amar jyoti

this is one of the longest ones i have written...inspired by a spanish old castle

dhalte hue suraj ki pyar bhari nigahe

aur bicharne ke gum mein bhari thandi aahe

sun sharm se laal shaam ne sehamte hue se

ghoonghat khola

ye dekh pavan ne pedo ke patton se bola

ab purani khandhar jald se jaaon

itihas ke panno se chipi, bachi yaado ko

yahan le aaon

aur thirakti machalti khilkhilati yaadein

ek baar phir

mere angan mein, mere bujhe hue aakhon mein samaa gaye

mein khushi ke palon par hans pada,

gam ke sayoon se seham gaya

mein jeevan ke lay se sangharsh se

khoon mitti aur paani se

ek baar phir heraan ho gaya

aur phir in yaadon ne

raat ki leherti aanchal ko thama

mere jivan ki roshni ko

chand mein laga kar

timtimate sitaron mein milakar

amar jyoti kar dala

solitude

this one is written a long time back probably around 2003

I stood up tp solitude

And looketh into her eye

"Who bindeth thee to

plague the lands and the sea?"

"I serve no master', she replied

"Every child is born with me inside

I stay with him through  his life

Sometimes hidden, sometimes realized

And when all worldly possessions fall aside-

On his death-bed , I survive

As his one and only confide"

"But", I objected,"What

about Beauty and Joy and the like?"

She smiled and said

"Illusions are not meant to stay,

Love shall always betray

I am the Eternal Truth

For Solitude is the soul of Mankind"

on depression/guilt

zamaane ko bahut door chod aaye hum

par janaab tanha phir bhi na ho paye

dabe pav  jahan bhi chipne jaate hein

kambaqt humari sharmindgi vahi pahunch jaati hein.....

on beauty..both human and mother nature's

palkon ke shringar se jhukti nigahein

mano phoolon ke bhaar se kaapti shakaye

balo mein gajra, galon mein lalima

mano sang khel rahe ho surya chandrima

kano ki bali, hathon ke kangan

mano aasman ne pehne ho sitaron ke aabhushan

tumhare apaar sondarya mein , main ek baar phir kho gaya

vichambhit ho, he dharti maan, tumhare gaud mein so gaya..

on new job..

khvabon ke karvan keval nayi rahon par kyun chalte hein

adhoore chitra keval umango se hi kyun rangte hein

jivan ke har nayi mod par aisa kyun lagta hein

abhi rukna nahi, bahut aage jaana hein.....

for 2 friends leaving h

heres to wishing we meet them again and again...

savan ke mahine mein rangon ka khel chalu ho jaata hein

sundar, komal khilte hue phool man behlate hein

samay ke saath phool to murjha jaate hein

par unki bhini khoshboo 

hriday mein samakar

agle savan ka dhandas bandhati hein....

for bombay

heres to wishing we could do something about the terror blasts....

jvala jab bebasi ban jaati hein
aakhon se aansu nahi raakh nikalti hein
logo ne jaan loota di, khoon baha diya,
mere bandhe hue haat to khuda ke taraf bhi nahi uth paye....