Friday, December 30, 2016

Please Rate Me 5 Star

Rishton ko hum taufon mai napne lage hai
umeedon ko ek shikast pe katne lage hai,

Sailaabon se hota hai zindagi ka ilm
hum choti-choti dewaarein tapne lage hai,

apni umr de deta hai pedh musafiron ko
hum kharoncho pe dard ka raag alaapne lage hai,

khuda ne bheja tha humein kaynat parkhne
hum zindagi ke tazurbon ko panch sitaron mai napne lage hai

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Bhari(crowded) Mehfil

Aaj mann kuch udaas hai
na jaane kaun aas paas hai,

hawa mai ek jaani se khushboo hai
na jaane isme kya khaas hai

jubaan pe zaika rehta hai uska
rooh ko par abhi kuch pyaas hai

baitha hu bhari mehfil mai
na jaane sab ke chehre kyu udaas hai,

Aine ki diwaaren hai is mehfil mai,
bas mai aur mere aks(reflections) hi aas-paas hai

(not exactly but first two lines are adapted from Gulzar's nazm)

Chai ☕️

Aaj fir humne chai banai,
Kuch lamho ko rango ke sang ubala,
Chaana pyale Mai kuch khushnuma si yaadon ko,
Har ghunt pe naye naye kisson ki athkheliya Li humne,
Pyala Khali hote hote ek pitaare(box) ko kuch yaadon ke khajane se bhar diya humne.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Khoj

Shyame Nadi kinare bhete pani se uthati hawaon ke saath guzar jati hai,
Meelo ka rasta ek khyaal ki sawari pe nikal jata hai,
Kuch der therta hai yeh man ek pedh ki chaon mai,
agle pal dhoop mai kisi aur pedh ki talash mai nikal jata hai
Har kadam pe jawab mangati meri paheliyon pe dhool ki ek parat jami hai,
ab jawab itne bator liye hai ki sawalon ki kuch kami hai

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Kayra

Falak par chand kuch adhoora dikhai padta hai, 
Lagta hai tukda uska mere aashiyane ko dastak de raha hai, 

Phool aaj kal apni charam pe khilkhilate hue nahi dihkte, 
Kudrat ne rang samaet rakhe hai unke kisi kali k liye, 

Titliyan apne pankho ka rang chorne lagi hai, 
Jantein hai vo bhi ki ek pari aane ko hai kahi, 

Koyal ke sur aajkal kuch feeke sunai padhte hai,
Ek chidiya ke khikhilane ko awaaz de di hai usne apni, 

Kuch roz se aasmaan me ek tara tim-timata nazar nahi a raha, 
Kisi jugnoo ko apni chandani de k tehelne nikal gaya hai vo,

Ae rab teri khushiyo ke pitara kuch khali dikhai pad raha hai, 
do nanh mutthi mai bhar ke un khushiyo ko koi mere ghar ki aur badh raha hai.

Ankh Micholi

Ek ankh kisi ko bha gaye hum
jaan ke heraani hui,
gustakhi unse par humpe to meherbani hui,
ankh micholi khelte-2 ek aisi dagar pe phauche
ankh khuli to jaan ki ek khoobsurat si nadani hui

Journey

I was struggling to set my soul free
like a leaf battling against the storm,
On my walk to horizon
i heard the vices whispering the path to destination,
each one had to bow down as you came along,
like an onslaught of rain that drenched me with nectar
Uniting us on this path for a voyage to infinite.