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Monday, July 25, 2016

Raat ki chadar odhe leta hun main taron tale,
Soch raha hun zindagi ke vo guzre afsane,
Chale the jo saath mere achhe waqt mein,
Aaj wahi hain nadar meri zindagi se,
Nahi janta hun kahan aa gaya hun,
Khud ki khud se ladai mein uljha hun,
Kise sunaun apne gham ki dastaan,
Koi nahi hai yahan mujhe sun ne wala,
Apno ki bheed mein tanha sa rehta hun,
Kuch bezubaan se firta rehta hun,
Fir wahi raat hai wahi taroon ka mela,
Fir wahi tanhai hai aur yahan main akela.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Vo bhi waqt tha jab insaan ki keemat uske imaan se lagti thi,
Aaj vo waqt hai jab imaan ki keemat insaan ki jeb se lagayi jati hai.
Umar beet gyi apno ki khushiyon ke liye khud se ladte ladte,
Socha apne nahi to kam se kam khuda to khush hoga.
Par na apno ko khush kar saka na khuda khush hua,
Is berukhi mein main dono se hi ruth baitha.
Fir socha khud ki khushi ke liye hi kuch kar lun,
Par na apno ko na khuda ko yeh gavara hua,

Friday, November 27, 2009

Of Life and Living

I cannot accept the mirth of trivialities. Of a living below life. I’d rather joke with the honest labourer whose design on the wet brick is hardened by the sun; harmony between nature and men.

But I am given, and society has ordained, the acceptance of rooms without sunlight, precision defined within dark windows and glass doors. And I must accept this common code of subsistence and forgo my living. Non-acceptance could be a fodder for future regrets.

Society, reminds you,you will shudder, without society.

But,
I cannot accept the fear of regret. Of a living below life. I’d rather soak the sun while it awaits me on green meadows. The flowers grown by the gardener; harmony between nature and men.

Often, it is simple, to romanticize. To think about harmony between nature and men. But the singular will wades through the collective of half-lives; the lively dolphin is placated by the sleeping fishes.

And if not romanticize, not think of the garden, the brick and the sun, will I not assume the role of the half-life? Of triviality?

But,
I cannot accept the mirth of trivialities. And I shall think.

Think. Think. And think about the garden and about going there. How long shall I think?

It is now that the lure of death appeals. A peaceful body, lying in the green meadows, soaking the sun, attended by the worthy gardener and the mirthful labourer.