kuchh to majburiyan rahi hongi
yun koi bewafa nahin hota
she would have had compulsions surely
faithless without cause no one can be
in this couplet, the speaker softens a painful truth: if someone became unfaithful or left, there must have been some compulsion or helpless circumstance behind it. the line “yun koi bewafa nahin hota” is not a factual claim so much as an emotional stance — refusing to reduce a complex human act to sheer cruelty. it carries empathy and self-protection at once: the lover tries to preserve the beloved’s dignity (and their own love) by imagining unavoidable pressures rather than deliberate betrayal.
kursi hai tumhaara ye janaza to nahin hai
kuchh kar nahin sakte to utar kyon nahin jate
teri majburiyan durust magar
tu ne wada kiya tha yaad to kar
ye mere ishq ki majburiyan maaz-allah
tumhaara raaz tumhin se chhupa raha hun main
zindagi hai apne qabze mein na apne bas mein maut
aadmi majbur hai aur kis qadar majbur hai
hae re majburiyan mahrumiyan nakaamiyan
ishq aakhir ishq hai tum kya karo hum kya karen
meri majburiyan kya puchhte ho
ki jine ke liye majbur hun main
ehsan zindagi pe kiye ja rahe hain hum
man to nahin hai phir bhi jiye ja rahe hain hum
idhar se bhi hai siwa kuchh udhar ki majburi
ki hum ne aah to ki un se aah bhi na hui
hae 'simab' us ki majburi
jis ne ki ho shabab mein tauba
zindagi jabr hai aur jabr ke aasar nahin
hae is qaid ko zanjir bhi darkar nahin
kya maslahat-shanas tha wo aadmi 'qatil'
majburiyon ka jis ne wafa nam rakh diya
wahshaten ishq aur majburi
kya kisi khas imtihan mein hun
jo kuchh padti hai sar par sab uthata hai mohabbat mein
jahan dil aa gaya phir aadmi majbur hota hai
main ne saman-e-safar bandh ke phir khol diya
ek taswir ne dekha mujhe almari se
main chahta hun use aur chahne ke siwa
mere liye to koi aur rasta bhi nahin
na-jaane kaun si majburiyan hain jin ke liye
khud apni zat se inkar karna padta hai
dushman mujh par ghaalib bhi aa sakta hai
haar meri majburi bhi ho sakti hai
aazadiyon ke shauq o hawas ne hamein 'adil'
ek ajnabi zamin ka qaidi bana diya
par kate panchhiyon se puchhte ho
tum mein udne ka hausla hai kya
rasm-o-riwaj chhod ke sab aa gae yahan
rakkhi hui hain taq mein ab ghairaten tamam
hae mohabbat ki majburi
rona bhi aasan nahin hai
~ Vishnu Kumar Shauq
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