main abdullaa

shahar me aao phir jo kabhi
mujhko bhi bula lena

shaadi begaani hi sahin
main bhi abdullaa deewaana

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Dedicated to a stranger soul who came visiting town this week - he likes my blog apparently!! Thanks...! :) :) :)

andha kuaan

kaash
tera koocha bhi hota
ik andha kuaan

main
jitni baar
aawaaz diye jaati

jawaab
na milta na sahin

kam-z-kam
meri aawaaz ki goonj to laut aati

aarzoo meri

aarzo meri hai ke ye talti nahin
yun na dekho mujhe meri galti nahin

dil ke nakhre yeh sabhi ko to maloom hai
iske aage kisi ki bhi chalti nahin

ishq me aks mera bhi hairaan hai
shaql meri mujhi se milti julti nahin

raat dar pe mere der aayi bahut
ab jo aayi hai ghar se nikalti nahin

aazmaaye hai tarkieb har kism ke
uski neeyat nikammi phisalti nahin

main bhi kuch kam nahin jaake kah do use
baar baar main bhi marzi badalti nahin

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hoon deewani jiski woh kaayal kisi aur ka
sadiyon se ye kahaani badalti nahin

at 1:30 am in the night standing outside Takshila after a long day...
wierdness..!!

garmiyaan

aaj ki raat
maine khidhki se
aasmaan dekha to
yaad aaya

maine kabhi
nookele chaand se
tumhari qatl karne ki
saazish kii thi

yaad hai?!

aajkal
ek to tum
bade masroof rahte ho
aur chaand bhi
jaldi me rahta hai...

suno na...
is khwaish ka
kuch karo bhi...
is zaalim ne tabse
mera nabz
roke rakha hai

ab tum kabhi
fursat me
aake mar jaao
mere haathon;
yaa main hi mar jaaongi
baithe baithe
intezaar me

aaoge?

Screw you!!

Think I eat up all your space?
Go - find another place!!
Screw you!

Think I am just another face?
I know a gazillion ways (to)
Screw you!!

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Take me up; Try me out
Believe me – if you don’t,
screw you!

On your knees, and say please
Then I guess, maybe I won’t
screw you!!

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A long day at work... and a trip into my archives!! :D :D :D
Arey baba... don't look so alarmed also!! :P :D :D

pareshaan

ye kiski shaql hai jo uthti hai utarti hai

baaraha kyun rah rahke ye pardon se guzarti hai

ye kaisa shaqs hai jo har pahar ka mehmaan hai

keh do - naa laute kabhi yaa aake thahar jaaye

main kuch samjhi nahin!!

agle din pe ugte tinke
kuch kuch purze guzre din ke
chehre kuch dhundhle hai jinke
farsh pe rakh diye gin ginke

khayaal banke laut aaye ho

pak jaate hain murjhaate hain
ud jaate hain muk jaate hain
kooche khaali kar jaate hain
ud ud-ke phir thak jaate hain

sawaal banke laut aaye ho

Ishq to kar jaani!!!

As Filmy as I can get!! What do you expect from a soul who wakes up listening to Mar jaani mar jaani... buaahahaaa...!!! so my version of mar jaani!! :D :D :D
Ruk kyun gaye bajao!!!

ishq to kar jaa
ishq to kar jaa
ishq to kar jaa ni

jag chod de jogi,
chahe jag le daroga
ishq to kar jaa ni

ishq to kar jaa
ishq to kar jaa
ishq to kar jaa ni

ruk ruk ke thak gayi
aankhen. tu aake
inhe ab bhar jaa ni

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aa, aake aahen bhar le
rasta kyun ruka hua hai
dhakka de,aage kar le

seedha sa pul bandha hai
khaali hai, jhuka hua hai
tera dil bilkul andha hai

...........

tere raste rasmein hain
inme kyun uljha hai
aa, apne bana lenge

gurraake danste hain
zahreeli meri raahe
pairon me daalenge

raahen jo dans jaaye
ishq me phans jaa
tu bhi bas ab mar jaa ni

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mujhe tere dil me rahna hai
kiraaye me jaan bhi le le
bolo, tera kya kahna hai

kabse khaali khade hain
tere dil ke kamre akele
maile se ye pade hain

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

goonge deewaron pe
tona yun phoonkoongi
mauseeqi mal doongi

rookhe nazaaron pe
nazrein yun phenkoongi
mausam badal doongi

mere dil ke shahar me
sabaa sa sahar sa
tu bhi aake thahar jaa ni

ishq to kar jaa
ishq to kar jaa
ishq to kar jaa ni

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Ajee... sunto ho...?!! :D :D :D

Oblique Sabbaticals

Some new muse.
Some new ruse.
Some won't wait;
some can't refuse.
Lying in a tomb,
they call for a truce!
Same old news,
there ain't any use.

We want grain;
so does the weevil!
which of us, then,
is the greater evil?
We all shout war -
conscience and free will!!
And who'll draw the lines-
they will or we will!

Let us bored souls
now don new roles.
Why fence on the roads?!
Let's dance by the poles!
Whoever said - there ain't any
atheists in foxholes!
Blue balls and sore soles,
we still live by potholes!
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Indignation...!!

udhde parde

tum na jaane
kis pahar me
atke hue ho

main
lamhe taan-taan-ke
lapet-ti rahti hoon
apne ungliyon pe

zindagi ke parde
udh-de jaa rahe hain
par pardon ke peeche
tum to nazar nahin aate

ab bahut hua

bata bhi do

tum
kis pahar me
atke hue ho?!

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Aa paas aa... :) :) :)

someone is in the shadows!!

beware, beware the star is let loose!!
last I heard, he is the moon's muse!!
hiding in shadows on lazy afternoons,
he smiles and pouts while the world swoons!

should I wait for another fortnight
when the black moon wont follow twilight;
and make the most when it's my turn
before the next adorable moon's return?

nay, nay I know how to douse my lust
with just two whiffs of addictive star dust
I will sit, for him to come by my open windows
or maybe I will spend noons scouting shadows!!

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someday when he's here and the sky's starlit
I will sing to him, soniye love mera hit hit
and when he smirks and finds my words funny
I will tell him... kasmanu khaaye mar jaani mar jaani
:D :D :D :D

tark-e-muhabbat ka hamaara iraada to nahin hai

ishq maqtuul yahaan aaj ho bhi jaaye agar
marg-e-aashiq yahaan ho bhi jaaye agar
tark-e-muhabbat ka hamaara iraada to nahin
ishq me jo bhi ho jitna bhi ho zyaada to nahin

tamasha-e-chasm-e-nam ke shaukeen zamaana
aankhein tar nahin hongi, khaab beghar nahin honge
ehteyaat dilwalon ki fitrat me hai kahaan
tu jaake kahin aur kar salaah-mashavra
dil-e-maftoon ko aaj to tu aazaad kar,
kaafir to nahin hai yeh kaafir to nahin hai
kar le koshish har chaurahe pe bana le kachahri
tu bane mera qaazi mujhe qubool nahin hai

ishq maqtuul tere haathon me ho bhi jaaye agar
marg-e-aashiq yahaan ho bhi jaaye agar
tark-e-muhabbat ka hamaara iraada to nahin
ishq me jo bhi ho jitna bhi ho zyaada to nahin

tajaruba-e-tohmat-e-aashiqui to aam hai
dil diya hai mujhe, khuda, tujhpe yeh ilzaam hai
mere haafiz mere haatim ae mere haatif-e-zaalim
dil diya hai mujhe to inhe tum maghz bhi dete
khush-mijaaj ho sab dekhna to tera hi kaam hai
dil diya hai mujhe, khuda, tujhpe yeh ilzaam hai

Phir bhi tark-e-muhabbat ka iraada to nahin
ishq me jo bhi ho jitna bhi ho zyaada to nahin

kuch to!!

jee lee
jee lee
sadiyaan surkh geeli
tanha ladke jhagadke
yeh sadakein
woh sadakein

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jaldee
jaldee
khamoshi kyun mal dee
bejaan si hain galiyaan
ab chalaa aa
ae chhaliyaa

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bas rah le
ab rah le
yahaan subah se pahle
raat bhar saath mar jaa
phir ghar jaa
tu ghar jaa

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kuch to!
kuch bhi!!
kabhi to sachmuch bhi!
ho sake to sab kuch bhi!
par kuch to!
haan, kuch bhi!!

Khudaa sa ajnabi

ajnabi sa lagta hai woh khudaa mera
woh jo mera haafiz hai
mera waaqif hai
main har roz utarta hoon sajde main
aur woh har roz guzarta hai mere kooche se
par na woh dekhta hai mujhe
na rukta hai mere dar pe

khudaa sa lagta hai woh ajnabi mera
woh jo mera haatif hai
mera qaatil hai
woh pahchaanta tak nahin hai mujhe
par har dafaa meri ibaadat ke jawaab me
muskaan chod jaata hai meri raahon me
raunaq chada jaata hai mere manzar pe

ab to darr sa lagta hai to
bas is baat ka-
koi mere ajnabi ko
mere naam-o-pata na bata de

Cryptic

he is all runes
I, hieroglyphics
he fancies the clouds
I love tomorrows

he lives on the shore
I live in my head
he always walks ahead
and yet stalks my bed

he is an algorithm
I am all smiles and sobs
he is a celebrity
I celebrate every other hour

he is so deep; I want to die
in a heap, I just lie
each time I see him fly
he sees me dead and then goes red

don't ask me why I live in
a city that never sleeps
a city with perennial hard-ons
seeking, out, the sky

but well, he just moved in
to live me in my head
I wish he leaves this metaphor
with me forever instead

Soliloquy souvenirs

bonsai bob
a tiny corn cob
lazy traffic
impatient honks
a restless cuckoo
a potted plant

sit and see me
sip my soul

glass rectangles
creased reflections
wooden tables
colored uncertainty
guavas are pink
apples are green

sit and see me
sip my soul

Greasy noses
sweet mother of moses
cheques torn up
wet tissue papers
snacks and suspicion
smiling solos

sit and see me
sip my soul

lost I was
lost I am
fish! shoot!god!
fcuk! shit! damn!
superman! superman!
samosas and shiny floors

sit and see me
sip my soul

it's not a puzzle
just a mental tussle
crazy tug-o-war
they wait in a car
think me up
think it through

sip and savour me
suck my soul dry
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classic eccentricities!!! trademark me!!! :D :D :D

Phir se...

Aaj subah uthi to dekha

mere dareecho pe lage naarangi parde

udne ki koshish kar rahe the

khushi se

tum aaye the kya pichli raat?

ye itne khush kyun hain?

baraamde pe

darakhto ki shaakhon se guzarte dhoop ki cheente

rangoli bana rahi thi

khushi se

tum aaye the kya pichli raat?

nahin to ye itni khush kyun thi?

mere bistar pe itne silvatein bani hain

jaise jang chhidi ho yahaan pe

maine to karvat hi nahin lee thi

to phir ye bistar

aise muskuraake ishaare kyun kar raha hai

khushi se

sach bolo- tum aaye the na pichli raat?

varna ye itna khush kyun hai?

tum bade badmash ho!

har raat aise hi aate ho

bina aahat kiye

nange paanv

range paanv

aur saare ghar me kahaaniyaan chod jaate ho

aur main

har subah sochti rahti hoon

tum aaye the kya pichli raat

kal bhi aise hi aaye hoge

kitni baar bola hai

jab bhi aao

utha diya karo

par tum na!!

meri ek nahin sunte

jaao

main tumse baat nahin karti!

My whim! My wish!!

No, no, no!!!
I am not going down that street

I heard there are stalls,
where soothsayers hard sell sobriety!!
Oh yes, they are the ones
who sought a stay order-
because they did not like
that the sky stalked them.


Boo, Boo, Boo!!
Let 'em bray! Let 'em bleat!!
I am not going down that street!
Bloody sure, not going down their street!!

Screw their sobriety,
I so wanna be drunk!!

GO tell them I warned them-
they will soon close shop.
I want to hoist my obsession
on my rainbow roof top!!

How dare they ask me
to hide it in my trunk?!
Screw their sobriety,
I so wanna be drunk!!

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Did I hear you say something about me? I concur!!
But then, Hon', when was I not?

sard-o-nam-o-namkeen si in aankhon ke

par khol de
dard bhari gamgeen si in aankhon ko

parwaaz de

sard-o-nam-o-namkeen si in aankhon ke

lab khol de
dard bhari gamgeen si in aankhon se

aawaaz de



yeh rasm-o-naam-o-kaaydo me gumshuda se maayne
aankhon me tahriir kiske dhoodhte hain aaine

yeh shahar kyun hai gumnaam rishton ka ek baazaar sa
har pahar khamoshiyon ka karobaar sa bezaar sa

ab bahut hua, band kar dukaan, aaj to kuch bol de
aahaton ki aad me ud, aasmaan ko tol de



ab har dareeche ke peeche, sanjeeda si ranjishein
posheeda si koshishein, khwabeedaa si khwahishein

barf ke teelon me kyun behis bani hain hasratein
chod de, mat kheech tu ab nazron pe yun sarhadein

khol de dar, aaj har bedam nazaara ghol de
narm-o-naazuk khwaabon ko ab ek khula mahaul de



sard-o-nam-o-namkeen si in aankhon ke
lab khol de

dard bhari gamgeen si in aankhon se
aawaaz de

sard-o-nam-o-namkeen si in aankhon ke

par khol de
dard bhari gamgeen si in aankhon ko

parwaaz de