bhejaa hai asmarth banaa kitnaa humko

Kahne waale par kahte hai.n hum karmo.n mei.n swaadheen sadaa

Karne waalo.n ki parvashta hai gyaat kise jitni humko

Kah to sakte hai.n, kah kar hi kuchh dil halkaa kar lete hai.n

Us paar abhaage maanav ka adhikaar na jaane kya hoga

Is paar priye madhu hai, tum ho, us paar na jaane kya hogaa!!

 

 

I don’t know if the following lines have also been written by him…

Jo kshma nahi kar sakte the meri kuchh durbaltaao.n ko
Jo sadaa dekhte rahte the unmei.n apne hi daavo.n ko
Mera durbaltaa se oopar uthne ka vrat unka prasaad
Unke prati mera dhanyavaad !!