Here's a Random Post for your lazy bums!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Swabhimaan


Just something that popped into my head while working.


मेरी  याद  भी मैं  हूँ ,
मेरी  फ़रियाद  भी  मैं  हूँ 
वो  टूटे  दिल  के  तान  भी  मैं  हूँ 
क्या  पूछेंगे  वो  दुनिया  से 
अपना  नफ़ा -नुक्सान  भी  मैं  हूँ .

न  कहती  मैं  तो  न  सुनते  वो 
न  चाहती  मैं  तो न  आते  वो 
न  जाते  वो  और  न  रोती  मैं 
अपनी  खोई  हुई  आवाज़  भी  मैं  हूँ .

कुछ  दिल  को  नाज़ुक  समझा  मैंने 
किसी  और  का  सहारा  माँगा  मैंने .
कभी मन  की  थोड़ी  सुन  लेती  गर ..
अपने  जूनून  की  आग  भी  मैं  हूँ .

अपनी  हिम्मत  आप  हूँ  मैं 
मैं  अपना  संसार हूँ मैं 
मैं  अपना  अभिमान  हूँ मैं 
मैं  अपनी  पहचान  हूँ मैं .


Meri yaad bhi main hoon,
Meri fariyaad bhi main hoon
Wo toote dil ke taan bhi main hoon.
Kya poochenge wo duniya se
Apna nafa-nuksaan bhi main hoon.

Na kehti main toh na sunte wo
Na chahti main toh na aate wo
Na jaate wo aur na roti main
Apni khoi hui aawaaz bhi main hoon.

Kuch dil ko naazuk samjha maine
Kisi aur ka sahara maanga maine.
Kabhi mann ki thodi sun leti gar..
Apne junoon ki aag bhi main hoon.

Apni himmat aap hoon main
Main apna sansaar hoon main
Main apna abhimaan hoon main
Main apni pehchaan hoon main.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

I made love to the Silent Night

I made love to the silent night..

Writhing on the ground
As my chest heaved high and low
My hair lay lazily on my back
Tingling splendidly as the wind blow.

I made love to the dark night..

Sounds of civilization at a distance, afar.
Making music to my ears.
Singing merciful psalms
Causing sears to my fragile heart.

I gave in to the mighty night..

My soul in its hand
Like a molten rock
Burning the night as much as I burned
A slave to the lonesome Earth.

I was spent to the enigmatic night...

An explosion that rocked my deepest core
Encompassed by a blinding light
In a moment of ecstatic overjoy
I lost all my worldly might.

I made love to the powerful night.

An Ode to the Sun!

You go from mellow to blazing
In only a matter of minutes.
Make a full circle then back again.
Same story we hear.

And yet I am crazy for you
Follow you like my shadow
People say I am a goner,
Nobody understands my feelings for you.

You're lonely at the top
They don't realize that from
The angle they're at.
Your light brightens their lives
While you stay in the dark.

Some fear you, some respect.
Nobody offers their heart.
What use is all the praise
When you can't have what you want.

While the world overlooks your goodness
Shadowed by your immense power,
I stand before you
Offering you my heart.

Coz I am not afraid of getting hurt
Your fire makes me warm
And if I could,
I would gladly take you in my arms.


Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Clearing

Taking you back into time when the world was more crowded by wilderness than by civilization. alternately, you can imagine the green here to be the grey of out modern life. This is something I wrote right before my jim Corbett trip.

From behind the think curtain
Of tall trees and dangling branches
I could see the faint hint
Of a wide, open sky.

An unbroken ray of determination
Called onto me, played tricks on my imagination.
I ran through the jungle
Making my way as I got nearer.

I wanted to see an open field
Somewhere in this unending sea of green.
I heard of an open sky
At night, you could see the starts fly.

A breeze so hard it blew you off your feet,
No diversion there to hinder your excursion
I wanted to explore that clearing
where the world would make more sense.

So I could see the clouds dancing
And those chirping birds prancing.
A place for me alone
And my mind finding serenity.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Safar, zindagi ka



मेले  में जवानी  के 
हर  किसी  का  आना -जाना  है 
कोई  हस्ता  है  कोई  रोता  है 
बस  जज़्बात  का  ज़माना  है .

साल  कभी  लगे  उम्र  सामान 
कभी  वक़्त  का  न  कोई  ठिकाना  है 
गिरते -डुलते  चल  ही  लेते  हैं 
ये  सफ़र  ही  इतना  सुहाना  है .

हस्ते -गाते  राह  से  इक  दिन 
हम  सबको  गुज़र  जाना  है .
कोई  दिलाये  आँखों  में  नमी 
किसी  को  इक  दिन  भूल  जाना  है .



Mele mein jawani ke
Har kisi ka aana-jaana hai
Koi hasta hai koi rota hai
Bas jazbaat ka zamana hai.

Saal kabhi lage umar samaan
Kabhi waqt ka na koi thikana hai
girte-dulte chal hi lete hain
Ye safar hi itna suhana hai.

Haste-gaate raah se ik din
Hum sabko guzar jaana hai.
Koi dillaye aankhon mein nami
Kisi ko ik din bhool jaana hai.