anil gupta's blog

bas swaron ki sarita mein

baha dey chintaon ko chalo aaj

mat karo  kisee jawab ka intzaar

nahin ayega yeh rahi apni aadat se baaz

yuhin hi nahin  dhoa hai isney itna bhoj

hkya pata kab ho jayey isko bas itna hi bodh

jindagi rahegi tabhi to ho payega safar jaari, 

kar payega koi anwarat apni deewanagi bhari shodh

bereft of any doubt

the sielnce had broken a promise

what was not supposed to be said

had been said

the broken bridge had been

relaid

now, you can cross over to the other side

sow seeds, tend the garden

if you need, you can manure the soil

that remains to be tilled

it will bloom, i have no doubt

when will you recall

the promises made before the mazar of a saint

to engulf all the memories

with a shawl of silence

no matter how much does the

crying child

of a bright lit night demands attention

jindagi gujar kahan rahi hai,

 

yah to  thahar si gayi hai

is shahar mein

baarish kuchh kahar si padhi hai

 

beh gayey hai ghar kuchh,

mit gayi hai shaksiyateyn

lekin ek arzoo milney ki mitati nahin hai,

aakhir kaunsi mitti ki bani hai

kis kumhar ne ghadi hai

kahin to darar hogi,

pani  ke risney ki

kabhi to pukar hogi

 

ghul jao jao

ghul jao

mujhey abhi yahi thaharna hai,

jindagi ki jid ke aagey thoda adna hai

kya pata kab shaam ho jayey

main thak jaun

aur raat ko yeh guman ho jayey

aaj to koi thaka hai

kisee aaram ki talaash mein jaga hai

chalo usko sula dey

thoda chain usko bhi chakha dey

I have decided to tell you

How much I aspire

To see you and absorb

The moments of truth

Which will remain intact

No matter what we do

To the intervals of desire

Or the long spell of rain

Which washes the footprints

Of  a walk along the trees

Singing, smiling and when

The spirit was free

But then freedom is a virus

Which can afflict any dream

Liberating it from our hearts

So that it blossoms in the beats

Which will now have to endure

Evaporation of the tears

How else can one explain

Why there was no pain

When time stuck it spears

I have not asked you for long

To stay still and let me see

How you decided to mutate

The meanings of my smiles

Here, now and also there

Without any concern or care

How do I absorb the nectar

Of all the expectations

Without being able to assess

The limits with in which we see

What is ours and belongs to none

But then that also gets diluted

By the thoughts of the moments

When we are together,

Without a purpose, without any rush

Without a meaning, with no reason to hush

Any question, or anxious nights

Unable to decode, the time, or its flights

And some will just cope
 
 
How does one eat the nut
Without breaking the shell
I am the shell
And you have a choice,
Break the shell and have my spirit
Or keep me intact and lose
Access to the core
You can also sow the nut in the ground
Let the sprout
Grow
And disperse me in the air
Through the pollens
Of persistent hope
Some will dry, some will fertilize
And some will just cope
With the resolve of time
To consign the creative force
Of every seed
to an uncertain  field
where birds will find it too far
shadows will be thin
but the kernel will not be elusive
if you decide to let
it be

tumney ab rakha hai nayi duniya mein kadam

aur bahut si pabandiyon ke beech

ek nayi swantrata ko racha hai

chalo ab is nayi rachna ki seemaon ko

paribhashit na karey

har paribhasha kuchh na kuchh kam kar deti hai

jo bhi uplabdhiyan thi jeevan ki

unke par kat deti hai

chalo uplabdhiyon ki hod se parey

kuchh naya banayey

jo ab tak nahin paya , uski chinta karey bina

jo hai usee ka parv manayey

Muskurahto mein meri kyun dhundey tumney

Suman, sneha dhara mein behtey huey

Kaunsa swapn kis gantvya ki aur prerit kab se tha, bas tha

Kaise kahun, kis tehni par kaunsa ghaunsla bas basa tha, tha

Tumney kyun dhundey merei baaton mein, sahaj swaron ke arth

Kyun laga di, artho ki pabandi merey shabdo par

Ab wo stabdh se, sehme sey, khadey hain bahar

Jao dwar kholo aur dekho, kis tarah baad si aa gayi hai

Un nadiyon mein jinkey kinarey par naav dali thi tumney

 inti aas se, itney apekshaon ki mitti se gadha tha ghat tumney

us ghaat par ab prateeksha  kyun karo

jao, sira do merey sabhi shabd diyon ki tarah

sundar lagegi diyon ki katareyn

behti swapno ke lau le aayegi baharey

un sabhi ki aankhon mein

jinki pararthano mein sirf nistabdh aaradhana ka bodh hai

kisee abhilasha ka koi arth unhey door tak bhi chhua nahin hai

aaon unhi pararthano mein ghul jayeyen

kisee diye ki lau na ban paye 

to kamse kam,

uski manjil tak janey ki lehar hi ban jaayen