मिल जाए तो सारा आसमाँ भी थोड़ा लगता है
टुकड़े टुकड़े चिन्दियों में जोड़ा लगता है
मैं भी थोड़ी थोड़ी सी अधूरी लगती हूँ
तू भी थोड़ा थोड़ा सा अधूरा लगता है
थोड़ा थोड़ा आसमाँ मैं जेब में रखती हूँ
थोड़ा थोड़ा आसमाँ तेरी मुट्ठी से लेकर
और थोडी सी जमीं पर घर बनाती हूँ
अपना सर किसी शाम तेरे काँधे पे रखकर
एक टुकड़ा आसमाँ घर लौटते हुए
रोज फूलों में छुपाकर तुम लाते हो
एक टुकड़ा आसमाँ हर शाम मैं भी तो
चाय की प्याली में भर कर छत पर लाती हूँ
नींद के आगोश में तुम रात होते हो
मैं धीरे धीरे कर के हर टुकड़ा निकलती हूँ
और यादों के धागों से सिलती हूँ चुप चाप
थोड़ा मेरा और थोड़ा तुम्हारा आसमाँ
इसमें खिलखिलाहट का एक चाँद टाँकती हूँ
और आंसू के कुछ तारों से सजाती हूँ
हर रात पहले से थोड़ा बड़ा आसमाँ
खिड़की और दरवाजे पे टाँग आती हूँ
फ़िर भूलकर ये सारे आसमाँ का किस्सा
चैन से तेरी बाहों में आकर सो जाती हूँ
10 April, 2008
08 April, 2008
random
it's a bleak day
as i stare in the infinite
i find, i have lost myself
to begin the journey
to redicover myself
i need my companion
endless sojourns
miles and miles of barren land
charred trunks, parched earth
barren landscape tells the story
of devastation
of hte calamity that struck
when life lay unguarded
the entire cosmos conspired
and God overheard
he remained impassive, unreactive
in REPOSE
hte power of will was newly born
it's tiny limbs were weak
the small hands didn't have the strength
to turn away the calamity
the frail whimper couldn't turn away
the approaching steps of death
she lied a mute spectator
mere witness to the catastrophe
i see the fragments
of a shattered world
i try to gather the shards
of a lost melody
A tune long forgotten
resonates in my head
and creates chaos
the gods observe and still lay passive
they have loads of other work on their hands
and they seem to be pretty bad at multitasking
but i question
how could you allow this to happen
it was thier duty..thats why they are there
and if at all
why did thy prolong the pain
this should have ended in a moment
a lifetime of pain is not enough
you make dying an equally tiresome process
a lonely soul on its last journey
fumbled over so many speed breakers
shattered and battered
humping and pumping, continued
her relentless search
the search for the ultimate truth continues
but now i dont have the push to move
no inclination to continue
all seems a mirage
12th nov, 07
as i stare in the infinite
i find, i have lost myself
to begin the journey
to redicover myself
i need my companion
endless sojourns
miles and miles of barren land
charred trunks, parched earth
barren landscape tells the story
of devastation
of hte calamity that struck
when life lay unguarded
the entire cosmos conspired
and God overheard
he remained impassive, unreactive
in REPOSE
hte power of will was newly born
it's tiny limbs were weak
the small hands didn't have the strength
to turn away the calamity
the frail whimper couldn't turn away
the approaching steps of death
she lied a mute spectator
mere witness to the catastrophe
i see the fragments
of a shattered world
i try to gather the shards
of a lost melody
A tune long forgotten
resonates in my head
and creates chaos
the gods observe and still lay passive
they have loads of other work on their hands
and they seem to be pretty bad at multitasking
but i question
how could you allow this to happen
it was thier duty..thats why they are there
and if at all
why did thy prolong the pain
this should have ended in a moment
a lifetime of pain is not enough
you make dying an equally tiresome process
a lonely soul on its last journey
fumbled over so many speed breakers
shattered and battered
humping and pumping, continued
her relentless search
the search for the ultimate truth continues
but now i dont have the push to move
no inclination to continue
all seems a mirage
12th nov, 07
यूँ ही
जब शिव की तीसरी आँख खुलती है तो क्या बाकी दोनों आंखें बंद हो जाती हैं?
या सारा विध्वंस वो देखती हैं-- प्रलय की सारी लीला, सारा विष, सारी अग्नि...
क्रोधाग्नि में जल कर, तप कर , और भस्म होकर सृष्टि फ़िर बन जाती है और आराध्य देव शंकर उस पल्लवित पुष्पित और सुरभित कानन से उदासीन होकर आंखें बंद कर ध्यान में डूब जाते हैं।
इस समाधि से किसी तुच्छ की पुकार सुनने क्या वो उठेंगे? नहीं...कदापि नहीं
इसलिए...नहीं उठे वो
02 April, 2008
salute to a faceless stranger
the world of internet is amazing. some years back i would have thought it impossible to be connected to some people through an entirely untrustworthy medium and be emotionally involved with them.
but it has happened, time and again words of strangers have been beacons in darkness, hepling hands on slippery roads and at times a burning whiskey on hte rocks just for the heck of it. there are people who open their hearts out...sometimes their faces are there sometimes not...and it hardly makes a difference, coz we make a portrait in our minds, we give them attributes...we are all the people we read about...in our mind.
i write mostly on a regular basis, and now i have the habit of regularly checking out a couple of other people's blogs...i like hte way they think. and yes i do wait to see what they think of what i write, if at all they do think. i wonder if like me everyone has some spare time at hand to think of other people quuietly tapping away in the silences and loneliness of night.
twice in my life...in this love affair with the internet i have come across people whose writings have struck me as a thunderbolt...once for the sheer realism and identification with it...and secondly for the stark surrealism and inability to understand the next person. for some reason i feel i know these two people inside out, i have seen them, talked to them, laughed with them, danced with them...and felt their touch...once as a handshake, and second time as a fatherly pat on my head. they came and from the very first day they became very important part of my life...just like that.
so this is a tribute to you Ms. NB and Mr. FM...may god keep you happy always
but it has happened, time and again words of strangers have been beacons in darkness, hepling hands on slippery roads and at times a burning whiskey on hte rocks just for the heck of it. there are people who open their hearts out...sometimes their faces are there sometimes not...and it hardly makes a difference, coz we make a portrait in our minds, we give them attributes...we are all the people we read about...in our mind.
i write mostly on a regular basis, and now i have the habit of regularly checking out a couple of other people's blogs...i like hte way they think. and yes i do wait to see what they think of what i write, if at all they do think. i wonder if like me everyone has some spare time at hand to think of other people quuietly tapping away in the silences and loneliness of night.
twice in my life...in this love affair with the internet i have come across people whose writings have struck me as a thunderbolt...once for the sheer realism and identification with it...and secondly for the stark surrealism and inability to understand the next person. for some reason i feel i know these two people inside out, i have seen them, talked to them, laughed with them, danced with them...and felt their touch...once as a handshake, and second time as a fatherly pat on my head. they came and from the very first day they became very important part of my life...just like that.
so this is a tribute to you Ms. NB and Mr. FM...may god keep you happy always
31 March, 2008
magical moments
29 March, 2008
होली
मोरे किसना तूने मुझको कितनी मुश्किल में डाला रे
कौन सा रंग लगाऊँ तुझको...तू क्यों इतना काला रे
लाल रंग ना दीखे तुझपे...हरा रंग भी दीखे ना
कैसे खेलूं तुझसे होली... तू जो इतना काला रे
सुबह से सारी सखियाँ आयीं रंग लिए पिचकारी भी
जी भर खेली उनके संग मैं, भीगी पूरी साड़ी भी
पर जो तुझको रंगा नहीं तो क्या होली की बात
दही बड़ा ज्यों सब डाला पर भूल गई मसाला रे
प्रीत के रंग मैं डालूं तुझपे आ जाओ मेरे किसना
बतलाऊँ कि क्यों होता होली का रंग निराला रे
नीली पीली हरी गुलाबी सारे रंगो में रंग कर
एक दिन तो हो जाती मैं भी काली...तू जो काला रे
कौन सा रंग लगाऊँ तुझको...तू क्यों इतना काला रे
लाल रंग ना दीखे तुझपे...हरा रंग भी दीखे ना
कैसे खेलूं तुझसे होली... तू जो इतना काला रे
सुबह से सारी सखियाँ आयीं रंग लिए पिचकारी भी
जी भर खेली उनके संग मैं, भीगी पूरी साड़ी भी
पर जो तुझको रंगा नहीं तो क्या होली की बात
दही बड़ा ज्यों सब डाला पर भूल गई मसाला रे
प्रीत के रंग मैं डालूं तुझपे आ जाओ मेरे किसना
बतलाऊँ कि क्यों होता होली का रंग निराला रे
नीली पीली हरी गुलाबी सारे रंगो में रंग कर
एक दिन तो हो जाती मैं भी काली...तू जो काला रे
एक रंग ऐसा भी
नूपुर बोले धीमे सुर में
आया किसना री...
हाय! लजा कर लाल हुयी मैं
उसने जो पकड़ी चुनरी...
आज तो होली नहीं है
मनुहार कितनी की...
भाग निकली जैसे ही मैं
उसने मारी पिचकारी...
भीगी साड़ी जो मैं दौड़ी
रंग लेके भी...
छलिया किसना रंग डाला
मेरे रंग से ही...
गाल रक्तिम, मंद स्मित मैं
बनूँ किसलय सी...
आया किसना री...
हाय! लजा कर लाल हुयी मैं
उसने जो पकड़ी चुनरी...
आज तो होली नहीं है
मनुहार कितनी की...
भाग निकली जैसे ही मैं
उसने मारी पिचकारी...
भीगी साड़ी जो मैं दौड़ी
रंग लेके भी...
छलिया किसना रंग डाला
मेरे रंग से ही...
गाल रक्तिम, मंद स्मित मैं
बनूँ किसलय सी...
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