Tuesday, July 20, 2010

kikarde

Ik-ik din karde zindagi beete
Kinne vekhya saalan nu

Jadon vela girya akhaan to
Kinne puchya ghadiyan nu

Sapne nikke, raataan lambiyan
Kinne sunya vaanga nu

Aape toda, aape banaaya
Ki kitta dassa kinnu

Chuppe baithe, chuppe rahiye
Kinne sunya cheekha nu

Monday, July 12, 2010

barsengephir

Baadalon ke barasne se
Dil bhi khul se jaate hai.

Baadalon ke ghunghat se
Armaan kabhi chip se jaate hai.

Dekhte hai kabhi jhaankte hai yun hi
Sharmaate to hai
Akhir jhalak se jaate hai.

Bahaav hai paani ka
Kab ruka hai mehez kuch badalon se
Jo bhi ho anjaam
Umadkar aa se jaate hai.

Ungliyon pe kya ginoge
Un ehsaason ko
Jo dil mein chup se jaate hai.

Kya aag barasti hai badalon se
Jab dil bhi khul se jaate hai.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

yetagain

If you’re soaking in the light
And an arrow glides through the night.

Stings your soul
And rips you outright.

You’ve been misunderstood.

Ha! You said “We”
They heard “Me”

Who gives a damn
Between could & should.

You want to scream
With all your might.

It’s cold, it’s dark
It’s the fault of the night.
It’s the fault of the night.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

This & That

going in the rain,
sitting in the sunlight.

feeling the hug,
giving space.

dropped a thought,
picked an idea.

too busy,
just sitting.

a day, a life, a dream - gone.
a day, a life, a dream - happened.

just like this and that.