baghbaan

Khamosh sa kharha
sannate bhare aankhon mein
woh takta raha
girte hue patton ko
phoolon ko chod jaate hue rangon ko
haath barhaata to rok sakta tha
urh ke jaate hue parindon ko
magar woh khamosh sa kharha
unhen takta hi raha

shahar ka shor-o-gul
gum ho chala tha
sooraj ki roshni bhi
madham si ho rahi thi
phool patton ki cheekhen
parindon ki pukaarti aahen
uske dil ko tatolti rahin
magar woh khaamosh sa kharha
unhen takta hi raha

shaayad sannata kahin
uski rooh mein utar gaya
woh baghbaan khud hi
aaj murjha saa gaya

ek khayal

Ek khayal jo har pal mere saath chalta hai
Meri tasveeron mein kabhi rang ban kar ubharta hai
Kabhi mere geeton mein alfaaz ban jaata hai
Mere hothon par hansi ban khilta hai
Kabhi meri aankhon mein namin ban kar behne lagta hai
Phir sajde mein dua ban kar thehar jaata hai
Ek khayal jo har pal mere saath chalta hai

Meri zindagi mein mera kaam ban kar
Mere hathon mein lakiren ban kar dikhta hai
Woh khayal jo sahar hone par sooraj ki kirnon saa
Aur raat dhalne par chaand ki chandni saa chamakta hai
Ek khayal jo har pal mere saath chalta hai

Sarhak kinare bachche ki bolti aankhon se jhankta hai
Pattiyon ki sarsarahat ban kar kuch keh jaata hai
Phoolon mein khushboo ban kar
Berang raaston ko mehkaata hai

Ek khayaal jo har pal mere saath chalta hai…

raat ka safar

kal raat chaand ko dekha tha
kabhi meri chhat pe
kabhi meri munder pe aa baithta tha
kabhi kissi aur ki...

athkeliyan kar raha tha
yaa phir dhund raha tha kissi ko...
adhoora sa

dheere se ufuk par laal roshni si chaa gayi
chupke se sooraj nikla aur
woh chaand usme saman gaya

har taraf ek garm...narm si dhoop khil uthi
sunehri chaadar si orh li
is duniya nein

raat ka safar poora ho gaya
woh chaand chup chaap sunehre sooraj ke gode mein saman gaya
raat ka safar poora hua...

yeh khamoshi

Ek afsaana
khamoshi ka libaas pehne
mere dil se tere dil tak, ek pul bana gaya
shaayad ik bhatki hui kashti ko
manjhi kinaara dikhaa gaya

Aaj phir

Aaj phir ek kooh suni maine
ek afsaana mohabbat ka
mere kaanon mein jhoomta aaya
phir se urh kar meri chiriya mujhe geet sunaane aayi

Jaane kahan se urhkar aa jaati hai har baar
jab bhi tanha hoti hun
murh kar dekhti hun
isko apne kareeb paati hun

Haule se mere haath ko thaam kar
isne mujhe
jeene ka raasta dikhlaaya
dheere dheere mere bikhre baalon ko sanwaara
barhi shiddat se mujhe chooma
aur mere har aansoo ko
apni chonch mein bhar kar
aise pee liya, jaise
sooraj ke aane par pighalti shabnam

Jab bhi mere chehre pe shikan parhti hai
yeh chiriya mere kaandhe par aa baithti hai
mujhse meethi meethi baatein karti hai
apne narm pankhon se mere gaalon ko sehlaati hai
mere hothon ko, hansne ka gur,
ek baar phir yaad dilaati hai

Aaj phir ek bhoola hua geet
mere kaanon mein jhoomta aaya
aaj phir apne kaandhe pe baithe
is chiriya ko maine paaya....

nanhi si chiriya

Khud se khafa the hum
Zamaane se the bezaar
Jab hans kar kisi ne mera naam pukaar liya
Chupke se daaman kheencha
Aur pyaar se haath thaam liya

In raaston mein jahaan saaya bhi saath chod deta hai
Ek humsafar jo chup chaap mere saath chalta hai
Mujhse kuch bhi nahin maanga usne
Shaayad kuch tha hi nahin dene ko,
yeh ehsaas tha usse
Bas khamoshi se mere saath ho liya
Chupke se mera daaman kheencha
Aur pyaar se haath thaam liya.

Ek thandi hawaa ke jhonke ke saath
Ek naye khilte phool ki khushboo aayi
Saawan mein pehli boond,
jhoomte garajte baadal nein barsaayi
Ek nanhi si chiriya…kahin se daana chug kar laayi
Mujhe diya…aur kaha…chalo baant lete hain is daane ko
Kayi din se bhookhi ho tum…
muddat hui ,maine bhi kissi ke saath daana nahin baanta

Aur maddham si awaaz mein ek nanha sa geet gungunaya usne
Haule se mera naam pukaara usne
Chupke se daaman kheencha
Aur pyaar se haath thaam liya

Jaane kahan se, ek nanhi si chiriya mere dil mein aayi…

Spirit i'm kindered to

they tell me that i'm wrong
by standards they set themselves
they tell me i'm vicious and they tell me i need to be strong
they tell me i need to hold onto the values that i brought along

they tell me how to live each day
and they tell me, that for a sinner, im easy prey

i've heard them talk all my life
and still i ne'r did refrain
from doing the one best thing i knew
- living for those that i choose
people, work, values and more.....


i have lived my life with the desire to be just me
to the perfected core
regardless of their ire
i've lived it to be human that the Creator meant me to be
i've lived to not hear them speak
but to create a verse of my own....

for long now i have lived so quiet
i gave in to feel i need to try
for i believed in the hope that someday they'll know
i lived in the hope that soon they'll figure it out.

today, as i bask in the glory of the shining sun
and as i walk thru the pelting rain
i feel the power of the winds that can blow away
i feel the power of the sun to annihilate
and the rain to wash away...

that's the power i feel under the skin
that's the fire that burns thru my soul
the power that holds me within
that's the spirit i'm kindered to...

for thats the only spirit i would graciously,
surrender to.