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 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

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

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

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

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

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!!

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!!!

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

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!! :)

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...!!

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

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

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... :)

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

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

:) :) :)

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

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

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