Welcome

There has not been a day
That I did not remember you.
There has not been a night
That I did not miss you.
For, you were always with me,
In my thoughts and my breaths
There has not been a moment
That I did not love you.

With oceans and mountains in between us
You have made sure you come closer to me,
With every moment that passes by
I feel you much nearer to me.

This time has always been taken a lot from us
This distance has always been tearing us apart
I could, but I never said how much I love you,
I say now, “Come straight to my heart.”

And life will be happy
As it never was
The time will be cheerful
As it never was
The distance will vanish,
As if it was never there
We will live happily ever after,
When you will come near, my dear!

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तेरे बिना

सुनी सुनी होगी ये ज़िन्दगी तेरे बिना,
मसले फूलों सी होगी ये ज़िन्दगी तेरे बिना ।
जिस राह से तू गुज़रा करती थी हमेशा से
उस राह में ही रुकी होगी ये ज़िन्दगी तेरे बिना ॥

जितना प्यार तुने दिया है मुझको,
शयेद ही मैं उतना प्यार किसीसे अब कर पाऊं
तेरे साथ साथ कभी चल तो न सका,
शायेद तेरी राह ताकते हुए ही मैं मर जाऊँ ।
आंखें प्यासे, पलकें बोझल, नींदें गूम हो जाएँगी, तेरे बिना ॥

कल अगर तू चली जायेगी
तो आँखों से नूर चला जायेगा
कोई जो कभी भी पास नहीं थी,
अब सदा के लिए दूर चला जायेगा ।
फिज़ा वीरां, समां खामोश, राहें सुनी हो जाएँगी, तेरे बिना ॥

बहोत हो गया यूँ रातों को जागना
यूँ पलकें उठाके खिड़की से ताकना
तू कभी नहीं आई, न आने का पय्गाम भेजी
अब जा राही है, तो मेरा दिल भी साथ रखना ।
लोग बैमान, ज़माना गैर, अपने पराये हो जायेंगे, तेरे बिना ॥

मत जा, ए दोस्त मेरे
एक बस येही आरज़ू है दिलमे
फूल हज़ारों फिर से खिलेंगे
रौशनी फिरसे छा जायेगी मेहफिल्मे ।
दिल अकेला, प्यार नासूर, धड़कनें खामोश हो जाएँगी, तेरे बिना ॥

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A bug – a guru.

[This is my entry to the THE INSPIRATION POETRY CONTEST in The Writer's Lounge]

Crossposted in The Writer's Lounge

Here I sit, in this stranded cave
Having lost all –
My family, love, kingdom and people.
I have nowhere to go,
I await no one’s call –
In that bloody battlefield, I lost them all!

The battle so filthy,
It ruined me to dust –
My people betrayed, whom I trust
Still. Maybe it’s time
For me to bid goodbye –
After all that happened, I wonder why!

Where are you?
My loveliest –
The one to whom I sworn.
Traitor, yet my friend
Where have you gone?
Deceiving the land, where you were born!

Sitting here tonight,
I feel so low,
For, apart from the heavens, I’ve nowhere to go,
I flew from the arena
My people know
This shameful face of mine, I cannot show.

My sword, my friend
I plea to thee –
Cut off my head and set me free,
For, I have no choice
But to flee –
Tomorrow’s sunrise, I want not to see.

But stop. What is that bug on the wall?
Striving to climb up, yet so small,
Hurling a web and trying to mount
But each time it would surely fall.



No, wait! It is climbing now
Showing me the way exactly how
What a thought, that has crept in my mind!
“O Spider, my teacher, let me take a bow.”

Now I know! No need to fake it.
The world to you is the way you take it.
One thing that I have learnt for my life –
If you try, you will surely make it.
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मेरी ज़िन्दगी

खूब होता अगर तुम न होते
हम रातों को निंदभर सोते
खुश तो हम शायेद न होते
पर अकेले यूँ फिर न रोते...

ज़माने की परवा नही थी हमे
ज़माना हमारी किस काम की?
प्यार कभी तुने किया ही नही
साथ चली, पर बस नाम की ।

ज़िन्दगी तुमको हम
क्या कहे अब कहो
चाहो अगर तुम
दो घरी और रहो ।

तुम जो हो तो जिए जा रहे हम
खूब होता अगर तुम न होते ...


Tejpur, Assam
July 5, 2005
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Waiting too long…

Thinking of these wonderful years
Which I passed with eyes in tears
Maybe I could have sung a
…………………Brilliant song –
But, I have waited for you
I have waited too long.

An ocean of darkness was all around me
It was so hazy that I couldn’t see
When did the spring came
And when it was gone –
…………I have waited too long
Maybe, I have waited too long.

Birds that came, they did not stay
For every smile in face, I had to pay
Joy dies the very moment
As and when it was born –
…………I have waited too long
Yes, I have waited too long.

It was a dream when you came by
Smiling at me, you said, “Hi”
Holding your hands my pain was gone
I said, “I have been waiting too long –
………… “I have been waiting too long.”

Joy came in knocking at the door
I set my boat on sail once more
Until this time, it was rowing alone
…………I have been waiting too long
…………I have been waiting too long.

You are here, deep inside
What may happen with the next tide?
You may be leaving, I don’t know
Maybe you’ll be still beside…
But this is true, priced and known
That, I have been waiting too long
…………I have been waiting too long
……………………For you, baby
…………I have been waiting too long
……………………For you, maybe
…………I have been crying too long!!

Bikaner, Rajasthan
February 16, 2005

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मेरे गम

तुम न हुए गम तो फीर
हम जीए साहारे किसके
मौतआए तो लौट जाना
घरी भर ठहरो तो सही -
साथ चले उम्रभर हमारे
तो थोड़ी देर और सही ।

भूल सकता नही उन्हें
हर बार जो दगा देते हैं
हैं अनजान वफ़ा से पर
इल्ज़ाम-ऐ-वफ़ा देते है
आकर् साथ मेरे उनसे तुम
मिलो तो सही -


हमे अनजाम-ऐ-मुहब्बत का इल्म
हो या न हो
दौलत-ऐ-इश्क का गुमां
हो या न हो
इल्तेजा इत्नी है, हकीक़त-ऐ-बयाँ
हो तो सही -


Jorhat, Assam
July 3, 2005
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शब्द, कुछ शब्द

शब्द, कुछ शब्द -
. जिन्हें जोड़के कहानिया बनी
. जिन्हें मोड़के रास्ते बनाये गए ...
. कुछ ऐसे ही शब्दों का दास्ताँ है ये ज़िन्दगी ll



शब्दों के हैं कोई बादशाह तो कोई गुलाम है
शब्द - कहीं अघाज़ तो कहीं अंजाम है
शब्दों से तुम तुम हो, हम हम हैं
शब्दों से कोई मशहूर तो कोई बदनाम हैं
शब्दों से लुटाये गए कुछ नगमे
शब्दों से बंधे गया कुछ रिश्ते
शब्दों से ही उभर आती है खुशी
शब्दों से छुपाये गए कुछ गम हैं!

शब्दों में मिलन का पय्गाम होता है
शब्दों में कुछ खास तो कुछ आम होता है
शब्दों से ही कोई बड़ा, कोई छोटा है
शब्द - कहीं रहीम तो कहीं राम होता है ...
शब्द जो जुड़े तो इतिहास रची
शब्दों से क्रांति और आन्दोलन मची
शब्दों से बनी है कितने ही कबितायें
शब्दों से ही हर कवि का एक अलग नाम होता है!


शब्द, कुछ शब्द -
. जिनहें जोडके कहानिया बनी ll



Jorhat, Assam
June 30, 2005
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बेवफा दिल

दिल का क्या है
दिल तो लग जाती है वहां
जहाँ दिल लगाना मुनासिब न हो,
शरतें वफ़ा का ऐसी ही है यारो
दिलको क्यों बेवफा कहें?

हमने तेरे खातिर सनम
दिलको समझाएं बहोत,
उरती पंछी, बहता बादल को देखकर
दिल भी उरना चाहे कभी तो
दिलको क्यों बेवफा कहें?

एक ही ज़िन्दगी है हमारी
तेरे नाम जो कर दी है
तेरे हाथों में है दिल हमेशा
तेरे प्यार में डूबा हुआ है दिल
फिर बेवफाई क्यों करें?

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আলো, আর মন্দ নয়

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Complicated.... (Contd.)

Backdrop: I write for the Writer's Lounge, and there are numerous writers in that blog, who write much well than what I do. I was reading through a poem posted by one of my mates there. The poem was as awesome as it would be. You will know if you would go through the poem available in this link. Now, after reading it, I felt that the write is incomplete and I asked myself what would happen in its continuation. I should give full credit to Mona, the author of the original poem, which encouraged me to write the following in continuation. I would request you to go through her poem before reading the following...

After a few years of moving on:

Life's worth it, I thought

I had to fight, and so I fought.

I reached there, where I am now

And I will move on, and stop not.

My fate was ill, but I stood still

I went back and won that hill,

I kept moving, even in the dark,

Holding on to a ray; and I reached the spark.

I moved on, with a desire in heart,

The world pulled me, but I acted smart.

I loved and I kissed, even when my world was inundated

It feels so easy now, as if life was never complicated.

[The same post is available here - link to The Writer's Lounge]

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Where are you?

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বৈঠা হারানো আমার ভাঙা নৌকা।

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পথে পথে – দিকে দিকে

পথে পথে – দিকে দিকে
আমারই এ’ পথ চলা,
ক্ষণে ক্ষণে – মনে মনে
এ’ কার সাথে কথা বলা?

খুঁজে পেয়েছিলাম যারে পথের বাঁকে
ভেবেছিলাম করবো আপন তাকে –
ভাবিনি এত সহজে সে হারাবে,
রাতের আগেই ফুরোবে বেলা।

মন চেয়েছিল যেতে সুদুরে
বেঁধে রেখেছিলাম খাঁচার ভেতরে –
মানলো না, সে তো উড়ে গেল,
বুঝলো না প্রেমের বিশেল জ্বালা।

(July 10, 2005 / Siliguri)

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Its cold here again tonight

Its cold here again tonight
And I feel so lost,
The buildings, the church, the trees stand alone
Waiting for the frost.

The window pane, the nearby lane
Look at each other in despair,
They are together, for all these years
But, never they could come near.

Its cold here, and its almost midnight
And I am out, in the road
The passer bys, a couple of them
Looked at me with a node.

I wanted to greet, but I didn't
They were running swiftly too,
Someone flew, grinning at me
Why should I care, who?

Its cold here again tonight
And I don’t have a place to go,
I am walking alone, shivering within
Its only that I don’t show.

A tear fell, from my eyes, I suppose
And went straight down the beard,
The hearts are breaking; the legs are shaking,
But nothing could be heard.

Its cold here again tonight
And I am missing you as ever,
You are, of course not to be found
Not here, not there, not anywhere…
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दिल का कारवाँ लूट गया

दिलके टुकरे हो गए तो
अश्क़ ये निक्ल परे
जो बोये सो पाया हैं हमने
अब कैसी शिकायत करे

जीन गलिओं में
हम चले थे
हर मोर पे ठोकर मिला
जिस् चमन का
माली बने हम
एक भी न फूल खिला
वास्ता दे किस्को अपनी प्यार का
कौन हैं जो मेरी वफ़ा पे गौर करे ...

सब कुछ लूटाके
देखा हमने
दिल का कारवाँ लूट गया
देखा था जिस्मे
सुन्हेरे सपने
वोही शीशा टूट गया,
रहा ना जगमे कोई अपना या पराया
किस्को समझाए, किस्के आगे हाथ जोरे ...
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Where have you gone?

Where have you gone?
Leaving me behind - all alone,
When I needed you, right beside me
You have been just a 'someone.'

We have known each other
For a long time, now
But we still face questions in life,
Like what, why and how?
Its not so easy,
For me, being so lazy
To forget you and carry on!

Where have I lost you?
We were travelling hand in hand,
Probably that was a mistake, that I
Wrote your name on sand.
The tides got crazy.
And you got busy
With your life, that's your own!

1:00 AM 11/1/2008
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खुश रहना यार मेरे

खुश रहना यार मेरे
दिल की दुआ है अब ये
कह राही है हर एक सदा
जहाँ की हर ख़ुशी तुझे मिले

तुझसे प्यार पाके,
हुई हसरतें मेरी पूरी
शयेद मैं नहीं था काबिल
इस लिए है अब ये दुरी

अब जब दूर है तू
मेरी ज़िन्दगी से निकलके
तुझे याद करती है बस
मेरी सांसें, हलके हलके

प्यार बहोत की हमने
तेरी हर एक अदा से
वो हसीं पल रहेगी साथ
जब निकलू मैं इस जहाँ से

खुश रहना यार मेरे
रहे जब तक ये चाँद तारे,
ज़िन्दगी ये हम जी लेंगे
तेरी यादों के सहारे

11:03 PM 10/30/2008
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Dont want you to go ...

I want to know
If you want to let it go,
If you will ask me to leave tomorrow
I wander all around
Searching for a rhythmic sound
And all the things that you never show’.

It can’t be so,
What if I want to know
Will you tell me Princess, if this is the last day
Since you told me, “No”
I am feeling so low
And I’m searching for words I’ll want to say.

1:11 AM 9/9/2008
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तुम ही तुम हो...

कैसे मैं कहदुं
तुम मेरे क्या हो,
तूफ़ान में जैसे
तुम असरा हो,
दिलमे समाई रहती हो हमारी
मेरी मंजिल हो तुम
तुमहि रास्ता हो

फूलों में तुम हो
फिज़ाओं में तुम हो
बोझल है साँसे
हवाओं में तुम हो,
दिलसे निकलके जो पहोचे दिलतक
उन सदाओं में हो तुम
मेरी आहो में तुम हो

12:25 AM 9/9/2008
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Have I ever Loved you?

Whenever I see in your eyes
I see those twinkling tears in 'em
Do they have a story to tell?
I don't know; but I feel ashamed.

I was the one who set it up
I was the one who made you cry
I was the one who made those lips tremble
I feel that these all are 'coz of me.

You never had a reason to weep
You never had any eye to cry,
However, you have kept those all to yourself
You never asked me, "Why?"

Whenever I see in your eyes
I see how much I've failed
How much I could have done for you, darling
But I never did a thing - to comfort you!

Is this a selfish act?
Did I ever forget you?
If I have been putting you in trouble,
Baby, have I ever loved you?
Have I ever Loved you?

7:52 AM 2/6/2008
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