Sunday, April 3, 2011

Chalo Sajan Hum So Jayen




चलो सजन हम सो जाएँ
सुख सपनों में खो जाएँ


जहाँ फाइलों के बीच दबी
लोरी कोई रोती न हो
आंसुओं का नाम दूसरा  
जिंदगी होती न हो

  जहाँ खुशियों के पर काटती  
मंहगाई की मार न हो
सामर्थ्यों की हंसी उड़ाता
सपनों का बाज़ार न हो


जहाँ अपनेपन के आड़ में
रिश्तों का व्यापार न हो
नेह की जो नीड़ हिला दे
ऐसा कोई औज़ार न हो



जहाँ  हर सुबह के साथ आती
चुनौतियों  की आहट न हो
रात ढले तो पंख फैलाये
मन में एक घबराहट न हो


 जहाँ समर्पण के आँगन में
सहमी -सी मजबूरी न हो
और आलिंगन के आँचल  में
साँसों की भी दूरी न हो

 ऐसे  कुछ पल  ढूँढ के लाएं 
प्रीत की उनसे सेज सजाएं  
ख़ामोशी की खुशबू ओढ़े
गीत मिलन की  गुनगुनाएं 


चलो सजन हम सो जाएँ
चलो सजन हम सो जाएँ

प्राची प्रियंका

chalo sajan hum so jayen
sukh sapnon mein kho jayen

jahan faailon ke beech dabi
 lori koi roti na ho
aansuon ka naam doosra
jindagi hoti na ho

jahan khushiyon ke par kaatthi
manhgai ki maar na ho
saamarthyon ki hansi udata
sapnon ka bazaar na ho

jahan apnepan ke aad mein
rishton ka vyapaar na ho
neh ki jo need hila de
aisa koi aujaar na ho
jahan har subah ke saath aati
chunautiyon ke aahat na ho
raat dhale toh pankh failaye
mann mein ek ghabraahat na ho

jahan samarpan ke aangan mein
sahmi-si majboori na ho
aur aalingan ke aanchal mein
saanson ki bhi doori na ho

Aise kuch pal dhoondh ke layen
preet ki unse sej sajaaen
khamoshi ki khushbu odhey
geet milan ki gungunaen

chalo sajan hum so jayen
chalo sajan hum so jayen.











Monday, March 21, 2011

My Daughter


Fallen Tree Forest Stream Waterfalls

My daughter is seventeen, She thinks she's grown
And denies to live by rules that are not her own.
A baby till yesterday,so obedient and trusting
Is suddenly vocal with high spirits bursting!!!

She thinks seven in morning is too early to rise
And college is only for fun, phone and guys.
She lives for today and dreams of a time
When she'll have twins from her Valentine!

I know my daughter is still a child
I fear her dreams are too bold and wild.
Alas!Her wings are weak to carry her far
She needs me not,yet I warn her every hour!

She'll know my love and realize I am right
When her daughter too would party late night
And she,a mother would ponder with a sigh
At how fast the days,months and years do fly!!!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Death



To know Thee, Thy noble truths
And Thy clever play of Death
When life is at its fullest swing
Thou slyly creep in, steal the breath!




I seek to know the cause of Death,
The hue, the agony, and the pain!
I seek to know the road thou tread
But all my efforts go invain!




The restlessness grows in me
An urge to know more and more
What made thee choose so humble a soul
Accompany Thee to heavenly shore?




Where did Thee take him beyond my reach?
Why did Thee hide him from my sphere?
O Lord! Mercy the wretched state of mine
I weep, I moan, I cry in despair!




An inner voice sof'ly whispers
"Seek me not, I'm mixt with Nature
Weep no more, for in you I dwell
I'm on Earth and air, in every creature!"






Monday, February 21, 2011

The Poem




I want to make for you
a poem

Cascading down
deep emotions
in the rainbow splendor.


 
 Spreading love
like water
splash on the
lotus leaf.




Sparkling
in sunlight
like dew-drops
on the morning grass.



I want to make for you
a poem.




But
I fear
the words
would steal away
the fragrance
of my private memories
and make my feelings
known to all!



 Struggling
 with varied thoughts
my emotions
become a vortex
and the poem
within my heart
hides itself
 in silence!


Sunday, February 20, 2011

A Woman



I look
in her eyes
I see
a bitter betrayal
a silent submission.


I look
in the mirror
I see
a defeated dream
a lost love.


I doubt
A Coincidence!
I wonder
A soul-mate!


I share
A deeper kinship.

She is Me
A Woman!










Friday, February 18, 2011

The First Anything

 

What follows

often fades away

with each new experience

of a greater gain

or a deeper loss

that we encounter

each day....



In our memory lane,

Safe,secure

and secret....


What stays forever is

the first love

the first loss

absolutely

The First Anything!

One More Day


Across the arch of years many a times
I tried invain
to revolt against
the bitter doom.


There is a stab-sense
bleeding me white
each day I hear
a desperate cry of my soul
to release itself
from the mortal pain!


A shadow of restlessness
creeps in my heart
And with ever wakeful eyes,
I watch each day-
the chaos dance of
Death-in-life.


I wish to die
but Death
generously throws me
in the arms of Life.
And Life smiles crooked
as I live to die
One more day!

No More


Shirts, shoes
and her shawl
Cassettes, cards
and the alarm clock
Almost all her belongings
I gave away

Yet
sometimes
I look for
her minute presences-


An eyelash on my pillow,
A hair on her comb
A touch on our curtain
A scribble on a book..


The slightest anything
To alter the truth
that she is
no more....

Love Again

 
Live and love and bury the past,
The wound will always heal again.
Laugh and sing and cherish a thought,
There's much in life than loss or gain!



Regret not something decaying or dead,
The heart will always dream again.
Hope and pray and smile awhile,
Realize your dream in joy or pain!



Grieve not on every passing season,
The spring will always come again.
Weep no more in the fear of loss,
There's someone for you to love again!





Beauty



Photo: Swan swimming on a lake
I brought home a bird and it sings all day
But the charm of the song has faded away.
For I couldn't bring along the clear blue sky
The music of breeze and the river near-by!

I saw seashells as I walked on the shore
I brought them home, a dozen or more.
But the noisy shells, when they came to me
Gave away all joy to the sand and sea!

I fell in love with the maiden I wed
In gold and pearl and flowers all spread.
But the bliss was lost, and fairy she was none-
When the flowers had withered, enchantment undone!

                                                  A bird or shells or a fairy's sight
I possess no more, yet dwell in delight
For all senses give joy and pass it to my soul
Beauty dies in parts and breathes in a whole!