Saath

Tanhaayi se hum kabhi shikaayat na kartein…..

Agar saath unke ,Kuch pal na bitaatein!

Yaadein

Kuch lamhein bitaaye the unke saath,

Jurm shaayad yahi tha!

Ki abb unhi lamhoon se ,

Milne lagi hai…… yadoon ki saza!

Lafz

Chan lafzoon mein humne,

Har ehsaas bayaan kar diya!

Aur unhoone padh kar use……

Kisi bekaraar shaayar ka khayaal keh diya!

Lambi raatein….

Bin aapke ….

Rattein yun lambi kyun hai !

Aur jo ho aap kareeb humare,

Savere ko ubharne ki jaldi kyun hai?!

Maya

Jane kis mitti se banti hai woh puthli maya ki ?!

Pane usko jitna tarso ,

Utni tumko hai raundhti!  

Raina

Raina na kat ti hai unki yaad mein,

Savera bhi so gaya hai gehri neend mein…

Jagaatein rahe hum us suraj ko …

Chaand se vinti kartein rahe dhal jane ko,

Taroon se kaha kuch der chup jao ,

Mushqilein humari thodi si ghataoo!

Jitni raat rukegi……

Utna hum tadpenge!

Subah ko woh aanewalein hai,

Safar unki ab aur na badhaoo!

Ehsaas

Jinke khatir ehsaas jagte hai,
Woh unko samjhe toh sahi!
Likhne se humein aitraaz kaha….
Par kaagaz pe kya likhke samjhaaye,
Jin unpadh ko nib chubhta ho!

Savera

Kisi shyaam unse phir mile ,

Toh unse kehna chahenge…

Ki doobta suraj unki aankhoon mein sama gaya tha!

Hum unki nigaahoon mein itne khoye the,

Ki ubhartein hue savera ho gaya tha!

Aabaad

Naach naach kar ghungroo toot jayegi,

Par shikaayat na karegi sargam se!

Pyaala bhar bhar kar….

Botal sookh jayega,

Par khudko suna na payega !

Phigal Pighal kar badal …..

Dharti se milne aayega,

Lut jatein hai yeh sab jaise …

Phir bhi jo pa jatein hai…….

Aisi hi aashqui ,

Jo kurbaan ho kar bhi aabaad karti hai zindagi!

Kasam

Kiase khae unki kasam?!

Aur kehdein hum ishq nahi kartein!

Aise toh, saansoon se kehna hoga,

Ki…… dil humara zinda nahi hai!

Kubool

Door jinse jaana hai…..

Kareebiyaan unka hi peecha kyun karein?!

Dard jinse milta hai…..

Dil unhi se muhobbat ka zidd kyun karein?!

Mili bikhri yadein jis rishtein se humein,

Dor uske itne mazboot kyun hai?!

Bhaagtein hai jis rangeen duniya se,

Uski parchaayi humare sang kyun chalein?!

Jaantein hai who wafa ke kaabil nahi hai,

 Par unko dhooka dena shariyyat kubool na karein!

Hosh

Ishq mein koi khudko kya sambhale….

Hosh rehta hi kaha hai insaan ko?!

Jab madira usko pilaye!

Jannat

Jhilmilatein shehroon mein ,

Rasta bhatak gaye !

Apni hi thi woh gali ,

Jane kab woh log anjaan ban gaye !

Kisi mukaam ki talaash mein nikle the hum….

Jane kaisi woh chahat thi….

Apnoon se humein door le gayi ,

Aisi bhi koi majboori thi!

Haasil kiya woh sab kuch ,

Jiski humesha se aas thi!

Par bichadkar apnoon se,

Jo paye who bekaar hai !

Door ho kar sabse ,

Jannat bhi kaantoon ki bahaar hai!

Laal

Gulshan khili thi hatheli par,

Mehendi rang layi thi ….

Bahaar aaya tha baraat mein…

Khushiyaan cadhkar ghode par!

Bidai hoti dulhan ki ,

Bajtein Shehnai – Dhol….

Agar na chalta barood sarhad par,

Haath hotein peele…..

Safeed phool sehre ke,

Na dhultein khoon mein laal!

Zakhm

Dhak diya zakhmoon ko,

Par dard chupaya na jaye hai!

Batlane mein do minute lage hai,

Par badnaam who umr bhar ho jane hai!

Kehdein kaise aisa kuch bhi…..

Ki duniya unko thokar mare!

Kehdein unko zalim ,

Aur khudmein kaise saans bharein?!

Vachan diya hai sang rahenge,

Toh rishta hum nibhayenge!

Aansoo hi tohfein mein mile hai,

Toh hans-hans ke piyagenge !

Aaj nahi toh kal ho unko ,

Ehsaas humari chahat ka!

Shaayad woh dhundenge humko ,

Aur hum na honge sun ne ko!

Badnaam

Kisi badnaam gali se hum kaha guzra kartein the…..

Who toh ishq ka niyoota tha ,

Ki hum thukra na paye!

Bejaan

Di unhonein chot itni humein….
Jaise the hum bejaan !
Magar pathar ko bhi lagti hai chot ,
Baat yeh, woh jaan na paye!

Intezaar

Kisika itna tha intezaar ,

Ki rastein par hi thehar gaye !

Woh aayenge is umeed mein ,

Hum bhi ghar na gaye!

Dhaar

Unke talvaar ki dhaar parakhne ,

Who vaar hum par kartein rahe!

Dene unhein tasalli….

Khoon hum bhi bahatein rahe!

Fitrat

Behna Fitrat mein ho Saagar ke…
Toh koi usko kya roke?!
Humse keh diya Muhobbat na karo….
Magar hum apni ragoon ko kaise roke?!

Ishq

Dar- Dar bhataktein rahe…. Dhoondtein usko,

Jo tha nahi uski talaash thi humko!

Kya hai yeh ishq….. Hum samajh na paye!

Ki unhonein  nigahoon mein  humein basaya,

Aur hum ashq banke beh gaye!

Chehra

Arsoo beet gaye use dekhe,

Par dhundhli si yaad us chehre ki ….Ab bhi hai!

Kisi purane , naye shakal se mile..

Toh us mein usko talashtein Ab bhi hai !

Hum bhi chale aatein

Milne unse hum bhi saari hadein paar kar detein ,

Jaise baadal aaye dharti se milne ….

Khudko boondh barsatein!

 

Takrajatein bijli se ….

Chur-Chur ho jatein !

Pighal kar hi sahi ,

Phir bhi milne chale aatein!

 

Neel gagan mein chaltein the pehle…

Par ab kismat khudki na jaane !

Shaayad woh saagar mein behlein ,

Ya mitti mein mil jaye!

Bas kood gaye unnchayi se, unko gale lagane….

 

Seench kar khudko hum bhi aatein,

Bas unse Ek pal batlane….

Jo ho aage….. hone dein

Hum un mein sama jaye!

Udhaar

Udhaar mein khushi agar milti ,

Toh hum unke liye le latein !

Khatir unke,

Khudko kuch deer girvi hi rakh detein!

Kahi unkahi…..

Mehek humari kheenchti hai unhein paas humare,

Ya hum mehek jatein hai unko kareeb lane!

Hum khiltein hai jiski khushi ke liye,

Woh ijaazat mangne lage humein chumne ke liye !

Woh sochtein hai…..

Woh suna kar jatein hai humein….

Magar humare hone ka matlab kya banta hai ?!

Agar hum unhein khali haath lautne de !

De kar apna sab kuch unhein ,

Hum shaayad apna ras kho baithe…..

Magar khushi hai is baat ki…

Ki, pilane jaam unhein….

Pyala humare honth ban baithe!

Toofaan

Us toofaan ki kya ho pehchaan….

Jo tabahi na machadein!

Jaise koi muhobbat ki aad mein…..

Khudko na mitadein!

Paimaana

Har kisi ke paimaane mein….

Hoti hai jaam!

Koi peejata hai!

Toh koi jee jata hai!

Faanslein

Hum ghabratein hai un nazdeekiyoon se,

Jo humein aapse ek kardein !

Dar lagta hai us chahat se,

Jise hum na khodein !

Khudko door rakhenge aapse,

Jitna humse ho sake!

Aap toh jayenge humse bichadke ek din….

Kareeb itne bhi na aajaye aapke,

Ki kal faansloon mein jee na sake!

Ghadiyaan

Kuch kamzoor ghadiyaan woh hoti hai,

Jo saath tod kar jaati hai !

Kuch beech sadak mein aatein hai,

Kuch manzil par mil jatein hai!

Woh mile toh….

Haath humare chutein bhi kaise,

Jo hum bahoon mein unke lipte ho!

Jannat ke daayrein  bhool gaye hum,

Us bandish mein saans liya jo!

Khwahish kisi cheez ke liye jaise ab bacha hi na tha!

Maqsat humara jaise aaghosh mein tha!

Khuda ka itna shuqr ada kiya,

Mano zindagi mein koi kami nahi!

Jaise hi hua yakeen ki woh humare hai….

Khudke liye kabhi kuch aur manga hi nahi!

Apne

Aksar apnoon ko hi….

 Humse door jana padta hai!

Aur kuch log roz mile…

Toh bhi unse rishta ban nahi pata hai!

Keh dete

Saath na chal paye, toh gila nahi

Sang toh humasha rahe!

Pyaar ka izhaar labzoon se na kiya …

Magar isharoon ki kami kabhi na rahi!

Par agar keh dete ek baar bhi,

Toh zindagi kuch aur rangeen ban jata!

Jis muhobbat ki aas thi,

Uska aana aur sangeen ban jata!

Tukdein

Khel kar aag se…

Jalne se koi kaise bache ?!

Aur karke ishq…

Koi dil ke tukde kaise na sametein ?!

Karz

Kitne hi ghum kyun na de zindagi humein,

Aakhir karz hai uska hum par !

Ki jo hai ehsaan usne, tumhein dekar…..

Humein  ada use karna hi hai, umr bhar!

Daman

Kis jubaan se keh de hum….

Ki humein unse ishq nahi!

Auroon ko dhokha de bhi de….

Magar apni parchayi se kaise daman bachaye?!

Qayaamat

Kehte hai qayaamat woh cheez hai…

Jo bahe… toh, roke na ruke!

Aansoo humare bhi unse kum nahi….

Behne lage toh samandar sukhe!

Kismat!

Woh khushi kaisi khushi humare liye,

Jisme shyaamil woh na ho!

Woh ghadiyaan jisme woh sath na the,

Humari zindagi ka hissa nahi!

Tarse hai hum unke pyaar ke liye jub….

Woh waqt qayaamat se badhkar rahi!

Jo ishq kiya tha unse,

Khabar nahi , woh uske kaabil bhi the!

Par jo na mili woh muhobbat humein…..

Kismat mein humari sifar zaroor rahi!

Ghar….

Har raat banati hoon  mein  ghar apna,
Jod kar un taroon ko!
Us raunak mein kho jati hoon….
Raat cut hi jaati hai us chamak mein!
Chaand aur chandini ki hifaazat mein!
Par jub ubharta hai suraj ,
Ghar mera gum ho jata hai!
Mit jati hai uski lakeerein !
Gumnaam darwazein aur daayrein !
Par din dhaltein hi….
Phir sara aasmaan banta hai aangan mera,
Aur mein phir  basau  usmein basera!
Najanu mein,  agar wohi tarein bantein hai har raat mere ghar ke eent
Khair par chamaktein hai inse mere ghar ki dehleez!

Its incomplete….

I see that ocean of passion in your eyes,

But I fear to look into them…

As the depth in it could make me drown!

The feeling of love never came so strong in me before I met you!

It was you who invoked,provoked & instigated

That sensitiveness into my soul!

& now when you have to depart……

I try with all the strength in my mind & soul to drive you away!

But then I realize how inevitable you are…

As this you in me is what makes me complete!

& If I succeed in making you move out of me…..

I’m out of myself!

Huqm

Ginte bhi kaise un boondoon ko?!

Jo aansoo ke dhar beh gaye!

Hisaab rakh bhi letein us waqt ka….

Agar tolkar muhobbat karna aata humein!

Woh chod gaye is baat se  zyaada….

Woh yaadein takleef deti hai humein!

Woh wafa ke vaadein na karte,

Toh bewafai se shikaayat na hoti!

Dil se chaha tha unhein,

Har huqm ko saraha!

Jo ki unhone guzaarish judai ki,

Hum kareeb unke rehte bhi kaise?!

Choice

You may never realize my worth so far I’m with you…

Abandoning you would take a   moment I choose,

But don’t have the heart to desert you….

Knowing you wouldn’t be able to handle solitude!

A new world to me is not even  a mile away,

Set of new friends are just at a distance of a curve on my face!

But I wouldn’t step towards them,

As it would make you feel insecure!

Realizing the potential in me,

I can  carve a niche for myself!

But only wouldn’t kinet it….

Coz it would take away all the attention you deserve from me!

There are some  waiting to come closer to me….

But I wouldn’t let them build the difference between us !

Its a matter of  time that would prove you to be the one for me,

Give it a thought if you would choose that to be!

Kartoot

Jis nazaaqat se woh humse peesh aaye,

Hum unke deewane ban gaye!

Is kadar assar hua hai unka humpar,

Ki khudse begaane ban gaye!

Har ada unki yun bha jati,

Woh  humare sartaaj ban gaye!

Un harqatoon ki aaddat si ho gayi hume,

Har sharraarat se muhobbat!

Lute unke kartootoon  se ,

Magar unka kya dosh usmein?!

Hum bhi toh tayaar rahe…..

Us nashe mein bikne ke liye!

Phir na aaye

Aankhein thak gayi thi andhere mein,

Roshni ki thi pyaas!

Tanhaayi ne yun ghera tha ,

Ki parchaayi ki thi talaash!

Ghutan hoti hai khuli hawa mein bhi,

Sukh mein bhi hum bechain!

Moujood hokar bhi na rehte haazir …..

Yun bani hai pehchaan!

Ishq mein unke kya khoya hai….

Kaise kare bayaan?!

Kuch cheezein phir laut bhi aaye,

Par na phir kisi aur par……

Na dil aaye…. Na jaan!

Woh Pal…..

Woh bhi ek zamana tha…

Ki hum tub mila kartein the!

Har shyaam sajti thi mehfil,

Mulaqaat kuch yun hoti thi!

Hathoon se haath chootein na the,

Nigahoon se nazrein hati na thi!

Kareebiyaan kuch yun hoti thi ….

Ki  jhonke ko guzarne ka rasta na milta !

Har cheez se lagaav ho jata,

Tinke par bhi taras aata !

Jub  sab kuch lagta tha suhana!

Hum  aaj bhi un hathoon ki narmi ko dhoondte hi rehtein hai….

Phir us mehfil ki talaash mein bhatakte hi rehtein hai….

Par najane kaha reh gaya woh padhaav ,

Najane kab chod aaye hum uski chaav,

Woh bhi ek zamaana tha ……

Ki tub hum mila kartein the……

Muhobbat ke pal zinda hua kartein the!

Jaayaz

Agar na karte ishq hum…..

Toh shaayad na samjahtein zamane ka daayra!

Yahaan saans bhi leni padti hai ijaazat par,

Phir hum ne toh jee hai aadhi umr naajaayaz bankar!

Tammanna

Jis chahat ke khatir thukraya humne jahaan,

Woh chan lamhoon ka tha mehmaan!

Kuch pal hi sahi…..

Naseeb hui woh bahaar,

Zindagi mein aur koi nahi tammanna!

Jurmaana

Har gunah ki hoti hai saza,

Yun suna hai humne!

Humne toh kiya hai ishq,

Is khata ka jurmaana……

Koi bataye humein!

I feel Guilty!

The feeling that comes to you when you loose a loved one in your own hands is terrible. I might not be the reason for its injury but I feel guilty for being unable to prevent its death! All the passion and compassion I had for it could make me do nothing to save  it,when it was endangered. I feel guilty for having not been successful to come over the helpless situation. I feel guilty for I could do nothing at all to save a  life! I feel like a killer!

I havn’t been able to rest my mind nor have I been able to intake a breath of peace since the sunday afternoon.It was just another weekend to me when I would wake up only until I couldn’t lie down anymore.I would catch up with all the weekend nonsense on my t.v set. Read up every word in the magazine section of the news paper. Toss over the diet I had worked on the entire week. This was one such typical sunday noon for me until I heard my name being screamed out on the road.I rushed to my balcony, & saw my cousin ‘s wife standing down there, she told me that my cousin encountered a wounded snake & he is taking it to the vet to get it treated.She was yet to finish her sentence when I slipped into my shoes & ran upto their house a few lanes away.

Snakes to me have always been extremely fascinating creatures.I don’t know about any other animal which can adopt so many tecjniques @ once to get the neck of its prey!It pounces,squeezes,poisons & paralyses its prey.Its abilities, skills & unpredictable nature has always left me amused. Me & my cousin are both  big time fan of snakes & try to do our best for their conservation. When ever there is a snake in our neighbourhood & if people are unable to reach the proffessional snake catchers & conservationists, they do know whom to call & we are always readilly available for the task.

When I reached there panting,I saw  my cousin was holding a white bag in his hand, obviously with the wounded snake in it. He told me he saw a man blowing the snake with a bamboo & he had hurted it enough before he reached the spot. However, he managed to stop the violence & it took some effort to get the injured & aggigated snake into the bag. We rushed to the local Vet care unit on our toes. But that unit was closed just a few weeks before for what so ever reasons. We decided to ride to the Veternary Hospital which was around 4 kms away. But someone infromed that its unofficially closed on Sundays & the Vets usually are off & the only people we could find there could possibily be the assistants and none of us were sure if they would be trained enough to treat reptiles. We made a hundred calls to find out if we could get soem help from anywhere possible. But nothing seemed to come our way.  The creeping crawlie had already bled enough & we knew we didn’t have time for further travel & find outs! We barged into a chemist & got antibiotics for it to stop the bleeding and also a few pain killing injections. We rushed to the huge campus of the Agricultural University a half a kilometer away, which is almost a little forest around and our usual place where we release the snakes we save.

 But this time, the place was meant for an eternal release. We made plans to tame the snake to inject the medicines to it all our way, only to realize that it required no tamming any  more. That beautiful male cobra with a wheetish complexion & beautifully structured scales over it had had its last breath by then.When we held it up side down, a blott of blood fell from its mouth. Which meant it had bled internally & externally it had such a damage, that a quarter of its skin was peeled and the blood was almost dripping from the bag. It was a terrible situation. We didn’t have the heart to abandon its lifeless body around. And so we gathered some firewood from the forest & cremated it. It was awful to see the layers of its skin peeling off while it was ablaze. The picture of it is still so fresh in my mind that I’m unable to light the stove in my kitchen. The impact of the incident has been so deep on me that I’m still unable to latch my eye lids for long.

Snakes arn’t our enemies. They are dangerous only when you mess up with them.They might seem frightfull but trust me their implications on the bio- system is tremendous. In a country like ours where we encounter accute food shortage & one of the reasons to them is the spoilage of food by rats & other species…snakes contribute a ton in diminishing their generation & inturn help @least save a few loafs of bread which could save someone’s life!After all, nature has created each one its creation for a reason.

Next time you encounter  a snake , don’t panic & hurt it.It gets as scared as you when you are around it, as you get when you see it around.Call a local snake conservationist & ensure that he releases the snake in a suitable habitat for it. Snakes  might not be someone you care for. But remember, its also a living creature like you are.& It feels the same pain  when you hurt it , like when you do when you are injured.Remember that even it is trying to defend itself from you,like the way you are from it.But what you both fail to understand is that,none of you are purposeful threats to each other. Now it would be dumb to expect  the snake to understand that & since we are known to be the smartest species on earth, we better act that way and deal with other living species in a peaceful way!

I’m no Disabled!

Today, I met a very special man. I call him special not for any medical reasons but only for his gutts, vision & courage to have stood out of the crowd! He is a lawyer who has a specialization in Human Rights! An extremely knowledgable & a down to earth soul.Now I know that s nothing unusuall & there are lakhs of lawyers across the globe who have done it.But all of those are not Mr. Riku Virtanen ,the world’s first deaf-blind lawyer. Who is also the world’s first deaf-blind lawyer to have a specialization in Human Rights!

Where disability is considered to be a bane & barricade, Mr.Riku succeeds in proving it to be a myth by setting up a living example of his own.Not to mention he has faced a lot of challenges owing to his diabilities but has still managed to carve a distinguished place for himself in the society which many well doing people fail to accomplish.

Here comes his profile:

He is a Board member in the Threshold Association (a human rights organisation which promotes the rights of persons with disabilities in Finland). He is a Consultant Member of the Board in the Finnish Deaf blind Association and has worked on several reports and surveys in Finnish and published a survey in English relating to CRPD, in May 2008. In addition, he was following two Ad Hoc meetings in New York when the United Nations was preparing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

I dedicate this poem all those people who are a little under privilaged than the rest of us! They arn’t people who are realizing the punishments for the sins committed in their previous incarnations. They are one among us who were unlucky to have a little imbalanced body or mind. All they expect from us is a little bit of concern & care, which as humans, we are expected to have inheritted !

I’m no different from any of you,
Not peculiar in any possible way!
You might have all your senses functioning well,
But remember… No one is perfect, anyway!
I might have no vision,
But I can feel when you drift away!
My limbs might be crippled,
But your heart is cripped no better to me!
I have a hard ear,
But I see your lips stressing my way!
You call me disabled or special…
But I’m as normal as any of you can be!
I do not wish for your sympathy or pity…
All I crave from you is a curve on your face for me
& a carring hand if you could lend,
When I’m unable to stand on my own!
I’m no different from any of you,
Not peculiar in any possible way!

Hadd

Sarhaddon ka humein ehsaas nahi….
Magar…. kuch haddein paar humne bhi ki hai!
Muhobbat mein kuch pal,
Humne bhi jee hai!