Category: poetry

storms are silent tonight
clouds have wiped my forehead clean
of all wrinkles
smile
o friend
the dew on the grass
has filled  the
the cracks on your heals
let me hold your toes in my hand
and wipe them dry
before you get cold

kya udaas kavitayeyn wakai badsurat hoti hai,
kya khubsurti khilkhilaney ka naam hai
kya ham khubsurti har us pal mein nahin paa letey
jismey
thodi sacchai hoti hai
ya phir jindagi ka matalab hai
khyalon mein muskurana
jo na aayey najdik, usko galey se lagana
aur phir agar aankh khul jaayey
to thoda nam kauno se
aankhon ko
phir se band ho jaaney ke lieye samjhana?

—-
yeh to nashey ki goli ki mafik
nahin ho jayega
koi dil chup chaap royegea
aur koi sharad purnima par miley
kuchh kshano ke saannidhya mein
saari jindagi gujarney ki ummeed
par musukurahto ke beej boyege
chalo usee se dosti kareyn
aakhir
jinda rehney ka shauk to hai usey
tum to bina wajah
apney dardon ko ukartey ho
khud to gamgeen rehtey ho
meri aankhon par bhi badalon ka bhoja dalatey ho
mujhey kuchh kshana khula hi rehney do
bina kuchh kahey
is chandani ki
meethi meethi mahak
apney bheetar tak
jasb kar
thoda behney do

why do we always yearn for inaccessible

what lies along side, we do not care

searching for what was beyond,

did not even read the letters that arrived

some time ago

but waiting for the ones

which were never written

i kept on crying, meaninglessly may be

why should l i embrace all the

moments

that bother me

make me cry

why should i not fly

no matter if my wings are wounded

cut in small measure

may be when i reach a/the bright sun

i could melt and give way

—
jo paas tha, usko sambhala nahin
aur jo door tha, uski talash me lagi rahi
chithiya jo dar par aayi
wo rahi unpadhi
aur unlikhi chithiyon ke intzaar mein
aankhey bahut bahin
ab kyun parehsanion ko apna hamsafar banaun
kyun unko apney galey se lagaun
kyun na phir se
katey paron ke bawjud
neeley akash mein ud jaun
aur phir soorya ne najdik jaaney ke tadap mein
pighal
nibat paun

sweekar kar liya hai

pardhi ka ganit

kendra ka vyakaran

aur kuchh trikono ki aakanksha

ab mujhey aur mat uljhao

chaabi do

taley se bahar le aao

lekin tumharey paas

chaabi hi to hai

tala khol

mujhey bahar laaney ka adhikar

to keval uskey paas

hai

jiski yadon mein main kaid hun

do not read such
depressing narrations
of a soul
in a hole
you have got to see the moments
when some one radiates
the glow
which wet eyes
restraining not to give away
can not hold
but then you claim,
that you were told
every dark night does
not have golden
morning
how do i trust you
i
live on this hope
and keep away
the destined death, or a coma
that is my
call
till life bubbles
and breaths give away
a little aroma

have you seen spring in a cold desert

from some where

a few butterflies

flutter their wings

forcing some flowers to bloom

even for a while

till

the seasons pass

and the snow covers all the passes

through

you had planned to escape the valley

now remain stranded

till next spring

kabhi padha tha
kharpatwar kuchh naHIN HOTEY
SAB PRAKRITI MEIN APNI JAGAH HI HAI,
BAS JAB HAM UNKI JAGAH NAHIN SAMJH PATEY HAIN
TO UNKO
KUCHH BHI NAAM DETEY HAI
IS AADAT KO BADALNEY KI KOSHISH KAR RAHA HUN
JO BHI JAISA HAI, USEY WAISA HI REHNEY DIYA JAYEYGA
AUR PHIR DEKHEY
SAMAY BOOKHA HAI SAPNO KA
KYA USKA PET MEREY UNDEHKEY SAPNO SE
AB  BHAR PAYEYGA

the smiles are not so difficult to harvest

from the garden of hopes

but then we make it so diffficult

for them to sprout

why do we do so

why do we deny ourselves bliss of

hope

faith

and joy

when all the stars have taken leave

of the night

and sun is about to rise

brightly

jao, door jao tum, ab door jao

jaana aasaan ho, islieye khub mujhko satao,

kahin pair na khinchney lagey

kahin saansey na dheeemey se chaley

unsko kisee aur uljhan mein lagao,

jao , jao, tum khub door jao

kai baar lagata hoga ki

ki shayad meri apekshayey bemani hai

lekin vishwas koi khara paani hai

jab chaha aankhon se baha diya

aur kabhi usko palko mein sama liya

is bar jao, to jao

lekin kyun bar baar yad dilatey ho

jo taheyn jam gayin hain yaddo ki kai par

unko kyun utyhato ho

dardo ko dabey rehney do

jao, unki juban se mat kuchh kehney do

jao, jao, ab door jao, jao na

kal ek baar phir mujhey ehsas
hua ki maine kyun
apney baag mein cactus lagayey hai
kahin betarteeb se apni bagiya mein
kuchh kharpatwar ug aayeneh hain
kahin aisa to nahin ki maali ki tabiyat ab kharab hai
usko apney dardo mein ummeed  nahin
dikhta, lagta haim yeh sab
bas ek azab hai
kaisey usey samjhaun ki meri niyat ab bhi utni hi saaf hai

jitni
jab thi jab mainey cactus lagayey they
aur unki jagah
ko jindagi phar mefooj rakjhney ka wayda kiya tha