khil kar mehko, o sundar ban ke neelotpal

mat bandho pathiko ke rath

met rauko unko jo hai rat

geet aneko gao aaj,

mat poocho, kyun na aya khat

jo bhi hai sundar, uski ho pooja

jo hai satya, na rahey  asoojha

bhujo isko, poojo isko, ho jao bas madmast

badalon ki saugandh hai tumko,

barso uskey angan mein,

jiskey haunsaley na hotey kabhi past

rehtey man mein,  jaaney kitney

unkhuley patra, unkahee baatey,

jaise ho aaj, dhundley kohery mein bhi

ek pathik unpratibhashit  sneha ke prati poora ashwast

when salt is made under an indifferent sun

i dont have a choice

when will cystals emerge

merely by  churning the water

i wait for crystals to emerge on zipta stems

but then reflections of sun rays through  those crystals

cant remove the darkness in my huts

i still stay there

in wait for sun to set

unlike others  who wait for it to rise

waqt aur kitna

hisaab mangta 

kaun khat likhta

kaun usko banchata

tum prashna karo

uttar jaan kar bhi

aur main chup rahu

jaise ho tum sahi

koi safai mat mango

suno mujhse ab aur

jindagi ko jiya hai

hans kar koi bhi ho maud

don’t dissuade me to stay and chat

when i know that crowds provide the best curtains

for solitude to be served in a coffee cup 

i am worried that every time

 i have sat and decided to chat

time  stood still but breeze decided to run amock

and took away all my plans for being a pensive recluse

i have been bruised by the attention

of many who

wished to swallow my pain

but then every time one allows to be dissolved a bit

burden of memories encumbers one with reciprocities

i am trying to become insoluble

before the acid of your gaze has its way

tried to clean the  courtyard of conscience

when the sound of pains sorround the sky

no matter  how, the mood is damp

and the feeling is wry

you wonder why

i will not know

if  i get trapped in filial games

of who did what for whom and why

i am not meant to win these wars

which create pain and only annoy

let me do,what i know the best

help those whose ideas

will paint the sky

will you wait for me

asked the stuck steps of a frog

outside a small pond

the only world that this  frog had seen

was limited to this  pond

but then it also used to see the sky

and vastness of the sky  did not get affected by the size of pond,

we all see the same sky

infinite

though being very limited

all the time

kyun itni deri se aayi, boli wo khidaki ke peechhey se

kya tujhey nahin pata tha

ki mujh se garmi nahin bardasht nahi hoti

lekin boond to  hathi thi

jaaney kitney yugo se apni man maani karti aayi thi,

usey kiski fikra thi

ek jiddi dusri jiddi se boli

mujhey teri garmi se jyada

tapti bhumi ki chinta ha

par jitni tapegi dharti, utni hi meri yatra anischit hoti jayegi

ab usney haar kar khidaki band karni chahi

dastak de de kar boondone to uski neend mushkil kar di

ab usney khidki kholi hui hai, boondone apni dastak

ko sangeet ka roop sa de diya hai

suno

sehmo mat

mujhey apney andar aatmsaat karlo

aag aur paani ko mila lo, aur uskey baad….

bhap ban aakaash me ud jao

phir barasney ke lieye tayyar ho jao

have we celebrated the dark clouds 

are the thundering sounds a good omen

or omens are just an alibi

of not dealing  with

life

as it comes