कुछ तो बता

कुछ तो बता ऐ ज़िन्दगी
कुछ मेरी सुन
कुछ अपनी सुना ऐ ज़िन्दगी 

कुछ तो बता ज़िन्दगी 

है कहाँ तू मशरूफ़.... ऐ ज़िन्दगी 

कभी दे अपने घर का पता ऐ ज़िन्दगी 

बैठे करें कहीं कभी गुफ़तगू ऐ ज़िन्दगी 

कभी कुछ वक़्त हमारे साथ भी बिता ...ऐ ज़िन्दगी 

कुछ अपनी सुना 

कुछ हमारी भी सुन ऐ ज़िन्दगी 

छोड़ के कभी इन 

फलसफों और फसानों को 

इस कश्मकश में कभी 

खुद का खुद से तार्रुफ़ करा...ऐ ज़िन्दगी 

कुछ तो बता ऐ ज़िन्दगी....

मेरा वो बरामदा

आज मेरी उस बरामदे की खिड़की से 

झांकती हुई धूप नहीं दिखती 

आज मेरे उस बरामदे के बाहर 

छाओं का साया है 

आज मेरे उस बरामदे के बाहर 

कोई शोर नहीं सुनाई देता 

आज मेरे उस बरामदे के बाहर 

चिड़ियों की चहचाह ही सुनती है 

आज मेरे उस बरामदे के बाहर 

कोई अनचाही परछाई नहीं आती 

आज मेरे उस बरामदे के बाहर 

खिलखिलाती मुस्कराहट है 

आज शायद उस बरामदे के बाहर 

पहले जैसा कुछ नहीं है 

लेकिन आज जैसा है 

उसमें उदासियों का सबब नहीं है 

वक़्त ही जानता है 

की हमने कुछ खोया 

या हमने पाया है 

अपनों को न छलने 

न दिल दुखाने की राह में 

हमने शायद और वक़्त लगाया है 

सही ग़लत की राह में 

लेकिन खुद को ही पाया है 

आज उस बरामदे के बाहर 

सिसकियाँ नहीं सुनाई देती 

छूटा तो है इन हाथों से कुछ 

वो वक़्त है या 

वो फिसलती हुई रेत का साया है 

बस आज उस बरामदे के बाहर 

एक सुकून भरमाया है 

Guess the Happy me

Guess the Happy me has died

In this chaotic worldly stride

Sanguinity has been replaced

As the cheery me fade

                                                        

Guess the Happy me has died

In this nerve-racking tide

Clairvoyance has been replaced

As the exuberant me laid

Guess the Happy me has died

In this frenzied schedule of life

Buoyancy has been replaced

And the jovial me morose

Cordial Accordance

I have become passive

The reason is not me, it’s your outlook

I have become unreceptive

The reason is not me, it’s your perception

Our relation has become flaccid

Reason is not me; it’s the way you deal

It has lost its meaning

The talks have lost the compassion

It has become mere the formality

I have tried, you have tried

To placate the strife

May be we could not strive more

And it may not grow

Let’s appease for the moment

Let’s conciliate and not retaliate

In anticipation of having the cordial accordance

We may return to the natural self

Of our relation

Of our togetherness

Rest in Peace

Have been awake for so long

I just want to snooze now

Have been running for so long

I just want to stay for now

Wrangling and Squabbling it is

Just want it to appease now

           

Have been awake for so long

I just want to doze off now

Drifting thoughts have no place to hide

Wandering me is tired of stride

Have been awake for so long

I just want to nod off now

Obscure is my vision for so long

I just want to identify it now

Vulnerable I have been for so long

I just want to give back to this world now

Uncertain and Indecisive for so long

I just want it to placate now

Wounds have been open for so long

I just want it to conciliate now

Have been awake for so long

I just want to Rest In Peace now

वो एक पत्ती

वो उस शाख़ पर लहलहाती हुई एक पत्ती
वो उस लम्हे मैं क़ैद मेरी ज़िन्दगी

वो उस एक पत्ती पर अटकी हुई मेरी ज़िन्दगी
वो अधूरी दास्तां की मुक़म्मल ज़िन्दगी

वो बिना अस्तित्व के बिखरी हुई ज़िन्दगी
वो नीरसता में रंग भरती हुई पत्ती

वो कुछ न हो के भी वजूद से भरी
वो ज़िन्दगी को एक आस देती हुई कुछ सूखी, कुछ महकी सी पत्ती

वो ज़िन्दगी को ज़िन्दगी का रुख़ देती हुई
वो उस शाख़ पर अकेली लटकती हुई एक पत्ती

Brawn from thee

Is this your heart that calls for me?

Or is that the loneliness that crawls

Is it the moments we lived?

Or is it cause you lost

Alone and aloof you are from inside

World hurts you, and you come by my side

When the sun shines, I am the star in your life

I cry for your love and strive

Wonder how it is

The secrecy that prevails

Sure you will go again

The next morning, when the sun will shine

Just lemme be there in the starry night

The twinkling light that I have,

Is better than the scorching shine

Which hurts as you leave

Am used to the darkness and despair


Calm and soothe here I am


Far away from the scorching


That you always leave behind.

काश मैं यह कर पाऊं

जी मैं आता है यहाँ से पंछी बन के उड़ जाऊं 

पंख फैलाये अपने मैं

खुले आसमान में उडती जाऊं 

न हो कोई दीवार, न हो कोई बंधन 

न हो कोई फ़िक्र, न हो कोई उलझन 

जी मैं आता है यहाँ से पंछी बन के उड़ जाऊं 

खुले गगन के तले में 

दूर दूर तक घूम के आऊँ 

न हो कोई भाषा की रोक, न हो कोई रस्मों की टोक 

नीले उस अम्बर के नीचे, बस उडती जाऊं 

जी मैं आता है यहाँ से पंछी बन के उड़ जाऊं 

जहाँ चाहे जी मेरा, वहां पहुँच जाऊं 

जैसे चाहे जी मेरा, वैसा देस बनाऊं

न हो कोई बंदिशें, न हो कोई मुश्किलें 

जब जी चाहे, जो जी चाहे बस वो कर जाऊं 

जी मैं आता है यहाँ से पंछी बन के उड़ जाऊं 

आज़ाद गगन की छाओं में 

अपने पंख फैलाऊं

जब जी चाहे, जो जी चाहे बस वो कर जाऊं 

जी मैं आता है यहाँ से पंछी बन के उड़ जाऊं 

Life Beyond

Rational or Irrational

Sometimes it goes beyond

However irrational it is

Sometimes seems rational

Logical or Illogical

Sometimes it goes afar

However logical it is

Sometimes seems illogical

                              

Sanity or Insanity

Sometimes it goes beyond

However lunatic it is

Sometimes it seems sane

It’s the unremitting squabble

Upshot of the sudden emotions

Fight between heart and wits

Clash of senseless and sensible

Yeah it is ridiculous, yeah it is absurd

Captivating the futileness

Sometimes you just capitulate

Just justifying that you’re still human

What If?

What if I think less?

That will give me more reasons to concentrate on goodness

What if I worry less?

That will give me more reasons to take pleasure in

What if I speak less?

That will give me more reasons to hear thoughts

What if I crib less?

That will give me more reasons to acknowledge good

What if I whine less?

That will show me, Sun is still shining on a part of my life

What if I cry less?

That will show me, smiles are still more beautiful

What if I presume less?

That will justify, understandings are still finer than misunderstandings

What if I take things for granted less?

That will justify, Gratitude can heal complex relationships

What if I die less?

That will justify, Life is indeed beautiful, however difficult it enfold.

Please don't go!

Everyday I make an effort

Everyday my heart retort

Everyday I fight with myself

My heart cries, when I leave you alone

I forlorn to meet you again

My eyes longing only for you

Trust me I can soar any limits

Just to be embraced and loved by you

My eyes go blind in lieu of you

My voice goes meek devoid of you

Yearn only for you, Need only you

Crave only for you, Wish only you

Chilled breeze, blow right against

Uncanny Silence, rave and aghast

Passionately I look for you

To be hugged and wrapped in your arms

Ardently I wait for you

To stay there and be warmth

Want you to hold me tightly

Sleepless I have been long

Just need you as a musical melody

Stop hiding away from me

Stop deceiving me

Come closer, come nearer

Who else than you - My beloved, my Quilt.