Monday, 23 October 2017

DIWALI 1

You can decorate my courtyard,
                        With as many lamps as you please.
But you cannot illuminate
             The deep gloom of my soul with their bliss.

From these tiny lamps,
                              You wish to brighten my mind,
How innocent of you; you insist
                                The fireflies to lighten a world.

 Mercifully, you wish me to bathe
                                 In the lights for a brief period,
Smile heartily coming out of the grave
                                        Of sorrow for that period.

I do not wish to smile temporarily
                   While I know that sorrow is my fortune,
  No fleeing from my permanent ally            
                          As I do not trust in fleeting relations.

There is a moon in the heaven
                                        That can cure my affliction,
But she forgot the path of my sky
                              Once she dipped into the horizon.

The full moon night, the moonbeams,
                                  Will certainly come for others,
But the new moon had decided
                                            To reign over my sector.

Whatsoever she had given me
                                Even if it is tears, it is my heaven,
And I do not wish to come
                              Out of the spell of her adoration.


DIWALI

Isolation made me a habitant of the deepest part of the gloomy ocean,
And my soul trembles in the thought of lights and celebration.

My acquaintance with the gloom is so intense,
That the light pinches my eyes and irritates my senses.

The spark of love that struck my heart on the Diwali last year,
Is burning me in the shape of a terrible fire after your departure.   

Knowing well the pain of burning why should I set fire,
To the innocent earthen lamps just for the sake of my pleasure?

Moreover, these artificial lights are incapable instruments,
 To remove the darkness of separation that covered my heart.

I fear, on the contrary, these messengers of celebration,
Will add fuel to the fire and aggravate my already grave condition.

Hence Folks, this year there will be no Diwali at my residence,
 As my dejected heart will be more comfortable in the darkness.

Saturday, 21 October 2017

THE PREDICTION

In the light and shadow of hope and desperation,
I rushed towards a probable source of some illumination,
Even though the wiser part of my person,
Was not firmly behind that action.

My zodiac will be in a favorable position next year, said the astrologer,
And I will smoothly sail through my path as per my desire.
I hesitated to ask him about the future of my devotion.
But he on his own pronounced that it will be in a healthy condition.

The lines of fate on my palm are opening up, said the palmist,
By the end of this year, they will emerge apparent.
About the lines and bumps of love, I forgot to inquire,
He informed that they are going to be elevated the next year.

I am neither ignorant nor unwise to trust these things
But you know, desperate man does all things,
Irrespective of authenticity and reliability of the prediction,
It was great that my mental conditions got a positive direction.

सुमन की चाहत

सदा मुस्कुराता, तितलिओं से बातें करता, 
हवा में लहराता, हूँ मैं एक सुमन।  
धूप से झुलसता, बारिश  से ठिठुरता, 
प्रकृति माँ का मानवता को अनमोल बरदान। 

छोटी सी काया है, जरासा  जीवन है, 
उससे भी छोटी है मेरी चाहत।  
सीमित इस अवधि में, नगण्य इस अवसर में, 
करना है मुझे कोई काम महत। 

चाह है कि  मेरी  खूबसूरती से आल्हादित रहे, 
परेशान मानव का  उदास मन,
मेरी  खुशबू से सदा सराबोर रहे, 
चारों दिशाओं की धरती गगन।  

तुम समझदार हो  बुद्धिमान हो, 
तुम बिद्वान हो, हे  इंसान।   
बिनती है तुम से इस तुच्छ सुमन की, 
रखना है तुम्हे मेरी  चाहत का ध्यान।  

तोड़ न देना मुझे कभी डाली से, 
न देना मेरे जीवन सफर को आधे में तुम बिराम।  
जब तक रहूं मैं धरती पर ,
करता रहूं अपने मन के सारे इप्सित काम।     

दिवाली 1

सजादो ओ  जगवालों  चाहे जितना दिया मेरे चारों ओर,
कर नहीं पाओगे मेरे मन पर छाया गम का घना अँधेरा दूर।

तुम चाहते हो कि  मैं भी थोड़ा उजालें  से नहालूँ,
गम के  अँधेरे से निकल कर कुछ देर मुस्कुरालूँ।

आज  थोड़ी देर मैं मुस्कुरा भी लूंगा तो  फिर कल क्या होगा,
कल  फिर से मुझे अंधेरे की पनाह में  तो जाना ही होगा,

इन नन्हे प्रदीपों से तुम मेरे मन को रोशन करने की चाह रखते हो,
बड़े नादाँ हो तुम, जुगनुओं से जग उजियारा करने का आग्रह करते हो।

है एक चांद जो कर सकता था  मेरे  अँधेरे  को दूर,
ढल चुका  है वह,  भूल चुका  है राह मेरे आसमान की ओर।

पूर्णमासी फिर नहीं आएगी कभी मेरे जीवन में,
अमावस तय कर चुकी  है कि  करेगी राज अब  मेरे आंगन में।

Friday, 20 October 2017

दिवाली

न जलेगा अब की बार मेरे आँगन  दीया,
अंधेरे का  आदी हूं मैं, उजाला में मेरा काम है क्या ?

तुम  भी जगवालों  दिलजले को दीया जलाकर न जलाओ,
चुभती है रोशनी यह आग कहीं और ले जाओ। 

बीते दिवाली को मेरे सीने में लगी थी जो ठंडी आग,
जल रहा है तब से ये जल कर दिल  हो चुका है राख। 

राख को आग लगा कर तुम्हे क्या हासिल होगा?
मेरी चुभन,  मेरी  जलन और भी बढ जाएगी । 

अपनी  खुशी के खातिर तुम किसी और को न जलाओ, 
जलन का दर्द होता क्या है ये मुझ से पूछ जाओ। 


Thursday, 19 October 2017

THE BOND

Day one, day two, day three and so on,
For so many days, we didn't have any communication.

Your voice, your words didn't reach my vein,
I too failed to convey my sweet emotions.

But don't think that is the beginning of an end,
Of our relationship so deep, so sacred.

Ours is like light and shadow, day and night,
Two different entities but one solid unit.

It’s no fun the bond of two lovelorn cores,
That God had intertwined in the heaven forever.

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