Category: poetry

do not knock so many times

heard the breeze

and stopped for a while

door was not closed completely

but the darkness inside seemed to suggest

the inmates were away

wind decided to knock again

basant shesh nahin hai
sab naye fool palash ke,
ab sookh gayey
hai
aur tum abhi bandanwar nahin utarogi,

sukhey ashok ke patto ki
apney ghar par tangogi
shayad amntran de rahi ho
hawaon ko
apney anagan aaney ka
taaki saari thaki hui
muskaney wo le jaayey
aur tum shant ho

apney andar delkh sako

do not ever dither, my friend

you never know, when will this season end

you will be able to say

some day, this man was not so bad after all

he loved without any hesitation,

but he could not forgive all lapses in time

forgive him, can you

kuchh log aisey bhi hotey hain

apni nakamiyon ka dukh saari jindagi dhotey hai

tumne merey dard ko banta

merey galatiyon ka nateeja
apni nazron se  undeha kiya

merey ghar ke tootey darwajo ko phera

phatey pardo ko apney hathon se sila

meri sharm ko apni palko se dhaka

muhey jeeney ko kaha

aur mein jee gaya

lekin main kuchh bhi nahin de paya tum sabhi ko,

sirf kuchh dukho ke

akso ke jinko ab tum dekhna nahin chahtey

well, if i  do not forgive myself, how will i live
why shall i say, give , just give
a few more moments of company in this hour
when i am desolate, and totally without any power
you will not understand, and go away,
like ever before
but what will i do, stay still
and remain, as ever before, so sure

i did not want the curtains,

you said, you wanted these,

because my transparency

put unnecessarily reflection on others,

who wanted to keep their windows closed,,

now that my curtains are torn

what should i do

reassure every one that i am not

repairing these because i do not want to

or just ignore and hang another one

1002  Kaaali 75:   I will not pray

The gardener made a beautiful garland

And offered to me

So that I could please you

I laughed and walked away

Why should I please you

If you have forgotten

Your duties

Should I forget mine

I will not pray

Nor will I seek any thing

I will just stay there

Cleaning the path of all the pebbles

So that those who come to your door

1001  Kaaali 74: She will  not let you leave the shores

Whenever hatred emerges

In your heart

You can be sure that

Kaali’s grace has abandoned you

She will  not let you leave the shores

Of the lake of kindness

In which one can float so long as

1000 Kaali 73

The lotus seeds have been stored for years

Do not worry

When no body comes to pray at your door

These seeds will be sown

On the bank of lake

Where people built your temple

And lotus will bloom again, the same lotus flower

That was offered

When sun was young and the

Earth was still cooling

Down from all the fire you had spitted

At its inability to swallow the fire

999 Kaaali 71 What kind of faith they have then

the stirrings in the glass

will not matter any more

I have brewed the wine So strong

That you will have to partake it

And lose your sense of strong

Temper

Demons will need to be forgiven

So that a little angel

Can play with them

In heaven

And you will have to pardon the

Saints

Who worship you when

They should just be emptying

themselves of all hopes,

I pity those souls

Who seek to be blessed

Have they no sense of shame

What kind of faith they have