mazhab

maayus na ho dildaar
tu mohabbat-e-mazhab rakh barkarar
tu paa na sake toh gam na kar
tu dekar hi ho ja khushgavar

Pyaasa

wahan se ek boond mile
toh sagar lagta hai
jahaan se sagar mile
toh bhi man pyaasa bhatakta hai

inteha

kadam thakte tab bhi hum chalte
lekin aaj hum thak gaye hain

wah

kuch hosh nahi rahta,
kuch dhyaan nahi rahta
insaan mohabbat main,
insaan nahi rahta

- hindi movie sarfarosh

bacche

jinhe sapnon ki izazat nahi
woh yaadon ki panah main sote hain

Holy Dip

us ganga main amir garib
raja rank
sab koi dubki lagaye
kuch doobe kuch tar jaye

auchitya

is bhramaand ka auchitya yahi
ek pal ko bune
jismain mohabbat pale

(ok. that is lofty).

jaddojahad

har dard ko baantan nahi ja sakta
har chahat ko paya nahi ja sakta
par kahte hain ki thori si koshish se
har waqt ko hai kata ja sakta

chakra

raat jo le kar aayi thi
dhoop subah se woh auns le chali
ek aur raat aayegi
kal patte par phir auns jhilmilayegi

dua

khuda tujhe salamat rakhe
ke tu kai aankhon ka noor hai
teri hansi se roshan
kai gharon ki chardiwariyan
kai dilon ke chaukhane
khuda tujhe salamat rakhe
ke tu mohabbat-e-kohinoor hai

maykhana

har shaam peena yahan
agar jaam nahi
toh jeena kahan

(playing with words)

one evening

we sat by the creek
me and my heart
the flowing water reflected the evening light
and we followed the flow
me and my heart

some kids came and played
in a gentle wind the trees swayed
new shoots on old barks
their leaves were tender green

water overflowed the banks
and fell making a fall
we watched it make the ripples
me and my heart

baatein

jo tere labzon main nahi
woh tere chehre ne kahi

andekha

us hansi ke piche
sagar se gahra dard chupa hai

apnapan

apno ki kuch baaton ko
humne nazarandaz kiya
jo baat ko pakdenge
toh apne apne kahan rahenge

akaran

hi aankh bhar aayi
humne toh kuch socha bhi na tha

bahalana

har tamanna apne anjam mile yeh jaroori toh nahi
tamanna zindagi se hai zindagi tamanna se nahi

tasveer

dhalti shaam ne aaj phir
aasman rang diya hai
tere chehre par

A Simple life

What is a simple life? Is it where you go about your daily work with an ease of manner. Where you spend time with your friends and family, daily. Where you are not burning yourself to climb the ladder, where you have the time to enjoy the shade of a tree in the summer afternoon. Where you have the time to sit with a stranger, or take a stroll at the sunset. Where you can spare a dime for the needy, a kind word for the unfortunate, maybe a helping hand for the stumbling. Is it all that and more? It sounds like a retired man's life, really.

Jaded

You've tried everything in your capability. Done everything you could possibly. And then you dont get it; it doesn't hit you that moment. It hits you later one day, and you feel lost. Totally. And on top of that, you get advice. Do this, try that, this is what you should have done, this is what you need to work upon, this is how you get there, blah. The absurd thing is that the person advising you is trying to help you, but it worsens the situation. Then there is self-doubt, loss of self-esteem, loss of motivation. And you dont know what to do. As time passes by you heal up, gather yourself and struggle again. Only to find yourself going through the same scene, same act, same result. It's just that the other actors have changed. Then you give up the fight. That's when you are jaded.