Sunday, February 25, 2007

Shall we?

ride on the night
read the sky out
when we meet again

the last time
I remember how we danced 'Hakuna Matata'
with, not a worry, on our minds

you left the door ajar behind you
& silence crept into the house unnoticed
what a monster!

now each night
I live a winter
while you whisper smiles in my sleep

and each day
I watch shards of sunshine
travel the length of my room

I just cannot wait
for us to meet again
And when we do
fill me again
spill me again

spice me up
slice me away
like you promised to...

& when you leave
close the door behind you!

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Sadak

peeli si hawaa khaa li
khaali si chandni pee li
phir bhi bhookhi pyaasi zindagi
har raat yun hi ruaansi zindagi

har raat aise-taise koste hain
phir subah sabhi paroste hain
wahi pichli raat ki baasi zindagi
raaton ko wahi ruaansi zindagi

hansi udaai apni kisine kabhi
zahan me udti rahti hai ab bhi
hanske udaaii zara si zindagi
har pal bevajah ruaansi zindagi

duaan kare to bikhar jaati hai
sun-ne se pehle mukhar jaati hai
nazar aati kahaan hai dhuaan si zindagi
baasi pyaasi ruaansi zindagi

Meharbaani

koi ishq ishq sahta jaaye
koi ashq ashq bahta jaaye
shab-o-roz bheege-geele se hain
koi khushk sahar pahna jaaye
to meharbaani hogi!

..........................

us paar koi hai bhi ke nahin
maloom nahin jaana bhi nahin
jaane kyun magar, itna hai yakeen
sunta hai woh, bas aawaaz nahin

rozana yunhi shaam-o-sehar
yun kabr pe phoolon ke zariye
apni baatein kahta jaaye
aur ashq ashq bahta jaaye

............................


murda lamha saans bharta hi nahin
jaan phoonke, koi karta bhi nahin
afsaana jo tasveeron me qaid-
zinda bhi nahin, marta bhi nahin

rozana yunhi shaam-o-sehar
besabr se thahar-ke raahon me
ummeed liye rahta jaaye
par ishq ishq sahta jaaye

...............................

jaane kitne shikwe chede
bikhri kaliyon ke sannaate
karoobaar khusboo ka khatm kiya
par aise jhadte nahin kaante

rozana yunhi shaam-o-sehar
girte bhi gaye ginte bhi gaye
naamunasib hai kahta jaaye

koi ishq ishq sahta jaaye
koi ashq ashq bahta jaaye
shab-o-roz bheege-geele se hain
koi khushk sahar pahna jaaye
to meharbaani hogi!

This is about painful love in different forms - the one which does not die with the dead & the one which never quite made it & the one which is dead but for the complaints... & people are stuck to it, why??God alone knows!!
Can someone change it?
meharbaani hogi!