when crossing border was not an issue

when crossing border was not an issue

the tears had dissolved all the barbed wires

fenced around my wishes

and  i could not take the step across the lines

that  still existed

may be we should now stop, sit and pause

ask ourselves

why did we stand at border for so long

let us hope that we do not get answers

lest we lose the energy to strive

to cross these

borders again

and stop still

wish me sleep, wish me some flowers to keep

wish me sleep, wish me some flowers to keep
wish me some moments  of laughter
wish me some tactile skies full of thorns
more i embrace that, more pricks i get
yearning to come closer
and having the pain to be away
in this centrifugal dialectics
wish me sedimentation\in the cup
that touches your lips
time and again
again and again

mujhey soooli par chadhaya jaata hai

bahut saari kavitayen hai,

meri mujhse sachhi baat chit ki,

bas apney liyey likhta hun,

sheesho ke ghar mein reh kar sochta hun

meri sachhai ka praman

baar baar suli par chadh ke nahin dena padega

par kya bataun

har baar jab kahin kisee dard ko ghar nahin milta
mujhse uska hisaab manga jaata hai

aur nahin milney par kuchh jyada hisaab
mujhey soooli par chadhaya jaata hai

kisee khushnuma baat ka jab jikra ho

kisee khushnuma baat ka jab jikra ho
kisee ki saugat milney ka jab sabra ho
kisee honey waali sambhavana ki ummeed
jab poori honey ka paida karley intzaar
to samajh lena merey dost,
ab waqt aagaya hai, khmoshi ka
kisee lamhey ko uski niyati tak pahunchaney ka
ek hi aarjoo hai merey man mein
koi abhilasha na ghar  banaley apney dil mein
toot jayengey gharondey saarey phir
banayaey hain mil kar ab tak
ham sabney jaamaney ke liye

ek aawaj hai, jisko aaj bhi sun sakta hun

ek aawaj hai, jisko aaj bhi sun sakta hun

kisee ayojan ke bina,

apney baag ke phoolon ko

tumharey baalon mein gunth sakta hun

kabhi jhuk kar agar aasman thoda paas aa bhi gaya

to apni aaknon mein uske saarey baadalon ko panah de sakta hun

aise hi kisee badal par baith tum jab gaye they kahin

intzaar mein uskkey, koi aitraj na karey,

is liye yaadon ko uski befikra mita sakta hun

why has myopia become an universal disease

why has myopia become an universal disease

why do visions become so narrow

what has happened to the human desire to look

beyond

has telescope maker of the world

taken leave

have we all become
possessed by myopia,

is it possible that we overcome it soon

or is it just a vain utopia

Meri sadhana ab hogi aisi

Meri sadhana ab hogi aisi

Tum dorogi, bhagogi, na hogi koi muflisi

Kisee ka nahin rehna hai ab hamey muhtaaj

Hotho par hogey nagmey, hathon mein hoga saaj

Nahin uthaney hai kisi ke nakhrey

Par mohabaat me kami na hogi,

 lekin karenegy thode se jhgadey

 

Kisee ke liye assman ko bantaney main

Nahin hogi koi bhi ab  kanjoosi

Koi ilzaam lagayey chahey kitney bhi

Unko nahin ab shikayat honi chahieye

Laga tha ki unka hissa cheena tha kiseeney

Aaao dekhen apney bharat ke liye ek sapna

Aaao dekhen apney bharat ke liye ek sapna

Thoda ho tumhara, aur thoda ho wo bas apna

Thodi si ho usmey nafasat,

Thodi si ho usme shararat

Thoda sa ho usme pyaar

Aur thoda kardey wo sabko hoshiar

Aao dekhey apney bharat ke liye ek naya sapna

Dard lagey ab apney, unkey jinhoney uthayey anginat khatrey

Koi na kahey kisne izzazat di, malham kyun jakhmon pe lagaye

Thodi si ho ab halchal,

Pad jayey unkey chain me khal

Thodi si paida ho baichaini

Thodi se kam ho jaaye parehshani

 

Aao aisa buney ek aakash, jisme ho paiband muhabbat ke anek

Koi rakhey apni uljhaney sambhal ke, aur koi de unko befikri se phenk

Zamana ho masti ka, umango ka, haath me haath dal chalney ka

Band ho jaayey chalan ab, kisi majboor ko, bina sharm  chhalney ka

Aao dekhey apney bharat ke liyey ek sapna

Thoda ho tumhara, aur thoda ho wo bas apna