Loadshedding

Din hota hai raat hoti hai
aap se kyun na mulaqat hoti hai
Dhoondte hain kabhi yahan kabhi wahan tak bhi
par na justaju tamam hoti hai

Tamasha dekhti hai zindagi behisi, lachari ka
uunche banglon mein jalte jhoomeron
doobi jhonpadi pe andheri raaton ka
Uthete qehqahon, doobti aahon ka

Aadat daal li bachon ne raasta tatolne ki
Andhere mein zindagi tolne, jeene ki
Kabhi paseene mein doobi kitabein thame hain
kahin khilone andhere mein khoye hain

Ahista ahista dolti, kirahti, sisakti zindagi
ruukhi, pheeki, tadapti, kasakti zindagi
Aisa tau nahi keh chaha chaand ya taaron ko
Maanga tau bas apna noore ashiane hai

Apna Lamha (2) ................ In continuum from the earlier poem 'Apna Lamha'

Kabhi kuch phoot'te hain roop se
Rang o boo, kuch roshni, chah se
Keh hai seep se koi chalka
Koi dhalka kirnon se
Kabhi phool se hai tapka

Kabhi kuch phoot'te hain dard o nai se
Andheri raat, sooni rehguzar se
Keh hai aankh se koi tapka
Koi gira tanhai ki od se
Kabhi unkahi se hai guzra

Tumhare naam hain yeh sab hi
Hamare pyaam hain yeh sab hi
Jo hai, hai tau apna hi
Jaisa ha, hota tau hai apna hi
Jo hai tau saath hai apne hai

Apna lamha

Aik oas mein piroya, aik chandni se tapka
Aik gira madham madham raat ke pehloo sa
Aik lipta dhoop se, aik chimta kirnon se
Aik chala holay holay dopeheron sa

Aik aaya khushbu jaisa, aik bana roop jaisa
Aik chaya dheema dheema sargam sa
Aik duuba barishon mein, aik phaila rom rom se
Aik bassa madhur madhur saanson sa


Aik tumhare saath jaisa, aik hamari baat jaisa
Aik dadhkanon ke beech lambi umron sa
Aik mein tau tum bhi ho, aik mein tau hum bhi hain
Aik bana puura apna hum jaisa

And I am

I am not one, I am one of many
The flaring eyed gypsy you see whirl past
Who breathes out fire instead of words
The ingénue you see glide down
Who sears with innocence in her smile
The out of reach bird you see fly above
Who is yet tied to roots underneath the earth
The as old as time phoenix you see levitate high
who rises imperceptibly, soundlessly, always


I am not one, I am one of many
No you would not know me
No you cannot see me
No you cannot be me
For I am not one, I am one of many


I am not one, I am one of many
The broken doll you do not see fall by,
For she doesn't need to be fixed
The wizened soul you do not see sitting by,
For she doesn't need to speak
The dancer you do not see limp by
For she doesn't need unbroken heels
The hierophant you do not see walk by
For she doesn't need to be seen

I am not one, I am one of many
No you would not know me
No you cannot see me
No you cannot be me
For I am not one, I am one of many

Liye jaati hai

Liye jaati hai bekhabri, jidhar khabar ki khabar mili hai
Liye jaati hai andheri jidhar roshni ki jhalak mili hai

Hairat nahi, sawal nahi, kashmakash, kaawish bhi nahi
Uthete hain kadam aap jidhar bulawe ki aahat mili hai

Nasha hai aik jo bas bekhudi se aye
Maza hai aik jo bas bemazgi se aye

Na darro- dewaar ki rukawat, na zameen o aasman si haalat
Duube bas ab aise ke pairon taley bhi kuch nahi hai

Suno

Halki si hai yeh baat
Lapait lo
Dheemi, dheemi, dhundli, dhundli
Lapait lo
Lapait lo tun se, mun se, jaan o dil se
Lapait lo
Ke safar karegi tum sung
Lapait lo
Ke hoga safar lamba, shayed ho khatar-e uftad
Lapait lo
Bhikar na paye intiha'i safar se pehle
Lapait lo
Kahin gir na paye beech safar mein
Lapait lo
Aik aas hai yeh meri
Lapait lo
Aik hi hai jaan, aik hi maan
Lapait lo
Sambhaal ke lejao, jo hai sab mera
Lapait lo
Sambhaal ke lejao, jahan hai sab mera
Lapait lo
Chahe halki si hi hai yeh meri baat
Lapait lo






INSPIRED BY:

If one desires a wish to come true, they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it.

Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly cannot reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all.

In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit shall grant the wish.

Native American Legend

Kuch tau chahiye

Kuch tau chahiye is raakh mein harkat keh liye
Kuch tau chahiye is raakh mein hararat keh liye

Kuch tau chahiye is raakh mein jo tera ho
Kuch tau chahiye is raakh mein jo tere jaisa ho

Chahe ho ik junbish hi sahi
Saaya ho ya aadha toota lamha hi sahi

Ho ik lafz hawa mein udta phirta
Ya ho muskurahat kuch kheenchi, bikhri

Kuch tau hai jo tanhai mein phir boley ga
Kuch tau hai jo saath kuch nibha jaega

Kuch tau hai jo kuch kuch tau mera hai
kuch tau hai jo kuch tera par bas mera hai

Baithi hoon haath uthaye

Baithi hoon haath uthaye, pankh phailaye, aankh moonde huay
Gir rahi hai baarish mujh pe, naram, garam, kirnein phodti hui
Garam hai tamazat dhoop ki, tamtamati huay chehre pe meri
Udd rahi hain boondein baarish ki manind bhap ke lipti rom rom se meri

Nahi aata mujh ko maangna so li hai sifarish dhoop ki, barish, mausam ki
Dikhae na de shayed tadap meri, bechaini, iltija, sada meri
Dekh tau pau gay lekin ilteja jalti baarish, bikhri kirnon, rauti bhap ki
Baithi hoon haath uthai, pankh phailaye, aankh moonde huay
Keh dikh jae shayed ilteja jalti baarish, bikhri kirnon, rauti bhap ki

I wish I wouldn't walk away

I wish I wouldn't walk away each time
I wish I would sometimes not understand
I wish I could scream instead, cry, lament
I wish I could rage, rant and rave

I don't want to keep seeing the other side of the coin
I don't want to always know without being told
I don't want to always have the need to raise a hand and say
Oh yes, you can have this I can do without

There may be a parallel universe where I fight back
One where I lay a claim to what is mine
Instead of one where I tear open my chest
Pierce my heart with my own hands and say I dont mind

I wish I wouldn't smile when I need to cry
I wish I wouldn't say yes when I need to say no
I wish I could say I do need, I do want
I wish I could say I care more than I admit to

So I lay it bare

Yes, so I do lay it all out
Bare, raw and as it pulsates and breathes
For to not to would mean a chaos inside
Destruction, annihilation
I cannot afford to let it bleed inside
I cannot afford to feel it sear
I will not let it raze me more
I will not let it tear
So I do lay it all out
While it burns, stings and as it rends
For to not to, would mean, a chaos inside
Destruction, annihilation

Le ke baithi hoon

Le ke baithi hoon haath mein parwaan-e safar
Par maqsade manzil hua jaata hai dhundla is pal
Hai darr ke bepayan si lagne lagi hai manzal ki hadd
Par nahi darr ke nahi hosakta aisa ab phir
Aik haath mein thama hai parwaan-e safar
Aik haath mein thaama hai sehma hua dil
Hai darr ke bepayan na rehjae manzil ki hadd
Par nahi darr ke nahi hosakta aisa ab phir
Le ke baithi hoon haath mein parwaan-e safar

The little girl inside me

Keep the light on and open up the door
You still have to live, I still need you around.
I sometimes don't see you and feel I've lost you
Even though you are stronger, far braver than I am
So keep the light on and open up the door.

Let me hear you sometimes, let me see that smile
I need it to keep mine going, I need it to survive
Stay with me awhile or as long as I have time
I know I wonder ,I wonder when I should be sure
Just keep the light on and open up the door

Skip, hop, jump up to me, fly, glide, just run to me
I need you so much more, I need you so much more
Don't hide behind the door, don't lock it no more
The walls already are, so thick and so many more
So keep the light on and open up the door

The Cry

Wrenches open the heartstrings
Tugs at the ripped seams
Lays bare the furrowed wound ends
Strums long at the nerve ends

Moves me along the walkway
Keeps me within the ranks
I stay part of the rat race
I stay part of the commune

Makes the morning turn into warm afternoons
The evening shines along with the night song
My nine to five gets carried smoothly
My party style stays sharp and smooth

And all with my most painful cry
All with just a smile

Some nails and a hammer

Hold that nail right in the middle, take a hammer
hit my heart and then you hit it again
And you think it wont hurt so you hit and then you hit again
And time would go on and seasons would pass
And you never fail to hit and you hit it again


The first sign of a smile and the hammer comes down hard
And you hit and then you hit it again
The first sign of some hope, some light, some delight
And you hit and then you hit it again
And you think it wont hurt so you hit and then you hit it again


The first sign of some life and the hammer comes down hard
And you hit and then you hit it again
The first sign of some pulse, some flicker and turn
And you hit and then you hit it again
And you think it wont hurt so you hit and then you hit it again

Keh kuch tha hi nahi

Chuuo tau jaan nahi
Kaato tau lahu nahi
Dekho tau harkat nahi
Saath mein shirkat bhi nahi
Samjho tau hosh nahi
Poocho tau main hoon hi nahi

Kadam chal rahe hain
Aik ke baad aik
Dekho tau simmat nahi
Jaano tau himmat nahi
Roko tau rukte bhi nahi
Poocho tau uthe hi nahi

Baat ho rahi hai
Aik ke baad aik
Suno tau sar per nahi
Socho tau suragh nahi
Jaano tau kuch hai hi nahi
Poocho tau koi nikli hi nahi

Muskurahat bhi chal rahi hai
Aik ke baad aik
Dekho tau jaan nahi
Socho tau matlab bhi nahi
Jaano tau aas nahi
Poocho tau woh thi hi nahi

Waqt ja raha hai
Aik ke baad aik
Socho tau samajh mein nahi
Jaano tau bacha hi nahi
Roko tau rukta hi nahi
Poocho tau kya kabhi tha hi nahi

Where else but....

There was that road that somebody had walked
Their feet creating a steepness left behind
A cliff that hung too precariously
With a sheet of freezing water that covers too well
Then there was that mountain I had slipped down
going beyond valleys and gorges unseen

That desert you know lay not that far beyond
Where the sand still flew, enveloping till eternity
Which knows how still to blind and fool all senses
But the oasis has stayed dry ever since
waiting and waiting and I wonder why
The clouds long poured out all that they had

No plains, no lushness, the greenness so evasive
The rainbow too fell ages ago
colour by colour, sinking and sinking
And left there are just the forsaken, some forlorn rocks
who know not what to do with themselves anymore
Where but in my heart, all of this but in my heart

Ab is ummar

Kankaron mein khoje hain moti tamam ummar
Rait ke zarre ki manand khoee hai tamam ummar


Nikli hai beech unglion ki poroon se yaas o aas.
Behti rahi ret ke saath main bhi tamam ummar


Pohonchi sagar ki teh mein ab kismat tau shayed
Sanwarein zarre, manande moti ab is ummar

Ke ayee hai barish phir kuch is tarah se

Ke ayee hai barish phir kuch is tarah se
Ruuh pe gire hain qatre
Bheega hai dil bhi phir se
Patte udey naye purane
tooteen theen jinke bojh se shakhein
Ke ayee hai barish phir kuch is tarah se
Hawa bhi khanjar sa hai thamay
Ke jaise ghao bhar se gaya ho
Ukhadte pair phir bhi kuch hain chalte
dawa bhi zeher si jaise hai samayee
Ke ayee hai barish phir kuch is tarah se
Hua hai aasman kuch ziada gehra
Hain badal bhi aur surmaee
Goonjti hai sunsanahat phir ziada
ke jaise khamoshi toot gaye ho

Ke ayee hai barish phir kuch is tarah se