Thursday, May 08, 2008

गुज़ारिश



दो पल झपकें , वो पल पलकें ।
कोपल देखें , नैन तेरे ॥
तारे रिम झिम, रातें गिन गिन ।
बीते पल पल, रोक इन्हें ॥
कल कल बहता, रहता दिन भर ।
वक़्त का दरिया, रोते रोते ॥
आ नैना भर, देखूं तुझको ।
हर पल गुज़रे, हँसते हँसते ॥

सा पा म गा सा रे
सा रे ग ग सा



Monday, March 17, 2008

"Suggestions"


Harried dresses,
Worrisome tresses,
curling about in frenzy!
gazing in longing..
at lines and mirrors,
believing the lies and sinners.
each bearing a silver lining,
a reflection, of its own.

Do I map ?
to the expectation of beauties...
you so rarely adore

Evenly you look at me,
unimpressed.

Consciously I wonder..,
and you close the door!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Last Day

Don't look back
never look back
but thoughts still fluttered,
on the past

you didn't matter
"us" didn't matter
but I wondered if it would last!

you didn't lie
you never lied
your only fault was that you never stayed
never shared... your heart


Broken shards, reflecting,
a million smiles...
'you came back!'

but with a heavy heart, you said
"I have to go,
I told you it wouldn't last"

how can you be so righteous!, even as you break my heart!

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

एहसास - 'a feeling'

क्या थी वो बात?
थी जो बात कहनी तुम्हे!
दबे हुए अल्फाज़,
तेरी ही याद
सताए मुझे
कहनी है कुछ बात?
कल रात भी
ख्वाबों ने सताया मुझे
चुप हो तुम
चुप हूँ मैं भी
कैसा प्यार जताया तुमने
रंजिश और गम कि बात करो
दामन रोज़ भिगोया हमने

आज कह दो!
वो बात ,
थी जो बात कहनी तुम्हे
दस्तक है ये ख़ुशी कि
या दिल कि है धड़कन?
कह दो आज!
क्यूँकी मैंने सिर्फ चाहा तुम्हे

Sunday, February 03, 2008

'Daayara' - fencing the boundary




sifting through the memories
(memories i have collected of you)
i wonder if you loved me
(or if i loved you too)
I wonder if you left,
because you had nothing to say.
or if you just forgot,
that it was something special we shared
and love had nothing to do with it all.

I still miss you
when an odd hour strikes
but I would surely not seek you
when i need someone to fight
remember this now:

"if suddenly
you forget me,
do not look for me
for I shall already have forgotten you"


once lost
twice redeemed
three times an offer
to go extreme
but even i have boundaries
which is where I am at.


PS - "the 4 lines in quotes, have been directly quoted from the poem 'If you forget me' by Pablo Neruda"
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दायरा

यादों का कायदा
ये यादों का फ़ायदा
चाहा था मैंने तुम्हे ?
या ये था सिर्फ तुम्हारी चाहत का जायज़ा
उम्मीद थी कभी
कि तुम्हे भी होगा एहसास
जो था हमारे बीच
वो था चाहत से भी ज़यादा

खटखटाते लम्हों में भी
तुझे ना बुलायेंगे
ढूंढेंगे जब ख्याल तुम्हे
तो कुछ यूँही उन्हें समझायेंगे

गर तुम भूल गए हमें
तो तुमको भी हम भुलायेंगे

तुम चुप कहीं खो गए
और अब यही मेरा दायरा

Monday, January 14, 2008

"Taare Zameen Par" ~ se inspired




khwabon mein ulajhte chehre,
lehrate, nachte,
sunehere badlon se hote hue,
woh panchi.. unke gharonde.

neele aasman mein
tairti machliyan
bhigoye hue sooraj ke
sookhte hue kapde

sach hai yeh sirf khwab hi hai
par dekha hai maine ise
aap hi ne dikhaya hai
is ek kahani mein, ek saaz piroya hai

taare yun roz aate nahi zameen par
darsheel, aamir
aapne ek nayi duniya ka yeh
dwaar khola hai

ab yahan khayalon mein,
roz koi aayega
aur nayi kahanaiyon se
ise aur sajayega.

Friday, January 11, 2008

smithereens



लहराता है खंजर कहीं
आघोश के अंधेरे में
और फसीं हुई है रोशनी
इस दिल-दुनिया के झमेले में
खंजर करता है वार
पर नज़र आता नहीं, जो
बहता है लहू अब भी
हमारे ही सीने से
आसुओं को रोक सके नहीं
और ठहर गए इसी लम्हे में
जहाँ फसीं हुई है रोशनी
और हम गुम हैं अंधेरों में
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blades in stealth
hiding in agony
trapping the light
is my heart's misery

slashing my heart
are yet unseen knives, as
the heart bleeds
in my own misery

tears unbidden, carry on,
and I am stuck in this moment
as is the light, lost
along with me in darkness.

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