बस..........

रात के साए में,
अंधेरों कि गहराई में,
बस.....

फिर लालिमा छाई,
पर यहा क्यों घटायें आई,
बस.......

हमेशा कि तन्हाई,
मेरी या तेरी रुसवाई,
बस.........

समुन्दर कि गहराई,
बादलों कि उचाई,
बस.........

नशे में मगरूर,
क्या तेरा क्या मेरा कसूर,
बस..........

बस एक बार और प्याला दे दो,
आख़िरी बार इस विष को पीने दो।

प्रयास

कुछ कुछ पुराना है,
कुछ कुछ आज के एहसास,
बस हमेशा मैं करता रह मैं प्रयास।

तुम तो मेरे आस पास थे,
आज भी ह्रदय लगाए हुए है आस,
जब जब स्मरण होंगे, शायद शब्द बिखरेंगे,
आंसुओं में भीगे हुए क्षण पीघलेंगे।

बस इसीलिये है यह अत्य्सधारण सा प्रयास,
इसे अल्पविराम देना ही उचित होगा,
अंततः सब कुछ मेरा ही तो होगा।

Ahankaar Tumhi ho

Hum jab jab darpan dekhe, tab tum dikho,
Hum jab jab saanse le tab tum milo,
Hum pal pal kaatein tum kshan kshan,

Mera ahankaar tum hi ho,
Is hriday ka nirantar pyaar tumhi ho.

Patte girte hamne dekha,
Patjhad to tumse hi seekha,
Sawan barse badal garje,
Rituein badli tum na badle,

Mera ahankaar tum hi ho,
Is hriday ka nirantar pyaar tumhi ho.

Prem Tumhi ne Kiya?


paristhiti ne patit sa jeevan kar diya,
aviralta se tab mera hriday bhar gaya,
phir bhi kehte ho ki prem tumhi ne kiye,

prastut kiya maine apne mun ko,
tumne bhi maana is jeevan ko,
phir bhi kehte ho ki prem tumhi ne kiye,

kal tak raatein roshan thi, sab mere saath the,
ab din mein saaye tak nahi, sirf kshanbhangur se aaghat hai,
phir bhi kehte ho ki sirf tumhe pyaar hai,

socha milkar baatein hongi, kuch tumse mulakatein hogi,
khali khali hriday se, amrit ki pyaas thi,
phir bhi kehte ho ki sirf tumhe pyaar ki aas thi?

You Were Mine

There has been a time when everything was mine,
There has been a time when days were not empty,
There has been a time when the morning was mine,
There has been a time when sights were not empty.

The days started betraying me,
Even the nights languished for me,
All stars fell apart,
But they couldn't replace my heart.

The way you have been nice,
We tried for the fire and ice,
The mystery still finds the place in you,
I wish I could displace you.

There has been a deep perception,
You thought to have a negotiation,
All there was in the twilight,
Found no one to the extent of my delight.

There has been a sense of soul long back,
Now the senses are diminishing,
You pray to the almighty,
Never back to the act of flourishing.

For all the reasons I never felt before,
For all the reasons I never shed the tear,
For all the reasons I never had a heart,
For all the reasons finally we set apart.

LOVE KILLS

And each man kills the thing he loves,

By all let this be heard,

Some do it with a bitter look,

Some with a flattering word,

The coward does it with a kiss,

The brave man with a sword.

Lines taken from 'The Valkyries' by Paulo Cohelo.