Month: December 2013

Let the journey to discover
Newer domains
Of doubtless faith
Dissolved hazy gaze
Of a dreamer
And and a quiet requiem
Of a creeper
Who had climbed a dry tree
To envelop it with its warm
Leaves till
The spring let it sprout
On its own,
But now the
spring is not awaited
You can climb on another tree
And carry all the assurances
By breaking the twigs
From which you may find
Uncoiling a bit difficult
Break those branches
Take these away
Be free
You are released
From all the bonds
The beliefs of a bird
Wove into a small nest
A very small nest

Subah ki dheemi droop mien
Mila hai ek anishchit Ashwasan
Agar hawa ko shaq hua
Aur Kisee aandhi ko bhram hua
To phir nahin khologey Baal
Tum rahogey door wahin
Thum gaya tha kal jahan kaal
Aur neechi nighayen kar
Gujar jaaney ka palogey KHyal
Tum nahin khologey Baal

Chooney ki lab se jab koshish na ho
Kisee khwahish ki koi Manjil na ho
Aisey mien Milna phir Kahin
Shayad rahega rath wahin
Paar tum phir kar hi Lena
Kya rukega veg phir
Kis lehar ko bun kar dubara
Ghonsla Phir na banana
Door jaana Bahut door jaana
Lautney ka dhoondana mat
phir koi adhoora bahana
Door jaana door jaana

Aatmsaat kar Tumney kaha tha,
Mujhey Kahin dhuan banana
Ghul jaun sarey khwabo mien tumharey
Aisa koi tum chakra chalana
Lekin kahan tum Jeet payey
Apni ungadhi kavitaon mien Tumney
Jaaney kitney Swapn jagayey
Aaon tumhey aazad kar dun
Tumhey tumharey Pankh de dun
Ud jao jao, ab Kahin tum
Tumhey tumhara Aakash de dun
Mat bhramit ho hichkichana
Na phir kisee chattan ko
Apney aasuon se pighlana
Door jaana door jaana
Basant ke rango se tum ab
Nayi holi mañana
Nit nayey swapno ki ab tum
Aangan mien khoob paudh Lagana
Door jaana door jaana,
Jason mien is puraaney ped ki
Ab na phir paani Lagana
Door jaana door jaana

fractured light
has no license to heal
the light has been released
from the cage
and it is time it travels
to far off stars
and
the blue sky
dont lose a moment any more
grab all the grace
time offers to
forget the fractured light
which any way
has no license to heal

anil

i will stand by the window
and wait
light is still there
colours are bright
sounds loud
dance is about to begin
let us go

a meaningless hope
a vain walk
nothing is left
to settle
sediments are unable
to persuade the banks
of a river to collaborate
it has flown away
now
dry bed is being dug
sand is being carried far away
to build a grave
of all the lost smiles
flower vase is still there
where you kept
just that flowers have dried
but they still look nice
i plan to keep them that way

i understand
all the spontaneity
all the selfless shower
of grace and love
of wrinkle free mornings
and fear free dawns
i understand
the need for limitless bond
and a desire to live in the moment
dancing elephants
buried small ants
and a whisper
that is no more heard
i understand

what do colours mean really
a moment of joy
a bench spread on a lonely beach
a shadow which no more comforts
or a ripple that reflects a sun which is setting slowly

sprockets of silences
have worn out
the smiles have been sown again
spring is not too far
will we let the earthworms pulverize the soil
will the fire remain smoldering in the hearth of
benign lakes of eloquent
expression of prayers

Beeps of sound
A broken mound
Lost the way
Don’t please hound
Said the squirrel
Smiling and peaceful
Full of hope and energy
Derived from denuded hills
Planted with bushes and trees
Burnt house
An avalanche unannounced
Just be there
Don’t stand and stare
Absorb the kindness
Release the radiation
From the kernel
Of a fallen fruit
Lest squirrel will claim
What it only can save
For regenerating the forest
After it succumbs to fire

It’s true that I asked
Why should not I
When we know the limits
Are reached
We can give up
We can try
We can ask
I asked
Why should not I