This is when I collate all my thoughts about all the inconsequential things over a week or so; and present it all at a time... whenever I find time, that is!!
Clearly Vella I am, no??!!! :D :D :D
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a. There is this handwriting analyst(lets call him X) I was hopelessly flirting with and had written him a verse; Aravind (who had nothing to do with this yet believes he can be a part of any conversation in this world) replies... It deserves a post 'coz it's hilarious... here's to you, Aravind!! and yes, I still hate you, Loser Aatma!! :D :D :D
Me:
Tahriir padhke tasveer parakhne wale, bata
kaisa chehra banaate hain musavvir alfaaz mere
Aravind:
Nihaayati badsoorat chehra banaate hai tumhare alfaaz miyaan
inhe dekhkar to aaine me bhi daraar pad jaaye
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b. J had to do this amusing job today - where he has to type in a wadever to his database and his database replies to him after 3 hours.... wooowww!!! :P
kishton me guftagu karna hai pesha uska
sabr ka sabaq seekhne ka munaafa milta hai
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c. I am asked to decide what color I want my walls to be... I, who have a default setting of confusion, clumsiness and craziness!! I will live with whatever, no?! Don't ask me to choose!! No, no, no, no!!
marz utha leta hai jo har dar pe
us mareez se marzi poochna
munaasib nahin, Maula mere
mil jaaye jo bhi manzil pe
manzoor hai mujhe
mubaarak woh manzar
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
154. The Prostitute
Warning: Viewer discretion requested. Some of you may find the content objectionable!! But what the heck, yaar! blog mera hai na!!
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I now am open/ for business;
do you want a ride tonight?
this or that /or this and that-
that you decide tonight!
You old bachelor/ Gere look-alike,
don't you look so forlorn.
Screw all the girls /who turned you down
I'll be your bride tonight!
Johny Darling!/ But haven't you
turned eighteen but today?!
And you already/ want to do something
you've never tried tonight?!
Ha ha!! /My sexy loyalist,
Role play it is again, eh?
Why else would you/ act just so coy
and try to hide tonight?!
You naughty boy/ you naughty boy
you want me to whip your butt?!
Where are my cuffs?Now let us have
you bound and tied tonight!!
You sexy hunk/ in Armani!
Don't, you, just stand and stare!!
Night after night, I've seen you here;
just come inside tonight!!
winks
Oh, you /insatiable monster
what haven't I done with you?
It's almost dawn,/ I hope that you
are satisfied tonight!!
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How dare you slap me /across my face,
you son of a gun?
Don't treat me like this/ 'coz I'm here
to pawn my pride tonight.
Shut up you bitch/ or I'll smack you again
who do you think you are?
You are a whore/ just stay a whore
and open wide tonight!
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I now am open/ for business;
do you want a ride tonight?
this or that /or this and that-
that you decide tonight!
You old bachelor/ Gere look-alike,
don't you look so forlorn.
Screw all the girls /who turned you down
I'll be your bride tonight!
Johny Darling!/ But haven't you
turned eighteen but today?!
And you already/ want to do something
you've never tried tonight?!
Ha ha!! /My sexy loyalist,
Role play it is again, eh?
Why else would you/ act just so coy
and try to hide tonight?!
You naughty boy/ you naughty boy
you want me to whip your butt?!
Where are my cuffs?Now let us have
you bound and tied tonight!!
You sexy hunk/ in Armani!
Don't, you, just stand and stare!!
Night after night, I've seen you here;
just come inside tonight!!
winks
Oh, you /insatiable monster
what haven't I done with you?
It's almost dawn,/ I hope that you
are satisfied tonight!!
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How dare you slap me /across my face,
you son of a gun?
Don't treat me like this/ 'coz I'm here
to pawn my pride tonight.
Shut up you bitch/ or I'll smack you again
who do you think you are?
You are a whore/ just stay a whore
and open wide tonight!
153. ... and me!
ok... my mind was just acting up... I realised!! and also that nothing is the end of the world. :) :)
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This evening I walked out alone. There was just the city and me.
a horde of empty hours lined up. Tear-jerkers and hilarity and me
My heart is dis-oriented. What it proposed, I declined. of course.
all it had on the mind for the evening. some hopeless self-pity and me?!
I found a much better plan which suited my mood and the weather,
the perfect one - my playlist, my dancing shoes lying pretty and me.
Oh my love story. it ended last night again. but well, what's new, I say!
Don't you worry! We are great friends - hope, serendipity and me!!
My sense will fail me again when someone nice meets me this weekend;
Same old story again- silence, vibes, someone sexy and witty and me!
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Checked the mirror & found why the last one turned me down in a hurry
Don't we look kinda like reaalllyy similar, that alien thing - ET and me?!
:D :D :D :D
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This evening I walked out alone. There was just the city and me.
a horde of empty hours lined up. Tear-jerkers and hilarity and me
My heart is dis-oriented. What it proposed, I declined. of course.
all it had on the mind for the evening. some hopeless self-pity and me?!
I found a much better plan which suited my mood and the weather,
the perfect one - my playlist, my dancing shoes lying pretty and me.
Oh my love story. it ended last night again. but well, what's new, I say!
Don't you worry! We are great friends - hope, serendipity and me!!
My sense will fail me again when someone nice meets me this weekend;
Same old story again- silence, vibes, someone sexy and witty and me!
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Checked the mirror & found why the last one turned me down in a hurry
Don't we look kinda like reaalllyy similar, that alien thing - ET and me?!
:D :D :D :D
Monday, June 01, 2009
152. My Taj Mahal
I wrote this, aeons ago ; the context, then, was fictitious!
I felt like editing it and reposting it again... so there!!
My mind has called in sick... so you will only get to listen to borrowed and/or old words for a while now, until it reports back!! :) :) :) enjoy nonetheless!!
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Why do I write of love?
It is neither pressing
nor impressing
nor depressing
Why do I write of love?
It knows no grammar
It holds no glamour
Then why do I write of
the skies in his eyes on restless days
the storms in my gasps on turbulent nights
Why?
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I keep moving on
from one story to another
leaving tombs on dead ones
in faceless times
in nameless places
clueless
about the next tombstone.
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In the courtyard next to mine,
they are celebrating.
Another love story died today.
Time for yet another Taj Mahal
a tomb
not for a lost lover
but for a love story
dead & dusted.
So tonight
I write of love
I write my last Taj Mahal .
until tomorrow.
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I felt like editing it and reposting it again... so there!!
My mind has called in sick... so you will only get to listen to borrowed and/or old words for a while now, until it reports back!! :) :) :) enjoy nonetheless!!
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Why do I write of love?
It is neither pressing
nor impressing
nor depressing
Why do I write of love?
It knows no grammar
It holds no glamour
Then why do I write of
the skies in his eyes on restless days
the storms in my gasps on turbulent nights
Why?
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I keep moving on
from one story to another
leaving tombs on dead ones
in faceless times
in nameless places
clueless
about the next tombstone.
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In the courtyard next to mine,
they are celebrating.
Another love story died today.
Time for yet another Taj Mahal
a tomb
not for a lost lover
but for a love story
dead & dusted.
So tonight
I write of love
I write my last Taj Mahal .
until tomorrow.
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raat yeh bhi guzar jaayegi...
I give in to borrowed words...
for the first time, I post something not mine at all... here...
Gulzar takes over...
ek wo din bhi the
ek ye din bhi hai
ek wo raat thi
ek ye raat hai
raat ye bhi guzar jaayegi
waqt saalon ki dhundh se nikal jaayega
tera chehra nazar se pighal jaayega
aankh band hogi to
neend aa jaayegi
raat ye bhi guzar jaayegi!!
for the first time, I post something not mine at all... here...
Gulzar takes over...
ek wo din bhi the
ek ye din bhi hai
ek wo raat thi
ek ye raat hai
raat ye bhi guzar jaayegi
waqt saalon ki dhundh se nikal jaayega
tera chehra nazar se pighal jaayega
aankh band hogi to
neend aa jaayegi
raat ye bhi guzar jaayegi!!
While the mood swings under the tanned sky...
spew venom
sew buttons
rue the night
sue the knight
write rhymes
fight time
bite steaks
white flakes
twiddle fingers
middle fingers
muddle shots
huddle thoughts
watch palindromes
catch fallin' gnomes
patch some torn season
match and scorn reason
I douse my days
and hand-paint desires
they grouse and say
I am but a quaint liar
the sky has been tanning
near the sun forever
should we dye it again
or just set it on fire?
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I refuse to answer any questions...
by the way, my 150th post ... :D
God save the world!!
I try to wake up
just die to make up
too wry to break up
ask why to take up
and yes of course, my obsession with the sky!!
sew buttons
rue the night
sue the knight
write rhymes
fight time
bite steaks
white flakes
twiddle fingers
middle fingers
muddle shots
huddle thoughts
watch palindromes
catch fallin' gnomes
patch some torn season
match and scorn reason
I douse my days
and hand-paint desires
they grouse and say
I am but a quaint liar
the sky has been tanning
near the sun forever
should we dye it again
or just set it on fire?
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I refuse to answer any questions...
by the way, my 150th post ... :D
God save the world!!
I try to wake up
just die to make up
too wry to break up
ask why to take up
and yes of course, my obsession with the sky!!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
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...! :) :) :)
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
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..!!
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?
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?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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
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
Friday, May 22, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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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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
Monday, May 18, 2009
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...!!
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...!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
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... :) :) :)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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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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
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
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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
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
Monday, May 11, 2009
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!!
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
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
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
Friday, May 08, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
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!
Sunday, May 03, 2009
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?
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
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
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
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
aawaaz de
sard-o-nam-o-namkeen si in aankhon ke
par khol de
dard bhari gamgeen si in aankhon ko
dard bhari gamgeen si in aankhon ko
parwaaz de
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Be-ikhtiyaar
tu har shab kartab karta gaya
besabr-o-besabab sab bharta gaya
mere lab to rab rab karte rahe
par betalab har matlab marta gaya
chaunk-ke ulajh gayi ab raahein meri
yahin kahin kabhi mera ghar tha. gaya!
mujhe khush rakhna hai kasoor tera
muaaf karne ko main ab marta gaya
jis jaanib jaaoon jahaan me tu
tujhe sochoon dil jab jab karta gaya
ikhtiyaar aur ishq to raqeeb se hain
bekhabar main kya kab karta gaya
tere kandhein pe khwahishein likhni thi
pichla pahar ik mauka agar tha, gaya!
besabr-o-besabab sab bharta gaya
mere lab to rab rab karte rahe
par betalab har matlab marta gaya
chaunk-ke ulajh gayi ab raahein meri
yahin kahin kabhi mera ghar tha. gaya!
mujhe khush rakhna hai kasoor tera
muaaf karne ko main ab marta gaya
jis jaanib jaaoon jahaan me tu
tujhe sochoon dil jab jab karta gaya
ikhtiyaar aur ishq to raqeeb se hain
bekhabar main kya kab karta gaya
tere kandhein pe khwahishein likhni thi
pichla pahar ik mauka agar tha, gaya!
Monday, April 27, 2009
le chaloge?!
le chalo mujhe tum
kabhi us jagah
jahaan pe zameen aur aasmaan milte hain
jahaan aazaad bhatakta ho har pahar
na saleeqa na hisaab
na tareeqa na paabandi
ham thahar jaaye kisi raat par
aur peecha karte karte
kisi nanhi narm subah ka
kabhi baarish me bheeg-ke raqs kare
kabhi barf ke teelon ko gudgudaaye gaa gaa-ke
kisi ped pe apne naam likhe
kisi dariyaa pe apne panv ke nishaan chod de
yaa phir sochti hoon
rahne do
tum mujhe bas apne yahaan le chalo
aur main
saari raat tumhare kaandhe pe
apni aarzoo likhti rahoon
ungliyon se
le chaloge?!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Kuch to kaho
main dasht hoon besabr si
tum zaalim se ek abr ho
tum udte ho main tarasti hoon
tum kishton me baraste ho
ye ret ke jism-o-rooh mere
bikharne lage hai hawaon me
tum kabhi kabhi kuch bol bhi do
tum kabhi kabhi kuch bol bhi do
yaa ab main bhi jo udne lagoon
beraham si khamoshi odhe-
dhuen sa chehra lekar apna
tum mujhse shikaayat mat karna!!!
yeh kya paagalpan hai?
tum
ek bahri yaad bankar
meri aankhon me soye pade ho
pichli raat se
kabse
aawaaz diye jaati hoon
na sunte ho na jaagte ho
bas muskuraakar
karvat lete ho
aur phir so jaate ho
aise hi rahoge
aankhon me
to baaki duniya kaise nazar aayegi
ab bahut hua-
tum niklo abhi aankhon se
raat ko phir laut aana.
arey baba!
daftar me hoon!
kaam bhi to karna hai!!
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:) :) :)
tum
ek bahri yaad bankar
meri aankhon me soye pade ho
pichli raat se
kabse
aawaaz diye jaati hoon
na sunte ho na jaagte ho
bas muskuraakar
karvat lete ho
aur phir so jaate ho
aise hi rahoge
aankhon me
to baaki duniya kaise nazar aayegi
ab bahut hua-
tum niklo abhi aankhon se
raat ko phir laut aana.
arey baba!
daftar me hoon!
kaam bhi to karna hai!!
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:) :) :)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
tum kabhi yun bhi karo...
tum kabhi yun bhi karo
ek lifafe me bhej do hame-
ek kaagaz bhar
muskuraati khamoshi
thodi baatooni nazrein tumhari
tere sufiyaana khayaalon ki mahak
thodi surkhi jo ugti hai
apni guftagu se
teri aankhon me base
mausam ke hisse
tumhare ungliyon ka ehsaas
jo tona sa kar jaata hai
waqt par
thodi si muhabbat
kisi bedaar raat me lapeti hui
aur haan,
do chaar bose
jo sabaa se choo jaaye
rukhsaaron ko
ham to
teri zameen par
bhool aaye hain
jaan apni
tum kabhi yun bhi karo
ek lifafe me daalke
bhej do hame
do chutki zindagi
ek lifafe me bhej do hame-
ek kaagaz bhar
muskuraati khamoshi
thodi baatooni nazrein tumhari
tere sufiyaana khayaalon ki mahak
thodi surkhi jo ugti hai
apni guftagu se
teri aankhon me base
mausam ke hisse
tumhare ungliyon ka ehsaas
jo tona sa kar jaata hai
waqt par
thodi si muhabbat
kisi bedaar raat me lapeti hui
aur haan,
do chaar bose
jo sabaa se choo jaaye
rukhsaaron ko
ham to
teri zameen par
bhool aaye hain
jaan apni
tum kabhi yun bhi karo
ek lifafe me daalke
bhej do hame
do chutki zindagi
yeh kya karte hain
khaabon me har shab chhila karte hain
subah phir khud ko sila karte hain
dooriyon me bikhar jaate hai murjhaake
mulaqaaton me simatke khila karte hain
sochte hain rah lenge ham judaa aapse
phir bunke bahaane aap hi se mila karte hain
berahami aap hi ka hai, khushfahami aap hi se
aur ham jaa jaake aap hi se gila karte hain
subah phir khud ko sila karte hain
dooriyon me bikhar jaate hai murjhaake
mulaqaaton me simatke khila karte hain
sochte hain rah lenge ham judaa aapse
phir bunke bahaane aap hi se mila karte hain
berahami aap hi ka hai, khushfahami aap hi se
aur ham jaa jaake aap hi se gila karte hain
Monday, April 20, 2009
haan.. pahunche!!
nikle the kis taraf, aur ham yeh kahaan pahunche
aise me bataaye kya ke kahaan ko daastaan pahunche
pata to diya nahin, bas nishaan mile paanv ke
peecha karte karte tera, ab ham aasmaan pahunche
kitne betaab se nikle the, aur tum mile kuch ho gaya
is liye to tere dar, hairaan-o-bezubaan pahunche
raat karvat leti hai itni, lamhon pe shikan se bane
beraham se tum jo banke aankhon ke mehmaan pahunche
hamaare kooche me bhi aakar, alfaaz chidak jaao kabhi
khamoshi ko aaraam mile, labon pe muskaan pahunche
kuch hai tum-me ke har dil hai ghulaam tera
bas tere aashiq mile, ham jahaan jahaan pahunche
ab deewane se teri aahat pahanke nikalte hai ham
kahaan ko nikle the ham aur ab yeh kahaan pahunche
Sunday, April 19, 2009
mujhko aawaaz de...
mujhko aawaaz de kabhi, aasmaan bhar de
choo le mujhko zaraa, bezubaan kar de
de ijaazat, tere khaabon me aa jaa sakoon
tere seene me mujhe ik khushnuma ghar de
choo le mujhko zaraa, bezubaan kar de
de ijaazat, tere khaabon me aa jaa sakoon
tere seene me mujhe ik khushnuma ghar de
Friday, April 17, 2009
nazm
woh shaam
ab bhi meri aankhon me padi hai
tum saahil pe lete hue the
aur lahre daud daud-ke aati
aur tumhare shahad se badan pe
namkeen bulbulon ka libaas pahnaa jaati
tere chehre pe
ik saundhi si hansi thi
jis-se saara ufaq mahak utha tha
sooraj
baukhlaaya sa
tumhare pairon pe pade samandar par
ik gulaabi kahkashaan bikher gaya tha
jaate jaate
agle dopahar
teri narm aawaaz choo gayi to
aasmaan pighalke
betaab samandar me ghulne laga tha
teri saundhi si hansi ki khusbo
ab bhi nikalti rahti hai
seene se har shab
woh shaam-
woh shaam ab bhi
padi hai aankhon me meri
aur har pahar tasavvur me
teri aawaaz gungunaati rahti hai
'ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi aawaaz de kahin se.'
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Happiness is happening off!!!! :D :D :D
ab bhi meri aankhon me padi hai
tum saahil pe lete hue the
aur lahre daud daud-ke aati
aur tumhare shahad se badan pe
namkeen bulbulon ka libaas pahnaa jaati
tere chehre pe
ik saundhi si hansi thi
jis-se saara ufaq mahak utha tha
sooraj
baukhlaaya sa
tumhare pairon pe pade samandar par
ik gulaabi kahkashaan bikher gaya tha
jaate jaate
agle dopahar
teri narm aawaaz choo gayi to
aasmaan pighalke
betaab samandar me ghulne laga tha
teri saundhi si hansi ki khusbo
ab bhi nikalti rahti hai
seene se har shab
woh shaam-
woh shaam ab bhi
padi hai aankhon me meri
aur har pahar tasavvur me
teri aawaaz gungunaati rahti hai
'ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi aawaaz de kahin se.'
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Happiness is happening off!!!! :D :D :D
Kanjoos
hawaa ke haathon
poori daastaan bhej di unhe
kishton me saara aasmaan bhi
shahad me duboke subahein bhi
muskaanon se sajaake shaamein bhi
aur woh...
aur woh hain ki
ab bhi lafz tol tol-ke paroste hain hame!!
poori daastaan bhej di unhe
kishton me saara aasmaan bhi
shahad me duboke subahein bhi
muskaanon se sajaake shaamein bhi
aur woh...
aur woh hain ki
ab bhi lafz tol tol-ke paroste hain hame!!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tum jo aaye to...
seene me qaid tha ye dil
jeene se gair tha ye dil
lekin jab se tum mile ho
dil parinda ho gaya
ye phir se zinda ho gaya
tum jo aaye to
hosh gaayab hai
tum jo aaye ho
naamunaasib hai
khayalon me tere dam tode hain din
tere sapnon me jaan ganvaati hain raatein
tum jo aaye to
chain zakhmi hai
tum batao to
kya berahami hai
tum jo aaye to....
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now this one had to go up... :D :D
Rasoi
main to dhaniyaa koot raha tha
aaloo kaanda kaat raha tha
muskaan ugaa gaya khayaal tera
main to masaala baant raha tha
beech me imli chaat raha tha
muskaan ugaa gaya khayaal tera
lolz lolz... yes yes... I know... don't look at me like that!!!
jeene se gair tha ye dil
lekin jab se tum mile ho
dil parinda ho gaya
ye phir se zinda ho gaya
tum jo aaye to
hosh gaayab hai
tum jo aaye ho
naamunaasib hai
khayalon me tere dam tode hain din
tere sapnon me jaan ganvaati hain raatein
tum jo aaye to
chain zakhmi hai
tum batao to
kya berahami hai
tum jo aaye to....
-----------------------------------------
now this one had to go up... :D :D
Rasoi
main to dhaniyaa koot raha tha
aaloo kaanda kaat raha tha
muskaan ugaa gaya khayaal tera
main to masaala baant raha tha
beech me imli chaat raha tha
muskaan ugaa gaya khayaal tera
lolz lolz... yes yes... I know... don't look at me like that!!!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
intezaar
Dasht banaa hai khusk nazar ye
khaab ke thode abr sajaa doon
kabse pade hain sabz iraade
lab pe zaraa inhe lafz banaa de
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come on, come on, out wherever you are!! :D :D :D
khaab ke thode abr sajaa doon
kabse pade hain sabz iraade
lab pe zaraa inhe lafz banaa de
------------------------------------------
come on, come on, out wherever you are!! :D :D :D
Rasiyaa...
rasiyaa...
haule haule ras barsaa jaa
karvaton me bikhri raaton me pyaar de
khwahishon me lipte seene sawaar de
mere chehre pe tere saaye pahnaa jaa
rasiyaa...
lahrein ho hazaaron, kinaare do chaar de
lahron pe sulagta aasmaan utaar de
rooh ko bhigoke jism tu bujhaa jaa
rasiyaa...
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Remember that Aamsutra.. slice ad with Katrina...
well, couldn't stop myself!! :)
haule haule ras barsaa jaa
karvaton me bikhri raaton me pyaar de
khwahishon me lipte seene sawaar de
mere chehre pe tere saaye pahnaa jaa
rasiyaa...
lahrein ho hazaaron, kinaare do chaar de
lahron pe sulagta aasmaan utaar de
rooh ko bhigoke jism tu bujhaa jaa
rasiyaa...
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Remember that Aamsutra.. slice ad with Katrina...
well, couldn't stop myself!! :)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Morning After
tell me now tell me then
tell me how tell me when
the sky went red
when we were in bed
don't you just live inside my head?
you so hot, buy me a whistle
or if not, just try not to sizzle
what have i said
that you've turned beet red
don't you just live inside of my head?
we are a dream, dark chocolate and cream
you let out a gasp, i try not to scream
the next morning we dread
all the things unsaid
but wait, don't you just live in my head?
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yes, it is kinda incomplete... but well.. i am both lazy and impatient...!!
tell me how tell me when
the sky went red
when we were in bed
don't you just live inside my head?
you so hot, buy me a whistle
or if not, just try not to sizzle
what have i said
that you've turned beet red
don't you just live inside of my head?
we are a dream, dark chocolate and cream
you let out a gasp, i try not to scream
the next morning we dread
all the things unsaid
but wait, don't you just live in my head?
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yes, it is kinda incomplete... but well.. i am both lazy and impatient...!!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
But then...
I thought I would forget but then...
that I won't be upset but then...
when I asked life for a li'l time
I thought it would wait but then...
Oh he?! he moved out of my life
I put up a board to let but then...
it is the same time of the year again
the same season when we'd met but then...
I keep scouting for reasons to hate him
I have not found one yet but then...
I know I am the one who preached
'forgive and forget' but then...
they said it would be impossible for me
to be such an idiot but then...
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my brain is just a crazy monkey
i tried to find a vet but then
:D :D :D :D
that I won't be upset but then...
when I asked life for a li'l time
I thought it would wait but then...
Oh he?! he moved out of my life
I put up a board to let but then...
it is the same time of the year again
the same season when we'd met but then...
I keep scouting for reasons to hate him
I have not found one yet but then...
I know I am the one who preached
'forgive and forget' but then...
they said it would be impossible for me
to be such an idiot but then...
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my brain is just a crazy monkey
i tried to find a vet but then
:D :D :D :D
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
a rhyme tonight
been ages since I did it , let me try and rhyme tonight
don't act like a celebrity, Night, gimme some time tonight
the day a total disaster and sobriety is my penitence
Waiter, don't die of surprise, just a soda lime tonight
what was exciting is now a ritual; Life, what've you done to us?
let's not hold hands, Sweetheart; feels like a crime tonight
when your eyes don blue sarcasm, I wince with pleasant pain
don't talk and ruin my mood, just sit and mime tonight
syntax and convention, didn't you gimme a zillion sermons?
don't gimme that look for trying something sublime tonight
the lazy earth just went around the sun but twice
and all the seasons I saw, lemme show you sometime tonight
don't act like a celebrity, Night, gimme some time tonight
the day a total disaster and sobriety is my penitence
Waiter, don't die of surprise, just a soda lime tonight
what was exciting is now a ritual; Life, what've you done to us?
let's not hold hands, Sweetheart; feels like a crime tonight
when your eyes don blue sarcasm, I wince with pleasant pain
don't talk and ruin my mood, just sit and mime tonight
syntax and convention, didn't you gimme a zillion sermons?
don't gimme that look for trying something sublime tonight
the lazy earth just went around the sun but twice
and all the seasons I saw, lemme show you sometime tonight
Friday, February 27, 2009
meri subah lena, meri shaam lena
magar lab se yun hi mera naam lena
hawaon pe rakhke, bheje hai bose
khidkiyaan kholkar mere paigaam lena
kabse betaab se baithe hain yeh labon pe
aakar chuuke mujhko, aah iinaam lena
muskuraane ke tum yun vajah ban gaye ho
main bhi bunoo bahaane, tum unhe thaam lena
ham mile hi nahin juda hone chale hai
pad raha, hamko aaghaaz me hi anjaam lena
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as pleasant accidents continue to interrupt life... :)
magar lab se yun hi mera naam lena
hawaon pe rakhke, bheje hai bose
khidkiyaan kholkar mere paigaam lena
kabse betaab se baithe hain yeh labon pe
aakar chuuke mujhko, aah iinaam lena
muskuraane ke tum yun vajah ban gaye ho
main bhi bunoo bahaane, tum unhe thaam lena
ham mile hi nahin juda hone chale hai
pad raha, hamko aaghaaz me hi anjaam lena
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as pleasant accidents continue to interrupt life... :)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
aashiq bante gaye
is jahaan ke aashiq bante gaye; har zubaan ke aashiq bante gaye
hai kasoor sahin betaab se har daastaan ke aashiq bante gaye
naqshon raston se oobke hamne jaise hi parwaaz chuna
hawa ko pahanke zameen se ude, aasmaan ke aashiq bante gaye
hamse pehle hi aa pahunche, hamare baad bhi chalte rahenge yunhi
be-ibtedaa be-intehaa har armaan ke aahiq bante gaye
har safhe par phir se wahin puraane kuch alfaaz likhe
zindagi phir bhi ham tere andaaz-e-bayaan ke aashiq bante gaye
aisa bhi nahin khushfaham hai ham, tu fikr na kar dil-e-badgumaan
us shaks ki har ik nuks ko ham pehchaanke aashiq bante gaye
hai ishq se shukr mijaaj yahaan, hai ishq se ruswaa naam yahaan
phir bhi mehfil ko sajaake har mehmaan ke aashiq bante gaye
hai kasoor sahin betaab se har daastaan ke aashiq bante gaye
naqshon raston se oobke hamne jaise hi parwaaz chuna
hawa ko pahanke zameen se ude, aasmaan ke aashiq bante gaye
hamse pehle hi aa pahunche, hamare baad bhi chalte rahenge yunhi
be-ibtedaa be-intehaa har armaan ke aahiq bante gaye
har safhe par phir se wahin puraane kuch alfaaz likhe
zindagi phir bhi ham tere andaaz-e-bayaan ke aashiq bante gaye
aisa bhi nahin khushfaham hai ham, tu fikr na kar dil-e-badgumaan
us shaks ki har ik nuks ko ham pehchaanke aashiq bante gaye
hai ishq se shukr mijaaj yahaan, hai ishq se ruswaa naam yahaan
phir bhi mehfil ko sajaake har mehmaan ke aashiq bante gaye
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
But yes, of course!!
Her status message read: "A hundred days and I already love him so much"
and it was not about me of course.
Now for those of you, who know not - love is like an addiction with both of us... and we love each other, Archu and me- at least whenever we find time... so today we were at it again (when i saw her status message hinting at someone else :P)- ... proclaiming our eternal love for each other between the flings that we perennially have with the rest of the world.
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Sri: do you measure time in smiles now?
do you seek dawn in lazy words?
do you sing thoughts to orange walls?
do you sleepwalk through conversations?
do you whistle a hi and do you wink a bye?
do you?
Archu: i do, i do
i will sing for u from orange walls.
you will find my kisses splendid in apple orchards
and my words blowing with the wind
all my love will pour with the rains
and burn you in passion forever
Sri: in winters, the trees shed leaves and the sky sheds stars
in wait of black silence on a pale yellow scrap
but you blow me dust on lazy afternoons...
is it fair? i guess not!!
Archu: i will wake you up with a kiss
and you will see spring flowers,
blooming all across your mind and heart ,
lighting your spirits...
then we will take a flight to the la la lands
and sing our songs
to the dinosaurs
Sri: :O
i thought so too ...
that love is an endangered emotion
while most make it out to be a cocktail
of smudgy whisky glasses and crumpled sheets
of ruffled hair and forgotten promises
but i knew we would find them
the dinosaurs
albeit in a brittle glass safari
:)
lets see if we ride the dinosaurs
or become prey
lets see... if we take them for walks each evening or...
just become dinosaurs ourselves
lets see
Archu: we are evolved in love,
we can write, we can sing,
poor dinosaurs- we will teach them to dance to our tunes
and rock a few mountains or two
then with our taming,
they will make us your forgotten breakfast
of cranberry juice and fourteen kisses
Sri: how could i forget-
how we had dreams for dinner and snuggles for dessert...
how we danced in the bath...
how we played hide and seek behind purple curtains...
but then love is a meal with a zillion courses...
and have you ever heard of too much sunshine...
too much moonlight...
too many blossoms in the garden...
or too much togetherness
i have not... coz i love you... :)
when you laugh with me and we scare the clouds away...
when you dance with me and we bring down the world...
when you look into my eyes and sprinkle new seasons...
i will just watch you gamble parts of me away
i am just a lucky dog...
i am just a crazy bitch...
and hundred days with a hundred others,
will not change me a bit
:) :) :)
and it was not about me of course.
Now for those of you, who know not - love is like an addiction with both of us... and we love each other, Archu and me- at least whenever we find time... so today we were at it again (when i saw her status message hinting at someone else :P)- ... proclaiming our eternal love for each other between the flings that we perennially have with the rest of the world.
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Sri: do you measure time in smiles now?
do you seek dawn in lazy words?
do you sing thoughts to orange walls?
do you sleepwalk through conversations?
do you whistle a hi and do you wink a bye?
do you?
Archu: i do, i do
i will sing for u from orange walls.
you will find my kisses splendid in apple orchards
and my words blowing with the wind
all my love will pour with the rains
and burn you in passion forever
Sri: in winters, the trees shed leaves and the sky sheds stars
in wait of black silence on a pale yellow scrap
but you blow me dust on lazy afternoons...
is it fair? i guess not!!
Archu: i will wake you up with a kiss
and you will see spring flowers,
blooming all across your mind and heart ,
lighting your spirits...
then we will take a flight to the la la lands
and sing our songs
to the dinosaurs
Sri: :O
i thought so too ...
that love is an endangered emotion
while most make it out to be a cocktail
of smudgy whisky glasses and crumpled sheets
of ruffled hair and forgotten promises
but i knew we would find them
the dinosaurs
albeit in a brittle glass safari
:)
lets see if we ride the dinosaurs
or become prey
lets see... if we take them for walks each evening or...
just become dinosaurs ourselves
lets see
Archu: we are evolved in love,
we can write, we can sing,
poor dinosaurs- we will teach them to dance to our tunes
and rock a few mountains or two
then with our taming,
they will make us your forgotten breakfast
of cranberry juice and fourteen kisses
Sri: how could i forget-
how we had dreams for dinner and snuggles for dessert...
how we danced in the bath...
how we played hide and seek behind purple curtains...
but then love is a meal with a zillion courses...
and have you ever heard of too much sunshine...
too much moonlight...
too many blossoms in the garden...
or too much togetherness
i have not... coz i love you... :)
when you laugh with me and we scare the clouds away...
when you dance with me and we bring down the world...
when you look into my eyes and sprinkle new seasons...
i will just watch you gamble parts of me away
i am just a lucky dog...
i am just a crazy bitch...
and hundred days with a hundred others,
will not change me a bit
:) :) :)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Pidi
Barsaati shaamein yaad hain
gungunaati raatein yaad hain
roothi subahein yaad hain
kya tumko yaad hain?
bagiya me tahalna yaad hai
yunhi jhagadna yaad hai
dhoop me baithe sadiyaan yun hi
baatein karna yaad hai
Jabse aayi ho zindagi me, Pidi
Jee kare bitaaoo sang tere har ghadi
Jabse aayi ho zindagi me, Pidi
Har cheez khoobsurat lagti hai badi
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jab bhi tum
mere paas aake
aise khilkhilaake hansti ho
bejaan lab besabab se mere khilne lagte hain
jab bhi tum
mujhpe bevajah
bigadti barasti ho
mere dil me patjhad sa hone lagta hai
teri aahat mera aashiyaan
tera saaya mera aasmaan
teri roothi meethi baaton ke tinkon se hai mera jahaan...
jabse aayi ho zindagi me, Pidi...
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:D :D :D
gungunaati raatein yaad hain
roothi subahein yaad hain
kya tumko yaad hain?
bagiya me tahalna yaad hai
yunhi jhagadna yaad hai
dhoop me baithe sadiyaan yun hi
baatein karna yaad hai
Jabse aayi ho zindagi me, Pidi
Jee kare bitaaoo sang tere har ghadi
Jabse aayi ho zindagi me, Pidi
Har cheez khoobsurat lagti hai badi
-------------------------------------------
jab bhi tum
mere paas aake
aise khilkhilaake hansti ho
bejaan lab besabab se mere khilne lagte hain
jab bhi tum
mujhpe bevajah
bigadti barasti ho
mere dil me patjhad sa hone lagta hai
teri aahat mera aashiyaan
tera saaya mera aasmaan
teri roothi meethi baaton ke tinkon se hai mera jahaan...
jabse aayi ho zindagi me, Pidi...
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:D :D :D
Thursday, January 08, 2009
ud jaate ho
ankhiyon me aate ho
rattiyaan bitate ho
subah jo ankhiyaan kholoon
kahaan ud jaate ho
pag lage honge kahin to
jag bhar nishaan main dhoondhoon
kaun jaane kis badri pe
paanv rakh jaate ho
subah jo ankhiyaan kholoon
kahin ud jaate ho
rattiyaan bitate ho
subah jo ankhiyaan kholoon
kahaan ud jaate ho
pag lage honge kahin to
jag bhar nishaan main dhoondhoon
kaun jaane kis badri pe
paanv rakh jaate ho
subah jo ankhiyaan kholoon
kahin ud jaate ho
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
The elves
while I pin a new whim on my lapel
at dawn everyday
and wait for a knock
on my oak door
while I die breathless
each night
seeing the waves make lazy noises
in the darkness
while I blow off -
in dreamy encounters -
brown hugs woven into my blanket
by anonymous love
while I check black words
in my mail box
walking down many miles
never to return
while I push my walls
again and again
to make room in my shack
for my red furniture
they come when I am not looking
and slice my marble hills
into neat cubes
with a hot butter knife
I don't dream their husky voices
chanting-
Be careful what you wish for
'coz you jus might get it
Each morning I wake up
to find smirks and foot steps
on my carpet
making me smile like never before
Did you leave your door open?
You should!
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How I love them?! :D :D :D
at dawn everyday
and wait for a knock
on my oak door
while I die breathless
each night
seeing the waves make lazy noises
in the darkness
while I blow off -
in dreamy encounters -
brown hugs woven into my blanket
by anonymous love
while I check black words
in my mail box
walking down many miles
never to return
while I push my walls
again and again
to make room in my shack
for my red furniture
they come when I am not looking
and slice my marble hills
into neat cubes
with a hot butter knife
I don't dream their husky voices
chanting-
Be careful what you wish for
'coz you jus might get it
Each morning I wake up
to find smirks and foot steps
on my carpet
making me smile like never before
Did you leave your door open?
You should!
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How I love them?! :D :D :D
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
laut aao
shab ka saahil baandhke pairon pe
ab to apne yaahaan tum laut aao
phir jhat se din ho jaayega
phir tum pe dil aa jaayega
kabhi jashn me muskaan bharne chale
kabhi dasht ke mehmaan ban-ne chale
kabhi sahre ke saundhe andheron ko
'sal' ki aag me gumraah karne chale
yahaan kohra chala to senk lage
kabhi aah jage kabhi aankh lage
khaali se pade hai khaab kai
yeh neend bhi veeraan baithi hai
teri deewaron pe tange lab ab
chedte hai bedaar si raaton me
jab baithi yahaan main kamre me
hawaon pe tumhe sandese likhti hoon
ab bahut hua tum zidd na karo
ab apne yahaan tum lau aao
shab ka saahil baandhke pairon me
ab apne yahaan tum laut aao
aate aate wahin berahami le aana
jo betaab kare mujhe shaam-o-sehar
sadak pe baithi dhundh bujhaa denge
phalak ke taaron se garmi le aana
phir jhat se din ho jaayega
phir tum pe dil aa jaayega
ab apne yahaan tum laut aao
bas laut aao abhii laut aao
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the last one this year... :D
ab to apne yaahaan tum laut aao
phir jhat se din ho jaayega
phir tum pe dil aa jaayega
kabhi jashn me muskaan bharne chale
kabhi dasht ke mehmaan ban-ne chale
kabhi sahre ke saundhe andheron ko
'sal' ki aag me gumraah karne chale
yahaan kohra chala to senk lage
kabhi aah jage kabhi aankh lage
khaali se pade hai khaab kai
yeh neend bhi veeraan baithi hai
teri deewaron pe tange lab ab
chedte hai bedaar si raaton me
jab baithi yahaan main kamre me
hawaon pe tumhe sandese likhti hoon
ab bahut hua tum zidd na karo
ab apne yahaan tum lau aao
shab ka saahil baandhke pairon me
ab apne yahaan tum laut aao
aate aate wahin berahami le aana
jo betaab kare mujhe shaam-o-sehar
sadak pe baithi dhundh bujhaa denge
phalak ke taaron se garmi le aana
phir jhat se din ho jaayega
phir tum pe dil aa jaayega
ab apne yahaan tum laut aao
bas laut aao abhii laut aao
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the last one this year... :D
Sunday, December 21, 2008
ae khud ke deewane
mehfil me tauba karte ho
chup chupke sauda karte ho
jaate ho, jaan le jaate ho
aur tanha lauta karte ho
jaan baqsh de, jee vaar doon
jee kaat-ke sau baar doon
ae khud ke deewane
chup chupke sauda karte ho
jaate ho, jaan le jaate ho
aur tanha lauta karte ho
jaan baqsh de, jee vaar doon
jee kaat-ke sau baar doon
ae khud ke deewane
Thursday, December 04, 2008
bezaar
din bhar kore lamhon ko bharne ke liye
alfaaz chidakne ki koshish karti rahi
to dekha ki zahan itni rookhi hai
ki lavz nikalte nikalte seene me shikan ban jaate hain
aur maayne- bas laapata
ab sochti hoon
lamhon ko khaali hi chod deti hoon
kya karoon
aaj kal zindagi me kuch hota bhi to nahin...
alfaaz chidakne ki koshish karti rahi
to dekha ki zahan itni rookhi hai
ki lavz nikalte nikalte seene me shikan ban jaate hain
aur maayne- bas laapata
ab sochti hoon
lamhon ko khaali hi chod deti hoon
kya karoon
aaj kal zindagi me kuch hota bhi to nahin...
Thursday, November 27, 2008
shaam
sadak sunsaan hai
bejaan sa aasmaan sadak ke us paar
apna roshan libaas utaar raha hai
halke se saaye barasne lage hain
khamosh se shaam par
aur kahin door dareechon se
ek shamma jhaank rahi hain
par ye choti shamma kya jang ladegi
kaali raat se
main roz yahin inhi nazaaron ko dekhti hoon
aur sochti hoon -
jab tum saath hote the
yahin nazaare kitne khoobsurat lagte the
kuch to baat thi tumhari nazron me
jinke sohbat me har manzar pe raunak si chad jaati thi...
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seene me
tumhari kuch narm nazrein chunke chhipa leti to
har shaam shayad yun berang-o-beqas na hoti...
bejaan sa aasmaan sadak ke us paar
apna roshan libaas utaar raha hai
halke se saaye barasne lage hain
khamosh se shaam par
aur kahin door dareechon se
ek shamma jhaank rahi hain
par ye choti shamma kya jang ladegi
kaali raat se
main roz yahin inhi nazaaron ko dekhti hoon
aur sochti hoon -
jab tum saath hote the
yahin nazaare kitne khoobsurat lagte the
kuch to baat thi tumhari nazron me
jinke sohbat me har manzar pe raunak si chad jaati thi...
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seene me
tumhari kuch narm nazrein chunke chhipa leti to
har shaam shayad yun berang-o-beqas na hoti...
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Chessboard life
why do you live a chessboard life, boy
& yet not move by the rules?
why do you still color the boxes
with ivory dreams
& burgundy plans?
why do you choose to be knight
at war
when you are the crown prince?
why do you see through the rooks & bishops
trying hard to make you smile?
why does your board have so many more squares
than the rest?
why do you choose to stick to the checkered sky?
why do you play on
when there is no opponent left?
why do you live a chessboard life, boy
& yet not move by the rules?
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Where do we go next when all we want is ours?
To one of the few rockstars I know & am glad I do!!
& yet not move by the rules?
why do you still color the boxes
with ivory dreams
& burgundy plans?
why do you choose to be knight
at war
when you are the crown prince?
why do you see through the rooks & bishops
trying hard to make you smile?
why does your board have so many more squares
than the rest?
why do you choose to stick to the checkered sky?
why do you play on
when there is no opponent left?
why do you live a chessboard life, boy
& yet not move by the rules?
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Where do we go next when all we want is ours?
To one of the few rockstars I know & am glad I do!!
Conundrum
taut
distraught
caught
in what
we were not
to be
we
fail to see
& flee
from the mind
only
to find
we leave
behind
the reason we fought
taut
& distraught
distraught
caught
in what
we were not
to be
we
fail to see
& flee
from the mind
only
to find
we leave
behind
the reason we fought
taut
& distraught
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Another Summary
I cry & moan;
sit pretty.
a lori!
not a sound.
I sigh & groan.
a pity;
14th storey
from the ground!
I lie alone-
a city
of stories
around!
sit pretty.
a lori!
not a sound.
I sigh & groan.
a pity;
14th storey
from the ground!
I lie alone-
a city
of stories
around!
Aasmaan-wale
zaraa jagaa de
jabeen ugaa de
aasmaan wale
pooche na koi
aise rookhi rookhi raaton me sooni sooni ankhiyaan kyun jaage hain
dekhe na koi
saayon me simat-ke sadiyaan kahaan ye bhaage hain
kohre me gum se chehre hazaaron sajde me utre hain
ik umr se ummeed me pahar ye bujhe hain bikhre hain
sabaa chalaa de
sukoon dilaa de
aasmaan wale
khabar na mila
un raston ka jo kabhi haathon me bante bigad-te the
khabar na mila
un naqshon ka jinhe kabhi udte khayaal pakadte the
padh le kabhi aasmaan ke is jaanib bhi duwaayen hai
sunn se shab, soone se sahar aur bezaar hawaayen hai
raah dikha de
rooh chuda de
aasmaan wale
jabeen ugaa de
aasmaan wale
pooche na koi
aise rookhi rookhi raaton me sooni sooni ankhiyaan kyun jaage hain
dekhe na koi
saayon me simat-ke sadiyaan kahaan ye bhaage hain
kohre me gum se chehre hazaaron sajde me utre hain
ik umr se ummeed me pahar ye bujhe hain bikhre hain
sabaa chalaa de
sukoon dilaa de
aasmaan wale
khabar na mila
un raston ka jo kabhi haathon me bante bigad-te the
khabar na mila
un naqshon ka jinhe kabhi udte khayaal pakadte the
padh le kabhi aasmaan ke is jaanib bhi duwaayen hai
sunn se shab, soone se sahar aur bezaar hawaayen hai
raah dikha de
rooh chuda de
aasmaan wale
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana - II
Kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana
jahaan beemar zameen hai ik arse se
aaoge to dekhoge
daastaan yahaan aisi bhi hai
kisi sunn sahar ke kohre me
kohraam utha kisi kooche me
zindagi ke kaii purzon par
ab bhi gard jami si hai
chehre bejaan adhoore hain
aur pahar mushkil se utarte hain
kharch hue jaati hai jaan magar
umr to wahin bas thahar gayi
behisi ki khaab hai aankhon me
kaash khaak ho jaate usi sahar
kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana
ik shahar hai yeh beemar zameen
yahaan ummeed ke kabr hazaaron hain
kabhi to in par bhi gaur karo
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24 years since the Bhopal gas tragedy, the place is still a carnival of mental & physical illnesses/disorders... Is there hope around the corner? Will it end?
jahaan beemar zameen hai ik arse se
aaoge to dekhoge
daastaan yahaan aisi bhi hai
kisi sunn sahar ke kohre me
kohraam utha kisi kooche me
zindagi ke kaii purzon par
ab bhi gard jami si hai
chehre bejaan adhoore hain
aur pahar mushkil se utarte hain
kharch hue jaati hai jaan magar
umr to wahin bas thahar gayi
behisi ki khaab hai aankhon me
kaash khaak ho jaate usi sahar
kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana
ik shahar hai yeh beemar zameen
yahaan ummeed ke kabr hazaaron hain
kabhi to in par bhi gaur karo
------------------------------------------------
24 years since the Bhopal gas tragedy, the place is still a carnival of mental & physical illnesses/disorders... Is there hope around the corner? Will it end?
Kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana - I
Kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana
jahaan surkh aasmaan pada rahta hai
aaoge to dekhoge
daastaan yahaan aisi bhi hai
ke daag mile hain viraasat me
dikhte bhi nahin, dhulte bhi nahin
aur naam bhi loge tum jo agar
saari subahein bujh jaate hain
badgumaani besabab si bas
libaas hai yahaan har chehre ka
kya karein jo zamaana kachahri hai
aur khud qaazi hi qatl karein
gumnaam kisi raat me chhip jaaye
bas itni si khwahish hai abhi
kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana
ik shahar hai surkh aasmaan tale
jahaan oonchi imaaratein hain sawaalon ki
kabhi to in par bhi gaur karo
----------------------------------------------
Kids diagnosed HIV+ rejected admissions in schools in Kerala because parents of other kids object.
So much for education, awareness... blah blah blah!!!
jahaan surkh aasmaan pada rahta hai
aaoge to dekhoge
daastaan yahaan aisi bhi hai
ke daag mile hain viraasat me
dikhte bhi nahin, dhulte bhi nahin
aur naam bhi loge tum jo agar
saari subahein bujh jaate hain
badgumaani besabab si bas
libaas hai yahaan har chehre ka
kya karein jo zamaana kachahri hai
aur khud qaazi hi qatl karein
gumnaam kisi raat me chhip jaaye
bas itni si khwahish hai abhi
kabhi sadak ke is paar chale aana
ik shahar hai surkh aasmaan tale
jahaan oonchi imaaratein hain sawaalon ki
kabhi to in par bhi gaur karo
----------------------------------------------
Kids diagnosed HIV+ rejected admissions in schools in Kerala because parents of other kids object.
So much for education, awareness... blah blah blah!!!
Monday, July 14, 2008
The room on the fourth floor
A placid steel gray sky
behind flapping curtains
A silken night
on the book shelf
& zillions of dark alphabets
A red chair
& embarrassing solitude
Blue sheets, feathery pillows
& striped dreams
A green mat
& a stained era of stories brought home to stay over
Chimpu
sighing at new green memories
An orange bucket, a white bed
& loads of dirty laundry
A black mug - a rival
A purple box - a milestone
A smiling boy - a treasure
Noises & some rain
sneaking in through closed windows
Brown smiles
Sunny laziness
Wild dances
Checkered moments
Chaotic comfort
Colorful existence
over which each night I paint -
a thousand shades of silence.
-----------------------------------------
:)
behind flapping curtains
A silken night
on the book shelf
& zillions of dark alphabets
A red chair
& embarrassing solitude
Blue sheets, feathery pillows
& striped dreams
A green mat
& a stained era of stories brought home to stay over
Chimpu
sighing at new green memories
An orange bucket, a white bed
& loads of dirty laundry
A black mug - a rival
A purple box - a milestone
A smiling boy - a treasure
Noises & some rain
sneaking in through closed windows
Brown smiles
Sunny laziness
Wild dances
Checkered moments
Chaotic comfort
Colorful existence
over which each night I paint -
a thousand shades of silence.
-----------------------------------------
:)
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Phenomenon
It happened again today
like always.
Ideas flew out of my window.
He blew them down
& I see now,
the wings wouldn't have lasted for long
I admit my mistake
He raises an eyebrow
He grows smirks
I shred them
a ritual as old as the night
a ritual as pointless as the stars
a ritual nonetheless
He is a foreign language movie
without subtitles;
a conversation in
smiling exclamation marks
& silence
A code, I tried to decipher for ages -
amused at times, annoyed at others.
& I wonder
what is worse:
the smile or the silence?
He is an insult
to all laws of nature
a cynic
a maniac
a saint
His thoughts are a game of shadows
with a thousand faint colors;
colors left behind
in many shapeless encounters
in a closed room
upstairs
Someday when he turns back
he will see
that he did it too-
leaving behind a trail of stone shadows
on all of the few he smiled at.
-----------------------------------------
:) To an idiot who is slowly moving from mono-syllables to paragraphs!! :P
like always.
Ideas flew out of my window.
He blew them down
& I see now,
the wings wouldn't have lasted for long
I admit my mistake
He raises an eyebrow
He grows smirks
I shred them
a ritual as old as the night
a ritual as pointless as the stars
a ritual nonetheless
He is a foreign language movie
without subtitles;
a conversation in
smiling exclamation marks
& silence
A code, I tried to decipher for ages -
amused at times, annoyed at others.
& I wonder
what is worse:
the smile or the silence?
He is an insult
to all laws of nature
a cynic
a maniac
a saint
His thoughts are a game of shadows
with a thousand faint colors;
colors left behind
in many shapeless encounters
in a closed room
upstairs
Someday when he turns back
he will see
that he did it too-
leaving behind a trail of stone shadows
on all of the few he smiled at.
-----------------------------------------
:) To an idiot who is slowly moving from mono-syllables to paragraphs!! :P
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
:)
teraa cheharaa jaise anjuman armaanon ki
tu palke uthaaye to har parda utar jaaye
masroof si rahti hai khud hi se baaton me
muskaan ugaati hai tu jaise jidhar jaaye
maaynon me bandhi baaton se bezaar sawaal kare
yeh kaisa junoon hai tera jisme shaam-o-sehar jaaye
raqeeb ho ya ho sanam, zakhmi hai sukoon tujhse
phir kyun na koi tujhpar ab mukadama kar jaaye
kiston me bharti hai tu ishq nigaahon me
aankhein jo band kare, qaaynaat thahar jaaye
bejaan se lab mere, pal me, khil jaate hai
nooraani yaad teri bas chooke agar jaaye
manzil ki fiqar hai kise? raahon pe pair tere -
pade to raunaq hai, jaise bhi safar jaaye
raqs karna yun shab bhar, rasm apni puraani hai
aasmaan ab surkh hua; chalo ab to ghar jaaye? :P
jo bhi ho phir kal hoga. phir zinda ho jaayenge
chalo aaj ki dasht pe ham baras-ke mar jaaye?
hawaa pe ghazal likh-kar, tere dar pe chodi hai
padh lena ghazal meri, tu chat pe agar jaaye
----------------------------------------------
To Damini, the orange girl! :)
tu palke uthaaye to har parda utar jaaye
masroof si rahti hai khud hi se baaton me
muskaan ugaati hai tu jaise jidhar jaaye
maaynon me bandhi baaton se bezaar sawaal kare
yeh kaisa junoon hai tera jisme shaam-o-sehar jaaye
raqeeb ho ya ho sanam, zakhmi hai sukoon tujhse
phir kyun na koi tujhpar ab mukadama kar jaaye
kiston me bharti hai tu ishq nigaahon me
aankhein jo band kare, qaaynaat thahar jaaye
bejaan se lab mere, pal me, khil jaate hai
nooraani yaad teri bas chooke agar jaaye
manzil ki fiqar hai kise? raahon pe pair tere -
pade to raunaq hai, jaise bhi safar jaaye
raqs karna yun shab bhar, rasm apni puraani hai
aasmaan ab surkh hua; chalo ab to ghar jaaye? :P
jo bhi ho phir kal hoga. phir zinda ho jaayenge
chalo aaj ki dasht pe ham baras-ke mar jaaye?
hawaa pe ghazal likh-kar, tere dar pe chodi hai
padh lena ghazal meri, tu chat pe agar jaaye
----------------------------------------------
To Damini, the orange girl! :)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Italicised
She wakes up to a dark room
& makes an attempt to ignore-
all the monsters under her bed,
all the skeletons in the closet,
all the demons in her head;
But nightmares have their way.
She wipes her forehead & whispers
a fervent prayer.
"No, un-italicise me."
She walks on golden brown sand
in a city of frozen glass volcanoes.
Everything is different;
everyone's the same.
She looks at a wisp of white overhead
in a blazing blue sky.
She shades her face & whispers
rather amusedly.
"To un-italicise me?"
She stands on an escalator
& the wrong crowd waves at her.
Colours erupt at a distance
where she is not allowed to go.
She meanders to a mirror;
a muffled reflection flies towards her.
She closes her eyes & whispers
another useless spell.
"Go, un-italicise me"
She stares at a pseudonym-
a name she vowed not to take!
Her fingers drum on her keyboard.
Should she now or should she not?
Her mind is a cluttered warehouse
of stale sense & safe alibis.
She smiles at herself & whispers
to the faceless intruder.
"So, un-italicise me"
Maps are not always
about straight lines.
She had taken a U-turn
before she reached it;
& now she lives a bad dream
stained with credibility.
Let's hope she wakes up someday
with amnesia & an empty past!
If she does , do remind her:
She is better off-
italicised.
------------------------------------------------
:)
& makes an attempt to ignore-
all the monsters under her bed,
all the skeletons in the closet,
all the demons in her head;
But nightmares have their way.
She wipes her forehead & whispers
a fervent prayer.
"No, un-italicise me."
She walks on golden brown sand
in a city of frozen glass volcanoes.
Everything is different;
everyone's the same.
She looks at a wisp of white overhead
in a blazing blue sky.
She shades her face & whispers
rather amusedly.
"To un-italicise me?"
She stands on an escalator
& the wrong crowd waves at her.
Colours erupt at a distance
where she is not allowed to go.
She meanders to a mirror;
a muffled reflection flies towards her.
She closes her eyes & whispers
another useless spell.
"Go, un-italicise me"
She stares at a pseudonym-
a name she vowed not to take!
Her fingers drum on her keyboard.
Should she now or should she not?
Her mind is a cluttered warehouse
of stale sense & safe alibis.
She smiles at herself & whispers
to the faceless intruder.
"So, un-italicise me"
Maps are not always
about straight lines.
She had taken a U-turn
before she reached it;
& now she lives a bad dream
stained with credibility.
Let's hope she wakes up someday
with amnesia & an empty past!
If she does , do remind her:
She is better off-
italicised.
------------------------------------------------
:)
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Raashan
uski zindagi raashan ki dukaan hai
main har din
ek lambe kataar me khade khade
guzaarti hoon
taaki mujhe bhi uski zindagi ke kuch lamhe
mil jaaye
har roz mujhe gin-ginke
woh do chaar muskaan deta hai
jinhe main seene me bachake rakhti hoon;
har raat tol tolke ek-aadh sapna!
kabhi kabhi saara din
kheechataani me utar jaata hai
aur main saari raat uske dar pe baithi
sooni hatheliyon me neendein senkti rahti hoon
intezaar me;
aur jab meri baari aati hai to pata chalta hai -
stock khatm ho gaya
aaj bhi main uske dar se
khaali haath lauti hoon
bas kuch jale se khaab bache hain,
jo aankhon me dhuaan udaa rahe hain
haan pata hai-
uski zindagi raashan ki dukaan hai
yeh bhi pata hai-
aaj ke saare lamhe black me bik gaye
par suna hai
uske shaam ke kuch tukde aapke paas hain
kya aaj ke liye mujhe aapse aadhi katori yaadein
udhaar mil sakti hain, please?!
main har din
ek lambe kataar me khade khade
guzaarti hoon
taaki mujhe bhi uski zindagi ke kuch lamhe
mil jaaye
har roz mujhe gin-ginke
woh do chaar muskaan deta hai
jinhe main seene me bachake rakhti hoon;
har raat tol tolke ek-aadh sapna!
kabhi kabhi saara din
kheechataani me utar jaata hai
aur main saari raat uske dar pe baithi
sooni hatheliyon me neendein senkti rahti hoon
intezaar me;
aur jab meri baari aati hai to pata chalta hai -
stock khatm ho gaya
aaj bhi main uske dar se
khaali haath lauti hoon
bas kuch jale se khaab bache hain,
jo aankhon me dhuaan udaa rahe hain
haan pata hai-
uski zindagi raashan ki dukaan hai
yeh bhi pata hai-
aaj ke saare lamhe black me bik gaye
par suna hai
uske shaam ke kuch tukde aapke paas hain
kya aaj ke liye mujhe aapse aadhi katori yaadein
udhaar mil sakti hain, please?!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Let me do something!
today was another gift
left at my doorstep
wrapped in curious looks & failed gazes as usual
I told you
not to spill silence
between the lines;
Didn't I?
But you!!
Now not a soul knows
what I am all about!
I am the narrator
I am the protagonist
but you-
you are the writer
who wrote me down in his sleep
& here I am
a story without verbs!
Let me do something
before it is too late!!
left at my doorstep
wrapped in curious looks & failed gazes as usual
I told you
not to spill silence
between the lines;
Didn't I?
But you!!
Now not a soul knows
what I am all about!
I am the narrator
I am the protagonist
but you-
you are the writer
who wrote me down in his sleep
& here I am
a story without verbs!
Let me do something
before it is too late!!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Khamoshi
zarra zarra ab zaar zaar ho gaya
zara zara si baaton se pyar ho gaya
khamosh lamhon me basi naazuk si zindagi
bas ek baat uthi, aur daraar ho gaya
jo khwaabeedah khwahish jaga gaya tha tu
besukoon kar gaya, main bedaar ho gaya
badgumaan mausam sawaal karte gaye
main bas bezubaan sa beqaraar ho gaya
hazaaron kism ke sannate hain labon pe mere
har lamha khamoshiyon ka dayaar ho gaya
mere dar pe tu aata kabhi to dekhta
muskaanon ka gharonda ab mazhaar ho gaya
besabab jode the tumne tukde chehre par
aur main betalab be-ekhtiyaar ho gaya
bevajah guftagu me shab-o-roz utarte the
ab har shab meri aahon me bezaar ho gaya
faasle ugne me yahaan waqt lagta hai kahaan
ek pal me har darwaaza deewaar ho gaya
cheente kuch raat ke aankhon me rah gaye
dekhkar inhe subah sharm-o-saar ho gaya
hosh ke tukde dhoodhte umr guzri
ab aake khumaar ka shumaar ho gaya
sansani kar gayi, ansuni mar gayi
aaj haqeeqat ka deedar ho gaya?
kitni mayoos hai tu, kitni manhoos hai
zindagi, tumhi se ishq baar baar ho gaya
----------------------------------------------
A Sequel to Guftagu! Return to silence...! :)
Freedom is an awesome feeling!!
But like Phoolan asked me the other time, do I really want to be free?! :D
zara zara si baaton se pyar ho gaya
khamosh lamhon me basi naazuk si zindagi
bas ek baat uthi, aur daraar ho gaya
jo khwaabeedah khwahish jaga gaya tha tu
besukoon kar gaya, main bedaar ho gaya
badgumaan mausam sawaal karte gaye
main bas bezubaan sa beqaraar ho gaya
hazaaron kism ke sannate hain labon pe mere
har lamha khamoshiyon ka dayaar ho gaya
mere dar pe tu aata kabhi to dekhta
muskaanon ka gharonda ab mazhaar ho gaya
besabab jode the tumne tukde chehre par
aur main betalab be-ekhtiyaar ho gaya
bevajah guftagu me shab-o-roz utarte the
ab har shab meri aahon me bezaar ho gaya
faasle ugne me yahaan waqt lagta hai kahaan
ek pal me har darwaaza deewaar ho gaya
cheente kuch raat ke aankhon me rah gaye
dekhkar inhe subah sharm-o-saar ho gaya
hosh ke tukde dhoodhte umr guzri
ab aake khumaar ka shumaar ho gaya
sansani kar gayi, ansuni mar gayi
aaj haqeeqat ka deedar ho gaya?
kitni mayoos hai tu, kitni manhoos hai
zindagi, tumhi se ishq baar baar ho gaya
----------------------------------------------
A Sequel to Guftagu! Return to silence...! :)
Freedom is an awesome feeling!!
But like Phoolan asked me the other time, do I really want to be free?! :D
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Have a slice
I snuggle each night under warm sheets
to cold breath & muffled heart beats
The smell of green dreams still lingers on
when I open my eyes to a lazy dawn
& I see-
Too much of nothing is an aphrodisiac
Too little of everything is a sleeping pill
Now when I look back & unsee things-
I know what I need to do & I will
Miles are never a mask
nothing is too much to ask
I have that basket of hope
you gifted me not long ago
I have a slice each dawn for breakfast
If you haven't tried yet, I say you must
There is still quite some left;
want some?
Come over for dinner someday
& I promise when we dine
we will have dreams for dessert
& gulp them down with wine
Deal?!
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To Hobbesie for being the sweetheart that she is!!
Smilio!! :)
to cold breath & muffled heart beats
The smell of green dreams still lingers on
when I open my eyes to a lazy dawn
& I see-
Too much of nothing is an aphrodisiac
Too little of everything is a sleeping pill
Now when I look back & unsee things-
I know what I need to do & I will
Miles are never a mask
nothing is too much to ask
I have that basket of hope
you gifted me not long ago
I have a slice each dawn for breakfast
If you haven't tried yet, I say you must
There is still quite some left;
want some?
Come over for dinner someday
& I promise when we dine
we will have dreams for dessert
& gulp them down with wine
Deal?!
---------------------------------------
To Hobbesie for being the sweetheart that she is!!
Smilio!! :)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Gap-shap
Jab saanjh saans lene lagti hai
to roshni
chupchaap nikal jaati hai
kuch surkhi phir bhi rah jaati hain aasmaan par
saanjh ke utarte hi
choukhat pe saaye dhera daalke baith jaate hain
gap-shap karne lagte hain
din bhar ki baatein
yahaan-wahaan ke charche
kaise naqshe badalne lage hain
kaise din galne lage hain
kisne daraaron me waqt bharne ki koshish kii
kiske ishq ka tabaadla ho gaya aur kahaan
kaunsi gali me rang hadtaal pe utre hain aur kyun
kuch salaah-mashavare
kuch gile-kachahri
main is shor ki khamosh gawaah banti hoon
har raat
kahin tumhaara naam sa nazar aa jaaye
to main saari raat ek ajnabi dastaan me
kuch harfon ki khwahish liye
rah jaati hoon
in saayon ki bheed me
mere seene me bhi bahut si baatein hain
bekas bekal bezaar besabr
tum kabhi yun-hi gap-shap karne mil jaaya karo na!
to roshni
chupchaap nikal jaati hai
kuch surkhi phir bhi rah jaati hain aasmaan par
saanjh ke utarte hi
choukhat pe saaye dhera daalke baith jaate hain
gap-shap karne lagte hain
din bhar ki baatein
yahaan-wahaan ke charche
kaise naqshe badalne lage hain
kaise din galne lage hain
kisne daraaron me waqt bharne ki koshish kii
kiske ishq ka tabaadla ho gaya aur kahaan
kaunsi gali me rang hadtaal pe utre hain aur kyun
kuch salaah-mashavare
kuch gile-kachahri
main is shor ki khamosh gawaah banti hoon
har raat
kahin tumhaara naam sa nazar aa jaaye
to main saari raat ek ajnabi dastaan me
kuch harfon ki khwahish liye
rah jaati hoon
in saayon ki bheed me
mere seene me bhi bahut si baatein hain
bekas bekal bezaar besabr
tum kabhi yun-hi gap-shap karne mil jaaya karo na!
mulaqaat
aaj bhi main intezaar karti hoon
jaise pehle karti thi!
haan,
mulaqaatein ab ek arse se khafaa hain
par bahaane to ab bhi ugte rahte hain
aur ummeed bedaar si tahalti rahti hai
mere khayaal
baar baar tumhari baatein duhraate rahte hain
kuch puraani shaamon ki tasveerein liye
tere chehre sa kuch mil jaaye
to uske peeche tere kooche me pahunch jaate hain
kabhi kabhi raahon me
tere kadmon ki aahat-o-nishaan mil jaaye
to unhe dekhne
wahin ruk se jaate hain
aaj kal tum khayaalon me nange paanv kyun aane lage ho?!
jaise pehle karti thi!
haan,
mulaqaatein ab ek arse se khafaa hain
par bahaane to ab bhi ugte rahte hain
aur ummeed bedaar si tahalti rahti hai
mere khayaal
baar baar tumhari baatein duhraate rahte hain
kuch puraani shaamon ki tasveerein liye
tere chehre sa kuch mil jaaye
to uske peeche tere kooche me pahunch jaate hain
kabhi kabhi raahon me
tere kadmon ki aahat-o-nishaan mil jaaye
to unhe dekhne
wahin ruk se jaate hain
aaj kal tum khayaalon me nange paanv kyun aane lage ho?!
benaam khayaal
Har roz kuch kacche khayaal mere yahaan se
lafzon ki talaash me nikalte hain
Har shab yeh khayaal
naakaam se benaam se
laut aate hain
is baar kahin tum inhe mil jaao
to inhe kuch harf pahna dena
kuch lavz thama dena
jaante ho na-
alvida bhi ek lafz hota hai
lafzon ki talaash me nikalte hain
Har shab yeh khayaal
naakaam se benaam se
laut aate hain
is baar kahin tum inhe mil jaao
to inhe kuch harf pahna dena
kuch lavz thama dena
jaante ho na-
alvida bhi ek lafz hota hai
Friday, December 07, 2007
For want of a better name
You were four syllables before
but now I have a choice
between thirteen syllables & a grunt
& then I think-
what do I call you?
My end sees the night crawl on
for long cold hours
Your window sees the darkness crawl in
at noon
We talk of
wants & winters
over cups of ginger tea
& then I think-
what do I call you?
At dawn,
I fold my sheets
& some funny dreams;
place them under the pillow
for you to laugh them off
when I put them in words
I cry;
you hmmm
I sigh;
you smirk
I bait;
you hunh
I pole vault around;
you groan
While we play pictionary
with our eccentricities,
my room is filled with smiles
that are noticed by all
but you.
& then I think-
What do I call you?
A haiku
A shadow
A trespasser
A vestige of solace
A window of alphabets
I think
I will just leave you unnamed
for want of a better name!!
--------------------------------------------
Bhondu!!
:)
but now I have a choice
between thirteen syllables & a grunt
& then I think-
what do I call you?
My end sees the night crawl on
for long cold hours
Your window sees the darkness crawl in
at noon
We talk of
wants & winters
over cups of ginger tea
& then I think-
what do I call you?
At dawn,
I fold my sheets
& some funny dreams;
place them under the pillow
for you to laugh them off
when I put them in words
I cry;
you hmmm
I sigh;
you smirk
I bait;
you hunh
I pole vault around;
you groan
While we play pictionary
with our eccentricities,
my room is filled with smiles
that are noticed by all
but you.
& then I think-
What do I call you?
A haiku
A shadow
A trespasser
A vestige of solace
A window of alphabets
I think
I will just leave you unnamed
for want of a better name!!
--------------------------------------------
Bhondu!!
:)
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
They speak a strange tongue!!!
We did this before & we do it again!!
Arch & me...
After the earlier jugalbandi ,we decide to wreak havoc again with our freaky poetic confluence. So brace yourself for a really incoherent & tangential conversation in verse!!
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Arch: chills sweep me through ,
I drown in smoky boiling waters....
it takes me away to the long loving sleeps ...
I feel touched... I feel loved ...
behind the curtains.. you stare
Sri: hard desperation refuses to go away,
would care to join or jus look the other way?
Arch: to remind me I am still here...
to let you know I will be there...
take a look around and see a fainted face...
right behind the curtains wid orange flowers...
its my purple veil
Sri: this is not the first time,
this has happened before,
but I am tired of stopping,
pls go ahead, gimme more!
Arch: given myself away to you
I stand stranded waiting to be loved...
your hands when they come my way
I feel blessed in bliss....
but then when time flies by
and you stand still
I take a step forward towards my life..
eternal peace
Sri: rhyme is just an excuse,
time is such a recluse,
peace is just another fugitive,
eternity just a sad notion;
Whenever I move, whenever I am still,
I smell of empty space & forever will;
You keep filling me
with memories of yore;
but I am bottomless,
I always yearn for more
Arch: you are like the deep blue see that goes deep inside..
bottomless or shallow within...you decide...
pour out a fine evening..
lets drown in your rains...
your colors will splash up deep into my heart
Sri: Blue I appear, but am not;
all I do is wear the sky;
Worn it for ages, torn pieces of clouds;
it doesn't turn red, it doesn't fade away;
I will sing you a rainy evening,
will you blow the foamy sky away?
Arch: winds I will spray
so I see the rainbow of ur heart..
wipe away those tears
and let the springs come up...
the sun will then shine making you smile...
floating fragrance all around...
dance the happy summer song.. before autumn arives..
Sri: autumn comes & I shed faces
come by & pick them up for me
We will weave a kaleidoscope of smiles,
to look at when you drown the shore
& I reach the stars
Arch: waves will come & take me away...
but love is always here to stay...
we will make a bunch of our smiling times
and share the thorny piercing surprises...
add a few delights...
then when u see a shooting star,
come away with me
Sri: Yes, we will do that,
We will shred the moon
& hide behind the dark night.
While the stars scout for us,
we pull in the sun
& burn them all out!!!
Arch: lets play with the universe
then we dodge a planet or a few...
careful...don't hurt yourself....
the galaxy will burst out seeing us loose
Sri: no! on second thoughts, I would rather,
come by your door & gift you smiles;
I will send you a night full of loving glances,
you write me a dawn of warm hugs!!
Sri: & when the blinds lighten up with your lazy smile,
I will bring you breakfast
with orange juice & fourteen kisses
Arch : aaww sho shweet :P
Arch & me...
After the earlier jugalbandi ,we decide to wreak havoc again with our freaky poetic confluence. So brace yourself for a really incoherent & tangential conversation in verse!!
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Arch: chills sweep me through ,
I drown in smoky boiling waters....
it takes me away to the long loving sleeps ...
I feel touched... I feel loved ...
behind the curtains.. you stare
Sri: hard desperation refuses to go away,
would care to join or jus look the other way?
Arch: to remind me I am still here...
to let you know I will be there...
take a look around and see a fainted face...
right behind the curtains wid orange flowers...
its my purple veil
Sri: this is not the first time,
this has happened before,
but I am tired of stopping,
pls go ahead, gimme more!
Arch: given myself away to you
I stand stranded waiting to be loved...
your hands when they come my way
I feel blessed in bliss....
but then when time flies by
and you stand still
I take a step forward towards my life..
eternal peace
Sri: rhyme is just an excuse,
time is such a recluse,
peace is just another fugitive,
eternity just a sad notion;
Whenever I move, whenever I am still,
I smell of empty space & forever will;
You keep filling me
with memories of yore;
but I am bottomless,
I always yearn for more
Arch: you are like the deep blue see that goes deep inside..
bottomless or shallow within...you decide...
pour out a fine evening..
lets drown in your rains...
your colors will splash up deep into my heart
Sri: Blue I appear, but am not;
all I do is wear the sky;
Worn it for ages, torn pieces of clouds;
it doesn't turn red, it doesn't fade away;
I will sing you a rainy evening,
will you blow the foamy sky away?
Arch: winds I will spray
so I see the rainbow of ur heart..
wipe away those tears
and let the springs come up...
the sun will then shine making you smile...
floating fragrance all around...
dance the happy summer song.. before autumn arives..
Sri: autumn comes & I shed faces
come by & pick them up for me
We will weave a kaleidoscope of smiles,
to look at when you drown the shore
& I reach the stars
Arch: waves will come & take me away...
but love is always here to stay...
we will make a bunch of our smiling times
and share the thorny piercing surprises...
add a few delights...
then when u see a shooting star,
come away with me
Sri: Yes, we will do that,
We will shred the moon
& hide behind the dark night.
While the stars scout for us,
we pull in the sun
& burn them all out!!!
Arch: lets play with the universe
then we dodge a planet or a few...
careful...don't hurt yourself....
the galaxy will burst out seeing us loose
Sri: no! on second thoughts, I would rather,
come by your door & gift you smiles;
I will send you a night full of loving glances,
you write me a dawn of warm hugs!!
Sri: & when the blinds lighten up with your lazy smile,
I will bring you breakfast
with orange juice & fourteen kisses
Arch : aaww sho shweet :P
Thursday, November 08, 2007
To Wooden Endings
Another night fell dead on the barb-wire fence
It flew; it fled from a few blades of light
No remorse; no fear
Just pain in vain
Could you do something about the blotting red,
while I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree??
The sky is hot glass & wishes have wax wings
Some lie beyond; some die within
No end; none mends
They won't stay; they can't go
Could you do something about the dripping wax,
while I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree??
Words are entangled in smiles & camouflages,
each time they bump into my blue-eyed boy
No chalk; no charcoal
No ink; no lead
Could you do something about the unwritten thoughts,
while I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree??
& any day you need to furnish
your museum of hearts
Just look up; don't look too far
I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree!!
It flew; it fled from a few blades of light
No remorse; no fear
Just pain in vain
Could you do something about the blotting red,
while I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree??
The sky is hot glass & wishes have wax wings
Some lie beyond; some die within
No end; none mends
They won't stay; they can't go
Could you do something about the dripping wax,
while I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree??
Words are entangled in smiles & camouflages,
each time they bump into my blue-eyed boy
No chalk; no charcoal
No ink; no lead
Could you do something about the unwritten thoughts,
while I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree??
& any day you need to furnish
your museum of hearts
Just look up; don't look too far
I sit here tied to the stump of a dead tree!!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Patjhad
kaagazon me aahaton me naam dhoondhti hoon
raat phoonk phoonk-ke main shaam dhoondhti hoon
teri talaash me jam gaye hain saayen sadakon pe
khud raat ban gayi hoon, aaraam dhoondhti hoon
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sukoon sookha sa rahta hai
jaan simti si rahti hai
tu seene me jabse mere
patjhad sa chod gaya
thaki si roshni ab to
badi der se aati hai
udaas si subah jalti hai
sunn si hatheliyaan jalaati hai
pahron pehle hi ab
aasmaan shaam bulaata hai
saans dhundhli si uthti hai
pyaas chehre banaati hai
tere khayaal kohra bankar
aasmaan pe likhte hain
kab aake gaye kya pata
bas nishaan ab dikhte hain
khushfaham si khidkiyaan kabse
yun khuli sii chodi hain
sabaa sard subahon ki, khaali sii sili sii guzarti hain
aankhein rookhi si hain
aur neend jhadti rahti hai
ukhde se harfon pe
ab barf padti rahi hai
patjhad sa chod gaya
tu seene me jabse mere
awaazein toote se nikalte hain
aur lab chil jaate hain
sukoon sookha sa rahta hai
jaan simti si rahti hai
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kuch naram si muskaan tere
chod jaate hawaaon par
kaanpti raatein un par
senka karti main baithi yahaan
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An ode to a real cold winter whihc has just begun!
raat phoonk phoonk-ke main shaam dhoondhti hoon
teri talaash me jam gaye hain saayen sadakon pe
khud raat ban gayi hoon, aaraam dhoondhti hoon
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sukoon sookha sa rahta hai
jaan simti si rahti hai
tu seene me jabse mere
patjhad sa chod gaya
thaki si roshni ab to
badi der se aati hai
udaas si subah jalti hai
sunn si hatheliyaan jalaati hai
pahron pehle hi ab
aasmaan shaam bulaata hai
saans dhundhli si uthti hai
pyaas chehre banaati hai
tere khayaal kohra bankar
aasmaan pe likhte hain
kab aake gaye kya pata
bas nishaan ab dikhte hain
khushfaham si khidkiyaan kabse
yun khuli sii chodi hain
sabaa sard subahon ki, khaali sii sili sii guzarti hain
aankhein rookhi si hain
aur neend jhadti rahti hai
ukhde se harfon pe
ab barf padti rahi hai
patjhad sa chod gaya
tu seene me jabse mere
awaazein toote se nikalte hain
aur lab chil jaate hain
sukoon sookha sa rahta hai
jaan simti si rahti hai
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kuch naram si muskaan tere
chod jaate hawaaon par
kaanpti raatein un par
senka karti main baithi yahaan
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An ode to a real cold winter whihc has just begun!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Faceless Autumn
I left your place
without my face
there were way too many others
to choose from
The one you gave me in May
The one we made on a lazy afternoon
The one I had, when I called you a 'goon'
The one I found when we talked under the moon
The one I saved to wear in winter
which now I cannot
or the others which tell different stories
to the world
Stories
all of them have the same today
but thousand different
yesterdays & tomorrows
covered with color
filled with gore
I tried to find my face
searching
in wordy labyrinths
which only return echoes
I tried to find my face
prodding
with unending glances
which go unnoticed now
I tried to find my face
looking up,
all those windows
filled with inanities
which felt so good
I tried all monsoon
I tried!!
If you find my face
hidden behind the smile you wrote me
once not long ago
please do not send it across.
It does not go with my wardrobe
anymore!
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Months ago, I had written an ode to a Faceless Intruder.
Now this again, is a note to the same idiot!
without my face
there were way too many others
to choose from
The one you gave me in May
The one we made on a lazy afternoon
The one I had, when I called you a 'goon'
The one I found when we talked under the moon
The one I saved to wear in winter
which now I cannot
or the others which tell different stories
to the world
Stories
all of them have the same today
but thousand different
yesterdays & tomorrows
covered with color
filled with gore
I tried to find my face
searching
in wordy labyrinths
which only return echoes
I tried to find my face
prodding
with unending glances
which go unnoticed now
I tried to find my face
looking up,
all those windows
filled with inanities
which felt so good
I tried all monsoon
I tried!!
If you find my face
hidden behind the smile you wrote me
once not long ago
please do not send it across.
It does not go with my wardrobe
anymore!
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Months ago, I had written an ode to a Faceless Intruder.
Now this again, is a note to the same idiot!
Friday, October 05, 2007
Unheard scraps
I come up each day to catch a gaze
I come down each night to have a talk
straining ears to hear muffled footsteps
but there are never any
turn around; make a sound ... will you?
Kill these nights,
identically sinister - all of them,
taunting me & haunting me...!
They don't let me in...
they don't let me go!
Kill them now, will you?
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Of were-wolves & flying foxes,
eclipses, solstices & equinoxes
of vampires & flying shoes
of treasure hunts & confusing clues
of magic trees & wishing wells
of witches n wizards & confounding spells
of dames & dragons & fearless knights
or of heroes , hippos & sugarless nights
weave me a bedtime story tonight!
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I come down each night to have a talk
straining ears to hear muffled footsteps
but there are never any
turn around; make a sound ... will you?
Kill these nights,
identically sinister - all of them,
taunting me & haunting me...!
They don't let me in...
they don't let me go!
Kill them now, will you?
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Of were-wolves & flying foxes,
eclipses, solstices & equinoxes
of vampires & flying shoes
of treasure hunts & confusing clues
of magic trees & wishing wells
of witches n wizards & confounding spells
of dames & dragons & fearless knights
or of heroes , hippos & sugarless nights
weave me a bedtime story tonight!
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
A Wintry Romance
I sat on my leaf
my hexagonal glory
twinkling in the crowd
with every passing light
He stood across from me
looking at me through the night
not budging his look
from my face
His eyes were smiling nouns
while they played
noughts & crosses
with mine
He lost all games
but won my heart
& when dawn broke
I fell from above
swimming from shape
to nothingness
He did not look back
He did not look away
I was a snowflake
and
my snowman
had a cold heart;
Obviously!
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Like Utk said, one cannot switch on creativity; I add - neither can one switch off stupidity.
But then, yeah I think I have almost found my switch!! Amen!
Here's to better times.
Thanks Phoolan!! hehe (almost forgot that one, didn't you?!)
my hexagonal glory
twinkling in the crowd
with every passing light
He stood across from me
looking at me through the night
not budging his look
from my face
His eyes were smiling nouns
while they played
noughts & crosses
with mine
He lost all games
but won my heart
& when dawn broke
I fell from above
swimming from shape
to nothingness
He did not look back
He did not look away
I was a snowflake
and
my snowman
had a cold heart;
Obviously!
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Like Utk said, one cannot switch on creativity; I add - neither can one switch off stupidity.
But then, yeah I think I have almost found my switch!! Amen!
Here's to better times.
Thanks Phoolan!! hehe (almost forgot that one, didn't you?!)
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Subah
roshni ko khauff hai
mil na jaaye phir kahin
khaab koi raat ka
subah ki aad me
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kya bataaye
kya dekha tha
thode, soone seene ke ghar pade the
thode bujhe se raahon par khade the
ujle ungliyon ki aanch se
mere dar pe saare mar gaye
mil na jaaye phir kahin
rang bikhre saanjh ke
subah ki aad me
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kya bataaye
kya dekha tha
parchaiyaan pahanke nikalti dopahre
ummeedein ugalte nigalte woh chehre
neend khuli to dhoop udi
aankhon me andhiyaare bhar gaye
roshni ko khauff hai
mil na jaaye phir kahin
hisse toote neend ke
subah ki aad me
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Har raat ki kahaani
Waise khwahishon ko likhte padhte nahin
par ham hain ki kuch bhi samajhte nahin
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badi mehrbaan hoon
shab-e-tajaruba hoon
subah ko saba hoon
Dhoond le ishq meri zameen par
yahaan hoon wahaan hoon
hawaa hoon dhuaan hoon
har kiski duaa hoon
Chod de ishq meri zameen par
jaan baqsh doon, jee vaar doon
jaan kaat-ke sau baar doon
har saans ko parwaaz de doon?
kal khaali aasmaan bhar dengi
khwahishein
ud lo zara to peeche peeche mausam bhi aayenge
saayon se jhadkar kheenche se ham bhi aayenge
seene ki shikan sawaar doon
har saans ko parwaaz de doon?
kal khaali aasmaan bhar dengi
khwahishein
labon ki har baat chakh le, khamoshiyaan dabke mar jaaye
in aankhon se junoon utaar doon
har saans ko parwaaz de doon?
kal khaali aasmaan bhar dengi
khwahishein
ek chehra hoga, ek naam hoga
kahin thahra hua koi kaam hoga
peshani pe thami si raat nahin hogi
par jab raat hogi
phir saansein udengi
aur khaali aasmaan bhar dengi
khwahishein
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
On My Own
I changed houses
I moved into a dream
with an angel
who wore
my favourite part of the day
all the time
Was it a cloud?
was it a shroud?
I went blind
the windows were all nailed
the hinges were all rusted
but deaf-mute caresses
do not leave
space to breathe
the drying dew
was there a cue?
I open my window today
to autumn leaves & noisy winds
to alien smells & hideous sights
I am scared
but I think I will find my way
I think I will make
my own favourite part of the day
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I found a map
& took the right turn
that wasn't there
but then, my angel,
he did not tell me
he would head straight
Should I hit a brake?
Was it a big mistake?
I see a street
the pavement
a crowd of broken stories
I reach out
for that hand
which is around no more
Am I free?
Should I flee?
I unhook my shadow today
I have been in the dark long enough
I can leap ahead blind-folded, unarmed
I am scared
but I think I will find my way
I think I will make
my own favourite part of the day
I moved into a dream
with an angel
who wore
my favourite part of the day
all the time
Was it a cloud?
was it a shroud?
I went blind
the windows were all nailed
the hinges were all rusted
but deaf-mute caresses
do not leave
space to breathe
the drying dew
was there a cue?
I open my window today
to autumn leaves & noisy winds
to alien smells & hideous sights
I am scared
but I think I will find my way
I think I will make
my own favourite part of the day
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I found a map
& took the right turn
that wasn't there
but then, my angel,
he did not tell me
he would head straight
Should I hit a brake?
Was it a big mistake?
I see a street
the pavement
a crowd of broken stories
I reach out
for that hand
which is around no more
Am I free?
Should I flee?
I unhook my shadow today
I have been in the dark long enough
I can leap ahead blind-folded, unarmed
I am scared
but I think I will find my way
I think I will make
my own favourite part of the day
The Call
I waited, punching on the remote
staring at the screen
the flickering images making me no sense
I waited, flipping through the magazine
staring unseeingly at the same page
again & again
I waited, brushing my hair
every other few minutes
I just did not want to fall asleep
I made myself a cup of tea
strange, it took longer than it usually does
but shorter than I wanted it to take
I waited last night
I waited till late into the night
I waited till it was night no more
I waited for the call which never came
& now it is night again.
But I am sure -you will call tonight!!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
De do na!!
A re-post! Had posted this last August 11th...
you may ask em why?
well,for now, make do with the knowledge that this is my tribute to human stupidity (my stupidity)
I think this is apt for what I currently think!
I hope you like it!
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mutthi bhar roshni kar do soone se sehar me
chutki bhar chandni bhar do beraham dopahar me
aadhi hi sahin labon ko muskaan de do
sooni zindagi ko thodi si jaan de do
ek sadi ki nahin ek ghadi hi sahin
do kadam aasmaan aaj hamko yahin
de dona
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sooni aankhon me armaan chidak jao
thahre dil me tum aake dhadak jao
boond kaafi hai ab doob jayega dil
chahaton, boond banke tapak jao
hai raahi ko bhi raaste ki khabar
aye rasta, ab tum khud bhatak jao
chup se honthon ko do chaar alfaaz de do
kabse baithe hain, ab humko aawaaz de do
umr bhar ke safar ka iraada nahin
do ghadi do kadam waise zyada nahin
de dona
...................................................................
subah baat karke dhuaan chod jao
jalte aasamaan pe ruuii odh jao
ruaa sa aasmaan ruaansa aasmaan
baras jaaye to thoda sa tod jao
seedhi lakeeron pe chalta hain waqt
aage rasta phir yahin ko mod jao
bewaqt bevajah kabhi dastak to de do
saath mera kabhi agle pal tak to de do
khokhle khaab kabhi nazar se guzarte nahin
tum waqt deke aankhon me thaharte nahin
de dona
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you may ask em why?
well,for now, make do with the knowledge that this is my tribute to human stupidity (my stupidity)
I think this is apt for what I currently think!
I hope you like it!
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mutthi bhar roshni kar do soone se sehar me
chutki bhar chandni bhar do beraham dopahar me
aadhi hi sahin labon ko muskaan de do
sooni zindagi ko thodi si jaan de do
ek sadi ki nahin ek ghadi hi sahin
do kadam aasmaan aaj hamko yahin
de dona
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sooni aankhon me armaan chidak jao
thahre dil me tum aake dhadak jao
boond kaafi hai ab doob jayega dil
chahaton, boond banke tapak jao
hai raahi ko bhi raaste ki khabar
aye rasta, ab tum khud bhatak jao
chup se honthon ko do chaar alfaaz de do
kabse baithe hain, ab humko aawaaz de do
umr bhar ke safar ka iraada nahin
do ghadi do kadam waise zyada nahin
de dona
...................................................................
subah baat karke dhuaan chod jao
jalte aasamaan pe ruuii odh jao
ruaa sa aasmaan ruaansa aasmaan
baras jaaye to thoda sa tod jao
seedhi lakeeron pe chalta hain waqt
aage rasta phir yahin ko mod jao
bewaqt bevajah kabhi dastak to de do
saath mera kabhi agle pal tak to de do
khokhle khaab kabhi nazar se guzarte nahin
tum waqt deke aankhon me thaharte nahin
de dona
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Vengeance of a loving heart
You locked me up
in your big dark house
I painted blue skies
on all your walls
Now every time
you enter your house
all you see is blue
all you see is clouds
You tied me down
to a starless night
I stretched my arms
& flew away with it
Now every time
you open your door
all you see is yellow
all you see is day
You closed your window
on my face
I pasted my smile
on your sill
now every time
you look out at the world
all you see is
my smile on a zillion lips
You hurled my song
on a cobblestone walk
i just went mute
& I still am
now every time
you take a step
all you hear is
my silence creaking under your feet
Now you crave a home
you crave that night
you crave my gift
that smiling song
how you wish you did not do
all that you did
how you wish
oh, how you wish!!
in your big dark house
I painted blue skies
on all your walls
Now every time
you enter your house
all you see is blue
all you see is clouds
You tied me down
to a starless night
I stretched my arms
& flew away with it
Now every time
you open your door
all you see is yellow
all you see is day
You closed your window
on my face
I pasted my smile
on your sill
now every time
you look out at the world
all you see is
my smile on a zillion lips
You hurled my song
on a cobblestone walk
i just went mute
& I still am
now every time
you take a step
all you hear is
my silence creaking under your feet
Now you crave a home
you crave that night
you crave my gift
that smiling song
how you wish you did not do
all that you did
how you wish
oh, how you wish!!
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Sleep, Darkness, You & Me!!
This is an age-old Jugalbandi...! Thought this surely deserves a place here!
Thanks Archie!
& thanks Bling & Hobbes for occurring to Archie when she was writing this with me!!
Thanks me for an awesomely meaningless conversation! :D
Thanks to the Eco endterm tomorrow which is driving me to post insane stuff!! lolz!!
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sri : last night
sleep did not join me in bed.. neither did you!
arch: why did not that bitch sleep come?
sri : it likes sleeping with you...
arch: i am straight
i had darkness with me last night
he is nice....
he doesn't hurt me
but then when that ass hole light comes...
he runs away
i wonder why cant he stand her
sri: did he keep you awake?
did he try, too hard?
but then he never had colors to wear, never wanted them either...
maybe that is what keeps him away
arch: he wears colors for me.... he knows i love them.... he can't disappoint me....
he doesn't keep me awake...
he is happy with even watching me sleep
says he sleeps in my sleep even more peacefully...
sri : then why did he never come my way?
i am colorful too
and am always game for a pillow fight
then why was my bed empty but for 2 strands of hair?
arch: he is straight too!!!!
sri: send him home sometime...
maybe he can try me once
i was straight too not long ago
but then this - ain't bad at all!
arch: hmmmm will ask him....lets see what he says
hes adventurous but
then i have tlod him about you
he likes people who write weird stuff
and are as big idiots as me
but he is scared of sandu....
says she can be senti
sri : darkness is all i ever wanted
even before i knew he existed
he can do whatever he wants
after i fall asleep
sleep me and darkness will be quite a threesome
arch: like bling does when you are asleep....
he kisses my nose...thats you....
he is open to anything but i am afraid he loves being loved....
you love him so deeply
he will be affectionate to you
he is gentle
he is kind
but when he goes to his deep dark mode
i am afraid he falls for blood
sri : red darkness has never crept on my walls
just for once i want to see that creep
and check out how deep he is
& then i wouldn't seek anymore
arch: he makes you addictive
he makes your insides scream
he will erase you from the peace's map
he will make you see color in dark
he will make you crave dark in the light...
sri: i do see him all the time
each time i close my eyes
each time i pull down the blinds
each time i slide under the covers
don't ask me what we did the last time around
but then i don't know why
sleep does not visit me
with him around
am I too busy for her
she can make me see things
much worse than he ever did
every night in my dreams i see you i feel you
arch: she makes you see things you might want to see....
but he makes you see things you never want to see....
and beyond......
par the boundaries of what you can see what you want to see
and even what you don't want to see.....
and he will never leave me.. he will drag you for me
sri: sight is a handicap
i don't want it anymore
i like it the way i am
with him around
blind as love
and dead as a night
let him drag me let him drown me
let him... will he?
arch: he loves it..
he loves me..
if i say..
he will....
we have been together forever..
he cant disappoint me...
my first love he is... { fourth first that is}...
sri: just noticed - don't know if i should tell you
but he lives in my pajamas when they aren't down
yes, it is dark in there
when they are up n moving
arch: he hides so you don't get scared....
he has got many things to him...
sri: yes he wears and he wears me out
when he does all those unspeakable things to me
i can see what i want to and not see what i don't
when he is with me
which he seldom is
arch: he will be for you love him so much..
he wont deny you.. you adore him i can see...
sri : he is prose when he slides on my skin...
he is poetry when he dives right in
he is rhythm when he moves down me
he is the night for the rest of the world
but then he snores me the sounds of crickets
and his stubble pricks me at all the wrong places
no wonder sleep that lazy dame
never ever comes to bed with me
my bed is empty but 4 your memories n two strands of hair
neither is it dark nor can i sleep
take me away
take me away from me!!!
arch: thats not snores...
its the sneeze.....
when he screams world stops spinning....
and when he is pure passionate..
he will kiss your soul out of you...
he will take you away from you
sri : i cant wait i cant breathe
yes i am coming he is coming...
we are coming ..
and i can see she is coming too!
sleep my elusive bed-partner
arch: i will make sure she doesn't come near you and let you experience the exotic partner.
sri : pray let her! let her be let her see
let her cry, let her creep
pray let her be
pray let her, for me
arch: let her feel how it is when you don't get your beloved....
let her crave for you..
like you crave for me
sri : i crave to be rescued from salvation...
don't need oblivion yet
don't need bliss either
why let me away... why let me down
why let me out.. i will stay out forever or less
what happened to blue moon??
arch: blue moon is always burning seeing the dark play with me...
she comes...
see...
burn...
sometimes she comes full... sometimes she comes half... sometimes she dosnt come at all.....
lets us alone in the fantasy
sri: u evasive... conniving bitch.....
Thanks Archie!
& thanks Bling & Hobbes for occurring to Archie when she was writing this with me!!
Thanks me for an awesomely meaningless conversation! :D
Thanks to the Eco endterm tomorrow which is driving me to post insane stuff!! lolz!!
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sri : last night
sleep did not join me in bed.. neither did you!
arch: why did not that bitch sleep come?
sri : it likes sleeping with you...
arch: i am straight
i had darkness with me last night
he is nice....
he doesn't hurt me
but then when that ass hole light comes...
he runs away
i wonder why cant he stand her
sri: did he keep you awake?
did he try, too hard?
but then he never had colors to wear, never wanted them either...
maybe that is what keeps him away
arch: he wears colors for me.... he knows i love them.... he can't disappoint me....
he doesn't keep me awake...
he is happy with even watching me sleep
says he sleeps in my sleep even more peacefully...
sri : then why did he never come my way?
i am colorful too
and am always game for a pillow fight
then why was my bed empty but for 2 strands of hair?
arch: he is straight too!!!!
sri: send him home sometime...
maybe he can try me once
i was straight too not long ago
but then this - ain't bad at all!
arch: hmmmm will ask him....lets see what he says
hes adventurous but
then i have tlod him about you
he likes people who write weird stuff
and are as big idiots as me
but he is scared of sandu....
says she can be senti
sri : darkness is all i ever wanted
even before i knew he existed
he can do whatever he wants
after i fall asleep
sleep me and darkness will be quite a threesome
arch: like bling does when you are asleep....
he kisses my nose...thats you....
he is open to anything but i am afraid he loves being loved....
you love him so deeply
he will be affectionate to you
he is gentle
he is kind
but when he goes to his deep dark mode
i am afraid he falls for blood
sri : red darkness has never crept on my walls
just for once i want to see that creep
and check out how deep he is
& then i wouldn't seek anymore
arch: he makes you addictive
he makes your insides scream
he will erase you from the peace's map
he will make you see color in dark
he will make you crave dark in the light...
sri: i do see him all the time
each time i close my eyes
each time i pull down the blinds
each time i slide under the covers
don't ask me what we did the last time around
but then i don't know why
sleep does not visit me
with him around
am I too busy for her
she can make me see things
much worse than he ever did
every night in my dreams i see you i feel you
arch: she makes you see things you might want to see....
but he makes you see things you never want to see....
and beyond......
par the boundaries of what you can see what you want to see
and even what you don't want to see.....
and he will never leave me.. he will drag you for me
sri: sight is a handicap
i don't want it anymore
i like it the way i am
with him around
blind as love
and dead as a night
let him drag me let him drown me
let him... will he?
arch: he loves it..
he loves me..
if i say..
he will....
we have been together forever..
he cant disappoint me...
my first love he is... { fourth first that is}...
sri: just noticed - don't know if i should tell you
but he lives in my pajamas when they aren't down
yes, it is dark in there
when they are up n moving
arch: he hides so you don't get scared....
he has got many things to him...
sri: yes he wears and he wears me out
when he does all those unspeakable things to me
i can see what i want to and not see what i don't
when he is with me
which he seldom is
arch: he will be for you love him so much..
he wont deny you.. you adore him i can see...
sri : he is prose when he slides on my skin...
he is poetry when he dives right in
he is rhythm when he moves down me
he is the night for the rest of the world
but then he snores me the sounds of crickets
and his stubble pricks me at all the wrong places
no wonder sleep that lazy dame
never ever comes to bed with me
my bed is empty but 4 your memories n two strands of hair
neither is it dark nor can i sleep
take me away
take me away from me!!!
arch: thats not snores...
its the sneeze.....
when he screams world stops spinning....
and when he is pure passionate..
he will kiss your soul out of you...
he will take you away from you
sri : i cant wait i cant breathe
yes i am coming he is coming...
we are coming ..
and i can see she is coming too!
sleep my elusive bed-partner
arch: i will make sure she doesn't come near you and let you experience the exotic partner.
sri : pray let her! let her be let her see
let her cry, let her creep
pray let her be
pray let her, for me
arch: let her feel how it is when you don't get your beloved....
let her crave for you..
like you crave for me
sri : i crave to be rescued from salvation...
don't need oblivion yet
don't need bliss either
why let me away... why let me down
why let me out.. i will stay out forever or less
what happened to blue moon??
arch: blue moon is always burning seeing the dark play with me...
she comes...
see...
burn...
sometimes she comes full... sometimes she comes half... sometimes she dosnt come at all.....
lets us alone in the fantasy
sri: u evasive... conniving bitch.....
Friday, August 31, 2007
Raat bhi lambi laage!
ek khaab ke kone me ek syaah si raat mili
woh raat jo teri gali me utarke guzarti hai
kabhi raat ke peeche main bhi tahalne jo nikla karoon
woh lekar chalti hai kisi anjaan se saahil pe
geeli si mitti pe pairon ke nishaan tale
kuch narm si naazuk si khwahishein kinaaron pe
har din ki tarah samandar me bulbule bharti lahre
daudte huye aati aur saahil pe marti lahre
kya pata ke samandar me bikhri bhi kuch khwahish ho
aur raat me udte hue kuch khaab adhoore ho
dhoondha to bahut maine par aankhein tanha hi rahi
dhoondha to dekha maine paani khud pyaasa hai
phir samjha - lahron pe mohre to thaharte nahin
aur is sard se kohre me chehre bhi nahin milte
tu bhi to kabhi yunhi meri raat ke peeche nikal
tab jaanoge yun tanha lautna kya hota hai
ek khayaal ko odhe huye main jo kabhi mil jaaoon
dekhna tere chat par bhi koi saanjh pada hoga
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raat bhi lambi laage
teri judaaiyon me
jaan ka tukda jaaye re
Gulzar
woh raat jo teri gali me utarke guzarti hai
kabhi raat ke peeche main bhi tahalne jo nikla karoon
woh lekar chalti hai kisi anjaan se saahil pe
geeli si mitti pe pairon ke nishaan tale
kuch narm si naazuk si khwahishein kinaaron pe
har din ki tarah samandar me bulbule bharti lahre
daudte huye aati aur saahil pe marti lahre
kya pata ke samandar me bikhri bhi kuch khwahish ho
aur raat me udte hue kuch khaab adhoore ho
dhoondha to bahut maine par aankhein tanha hi rahi
dhoondha to dekha maine paani khud pyaasa hai
phir samjha - lahron pe mohre to thaharte nahin
aur is sard se kohre me chehre bhi nahin milte
tu bhi to kabhi yunhi meri raat ke peeche nikal
tab jaanoge yun tanha lautna kya hota hai
ek khayaal ko odhe huye main jo kabhi mil jaaoon
dekhna tere chat par bhi koi saanjh pada hoga
---------------------------------------------------
raat bhi lambi laage
teri judaaiyon me
jaan ka tukda jaaye re
Gulzar
Friday, August 24, 2007
Another Christmas
Look at me
I am standing here on a busy street
waving & shouting out loud
But none ever looks at me
A Star for a fiver
A silver ball for a rupee
make your girl smile
make your child happy
please buy somethng from me
Sir
please buy somethng from me
Ma'am
please buy somethng from me
Everybdy's found a bzy road
I stand here, tired & wait
Won't somebdy sell me jus one smile?
I wanna live tomorrow again
Santa won't come behind
the park bench where I live
coz I don't have a fireplace
leave alone a chimney
So Bloody somebody
please buy somethng from me
Sir
please buy somethng from me
Ma'am
please buy somethng from me
Tommy wants a blue shirt
I don't want Tommy to wake up
to a torn & empty stocking
So
please buy somethng from me!!
I am standing here on a busy street
waving & shouting out loud
But none ever looks at me
A Star for a fiver
A silver ball for a rupee
make your girl smile
make your child happy
please buy somethng from me
Sir
please buy somethng from me
Ma'am
please buy somethng from me
Everybdy's found a bzy road
I stand here, tired & wait
Won't somebdy sell me jus one smile?
I wanna live tomorrow again
Santa won't come behind
the park bench where I live
coz I don't have a fireplace
leave alone a chimney
So Bloody somebody
please buy somethng from me
Sir
please buy somethng from me
Ma'am
please buy somethng from me
Tommy wants a blue shirt
I don't want Tommy to wake up
to a torn & empty stocking
So
please buy somethng from me!!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Are Dinosaurs Extinct?
I like it when you whistle a 'hi'
I like it better when you just wink it at me!
I heard a dinosaur in a summery yellow day
Ah! I heard a dinosaur -
a T-rex dressed like a Sauropod
I still remember crumbs.
Thank God, I do!
Now, I dance to smiling afternoons
when swirling dusty winds play romance
on blazing empty roads
I heard a dinosaur in a raining silvery night
Ah! I heard a dinosaur
who now snorts down other ears
I still remember crumbs.
I wish I didn't!
I hate it when you bid 'good bye'
I hate it worse when you just leave without a word!!
I like it better when you just wink it at me!
I heard a dinosaur in a summery yellow day
Ah! I heard a dinosaur -
a T-rex dressed like a Sauropod
I still remember crumbs.
Thank God, I do!
Now, I dance to smiling afternoons
when swirling dusty winds play romance
on blazing empty roads
I heard a dinosaur in a raining silvery night
Ah! I heard a dinosaur
who now snorts down other ears
I still remember crumbs.
I wish I didn't!
I hate it when you bid 'good bye'
I hate it worse when you just leave without a word!!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Kill this space!
A night settling guy problems of a 6-year-old
A window overlooking a graveyard
A stupid rapid fire questionnaire
Nicole Kidman & Anna Kournikova
A debate - do we yell or do we not?
A talk about rages at the steering wheel
concocted stories - "barbie & barbaa"
Important clients , a delayed breakup
A game of pictionary with family
A round of booze , friends crashing over
A splurge of poetry which made me smile
A random stranger vs. the boss' daughter
Hours together, before we hit the sack
Are we still there? Are we coming back?
Are you sleeping? or am I dead?
Why is my smile blue? Yours is still red!!
Are we through? or is it just my head?
I donno what! Can you lemme out?
Not that alone, the world is all stone
But then each day leaves a little void
I still remember having read your say
A vacuum, small, is a vacuum after all!!!
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Are dinosaurs extinct?
A window overlooking a graveyard
A stupid rapid fire questionnaire
Nicole Kidman & Anna Kournikova
A debate - do we yell or do we not?
A talk about rages at the steering wheel
concocted stories - "barbie & barbaa"
Important clients , a delayed breakup
A game of pictionary with family
A round of booze , friends crashing over
A splurge of poetry which made me smile
A random stranger vs. the boss' daughter
Hours together, before we hit the sack
Are we still there? Are we coming back?
Are you sleeping? or am I dead?
Why is my smile blue? Yours is still red!!
Are we through? or is it just my head?
I donno what! Can you lemme out?
Not that alone, the world is all stone
But then each day leaves a little void
I still remember having read your say
A vacuum, small, is a vacuum after all!!!
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Are dinosaurs extinct?
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Rishtey
Purza purza raat jale
ab har dar bas khaak mila
shab bhar jalte saaye phoonke
phir bhi sahar naapaak mila
ghar se chale kisi aur dagar
phir usi afsaane pe pair pada
chub gayi wo shaam khaali si
wahi beraham ittefaaq mila
dil lagaakar dil khud kahta hai
'kismat to bahaana umda hai
kismat kos chalo, jo dil na mile'
zaalim dil ye chaalaak mila
band kamre me sab mausam to
bin dastak, aate jaate hain
kal hari thi peepal ki baahein
ab dekha soona shaakh mila
ziddi dil, toota sa, seene me
tanha kabse pada hai phir bhi
khwahish ugaane lagta hai
jab bhi aankh se aankh mila
purza purza raat jale
ab har dar bas khaak mila
har shab jalte saaye phoonke
phir bhi sahar naapaak mila
ab har dar bas khaak mila
shab bhar jalte saaye phoonke
phir bhi sahar naapaak mila
ghar se chale kisi aur dagar
phir usi afsaane pe pair pada
chub gayi wo shaam khaali si
wahi beraham ittefaaq mila
dil lagaakar dil khud kahta hai
'kismat to bahaana umda hai
kismat kos chalo, jo dil na mile'
zaalim dil ye chaalaak mila
band kamre me sab mausam to
bin dastak, aate jaate hain
kal hari thi peepal ki baahein
ab dekha soona shaakh mila
ziddi dil, toota sa, seene me
tanha kabse pada hai phir bhi
khwahish ugaane lagta hai
jab bhi aankh se aankh mila
purza purza raat jale
ab har dar bas khaak mila
har shab jalte saaye phoonke
phir bhi sahar naapaak mila
Friday, August 10, 2007
Click
A dark sky & a bright streak
A wet street & rushing people
A black umbrella & four feet
Click! there is a story
A dirty wall & graffiti
Caricatures & self-anointments
Love confessions & swear-words
Click! there is a story
A broken barbie & a garbage dump
A brown girl with a sack of grimy polythenes
A gleeful smile & a new-found fortune
Click! there is a story
Wild cities & unsung predators
Pug marks & blood trails
A carcass & a bunch of vultures
Click! there is a story
A red lane & colorful camouflages
Yellow taxis, men with stained teeth
Waxed skin, pink bangles & pasted pastels
Click! there is a story
A big dark rectangle
Rows of small lighted squares
Closed windows & hidden episodes
Click! there is a story
Click away
Dark moments with wings
need to be stored in frames-
memories!
Click all you see
pick all you can
You cannot click
muffled voices
stifled emotions
A flash cannot illuminate
everything;
can it?
A wet street & rushing people
A black umbrella & four feet
Click! there is a story
A dirty wall & graffiti
Caricatures & self-anointments
Love confessions & swear-words
Click! there is a story
A broken barbie & a garbage dump
A brown girl with a sack of grimy polythenes
A gleeful smile & a new-found fortune
Click! there is a story
Wild cities & unsung predators
Pug marks & blood trails
A carcass & a bunch of vultures
Click! there is a story
A red lane & colorful camouflages
Yellow taxis, men with stained teeth
Waxed skin, pink bangles & pasted pastels
Click! there is a story
A big dark rectangle
Rows of small lighted squares
Closed windows & hidden episodes
Click! there is a story
Click away
Dark moments with wings
need to be stored in frames-
memories!
Click all you see
pick all you can
You cannot click
muffled voices
stifled emotions
A flash cannot illuminate
everything;
can it?
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Mowed
Now they do not write down thoughts
with toes
on the green lawn
listening to
the confluence of muffled syllables
in the air
The smell of mowed lawns
sits in the corridor
Now they do not watch the
shades of green
the lawn wears through each hour
'The night is a firefly
You cannot catch up with it
The day is a shadow
You cannot blow it away'
Now they do not wet their palms
when the skies rain down stars
stars which do not dry up
in warm thoughts
Now they do not notice
cringed noses
crumpled noises
'cause now they cannot
The smell of mowed lawns returns
every now & then
to the corridor
They sometimes wonder
on rainy noons
when feet are still or running -
would it smell as bad
if the sky were mowed?
with toes
on the green lawn
listening to
the confluence of muffled syllables
in the air
The smell of mowed lawns
sits in the corridor
Now they do not watch the
shades of green
the lawn wears through each hour
'The night is a firefly
You cannot catch up with it
The day is a shadow
You cannot blow it away'
Now they do not wet their palms
when the skies rain down stars
stars which do not dry up
in warm thoughts
Now they do not notice
cringed noses
crumpled noises
'cause now they cannot
The smell of mowed lawns returns
every now & then
to the corridor
They sometimes wonder
on rainy noons
when feet are still or running -
would it smell as bad
if the sky were mowed?
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Insaan bhi mausam hai
kis baat ki baat karoon, har baat kahin gum hai
jab baat karoon tumse, jazbaat kahin gum hai
dooja pehlu dekha, chand ka, tere sang, kabhi
tanha koshish kya karoon, ab raat kahin gum hai
baadal barsi thi kabhi, baatein ab barasti nahin
nazrein pooche hain kyun barsaat kahin gum hai
do lamhen lavz bhare, sadiyaan phir sannate
lab shikwe kare mujhse, hamjaat kahin gum hai
tere lahze ke naqshe par, woh shaqs mila hi nahin
bas beech ke purze mile, shuruaat kahin gum hai
hai kisiki meharbaani- tu woh to nahin jo tha
tu gum hai,aur sukoon tere saath kahin gum hai
kis baat ki baat karoon, har baat kahin gum hai
jab baat karoon tumse, jazbaat kahin gum hai
jab baat karoon tumse, jazbaat kahin gum hai
dooja pehlu dekha, chand ka, tere sang, kabhi
tanha koshish kya karoon, ab raat kahin gum hai
baadal barsi thi kabhi, baatein ab barasti nahin
nazrein pooche hain kyun barsaat kahin gum hai
do lamhen lavz bhare, sadiyaan phir sannate
lab shikwe kare mujhse, hamjaat kahin gum hai
tere lahze ke naqshe par, woh shaqs mila hi nahin
bas beech ke purze mile, shuruaat kahin gum hai
hai kisiki meharbaani- tu woh to nahin jo tha
tu gum hai,aur sukoon tere saath kahin gum hai
kis baat ki baat karoon, har baat kahin gum hai
jab baat karoon tumse, jazbaat kahin gum hai
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Punctuated Life
Punctuated noise
fills my day...
You had the silence I needed
But where can I find you?
You live in a place
filled with
a zillion fullstops
I can't come by
to see you giftwrap
all those for me
I can't go ahead
without any either
Too sad you wouldn't know
I am stuck at a comma...
Moments with wings
refusing to fly ahead
Cold feet
Cold shoulders
Hot heads
all around
I never find your face
bare of those fullstops
I wait at my comma,
watching it turn into a question mark!
I will soon be the one
with a zillion question marks.
...............................................................
Inspired by Gattu & his zillion fullstops!
Dedicated to those silent relationships beyond comprehension!
.............................................
fills my day...
You had the silence I needed
But where can I find you?
You live in a place
filled with
a zillion fullstops
I can't come by
to see you giftwrap
all those for me
I can't go ahead
without any either
Too sad you wouldn't know
I am stuck at a comma...
Moments with wings
refusing to fly ahead
Cold feet
Cold shoulders
Hot heads
all around
I never find your face
bare of those fullstops
I wait at my comma,
watching it turn into a question mark!
I will soon be the one
with a zillion question marks.
...............................................................
Inspired by Gattu & his zillion fullstops!
Dedicated to those silent relationships beyond comprehension!
.............................................
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