Learning

I am yet to perfect the
art of closing a window
in a shivering night
and opening it again
on a brighter-sunny day.

I love

Bird I love you
for you don't ask me to become a bird
and you accept me as I am.

Sanjh dhalne se pahile

Chidia Mujhe sikhao ki jab
virat aashman samne ho

tab bhi kis tarah saanjh dhalne
se pahile apne ghar laut aaya jata hai.

Band raste(Hindi)

Band raste jinse mujhe
shikayat hoti thi ki manjil tak pahunchen
mein unka koi haath nahi
Par aaj jab kuhdko betahsha
baterbib dauta pata hoon
to lagat hai , ve majil tak
bhale naa pahunchate hon
par unhone humen bahtkaya
nahi hai avashay.

Apna (Hindi)

Chidiya, tum mujhe pasand karti ho
Aur mein bhi tumhe pasand karta hoon
Hamara ye prem isliye ki
shayad tum mujhe thik se nahi janti
Naa hi thik se mein hi tumhe janta hunh
varna yahan jyadatar jinhe hum thik se jante hain
unhen hum bahut kam hi apna maan pate hain

Temple (Omar Khayyam)

Before the phantom of False morning died,
Me thought a Voice within the Tavern cried,
"When all the Temple is prepared within,
Why nods the drowsy Worshiper outside?"

-Omar Khayyam

My acceptance

When you say you are mine
tears roll down from my eyes
and the heart that was always yours
is full of gratitude

Tough to believe

May be the earth and the sky
are different and miles apart
But for the Eyes
that have seen the horizon once
It's tough to believe

Tumhara hona

Tum galat ho ya sahi mujhe nahi pata
Mere liye to abhi tumahara hona
tumhare sahi ya galat hone se
jyada jaroori hai

All that matters

I don't wish to know
whether you are
right or wrong ?
for me all that matters
is that you are there
till my last breath

Why do you care (1)?

Bird, you laugh
and happily you sing
whenever I smile
Merrily you dance
and flap your wings
whenever I laugh
Wet are your eyes
and the tears roll down
whenever I cry
Bird, why do you care
so much for me ?
for I have to put a smile
and laugh sometimes
when my heart wants nothing but to cry

Why do you care?

Bird, you laugh
and happily you sing
whenever I smile
Merrily you dance
and flap your wings
whenever I laugh
Wet are your eyes
and the tears roll down
whenever I cry
Bird, why do you care
so much for me ?
for I have to put a smile
and laugh sometimes
whenever I want to cry

Yours Again

Everyone loved the words
for you that I jumbled once
They danced to the discordant tunes
for you that I composed once
I wrote another song this time for them
with words well chosen and tunes well set
But no one notices the new song I sing ,
No one likes the beauty of words , and I know now
Words were mine , but the beauty yours
Songs were mine ,but the sweetness yours
Life is mine , but the liveliness yours
Vanity has vanished and more than ever before.
Me , my words and my songs
are yours again.

Everyday

Bird,
Why do come out of your nest
when it's still very dark ?
Everyday for the sun
you sing a new song
You can miss it sometimes
As the sun will rise
and dawn will break even otherwise
Shyly she said but I would
miss thanking him
for his not forgetting to rise
and set on time
for these beautiful day and night!

This is my love!

You come in my thoughts, sometimes
'n' they dream of you all the time
My heart does notice when you are not around
'n' they'll die if you were to disappear
To you I don't say a word
'n' for you they'll sing all the songs
But , Won't you look at me , once ?
As this trivia of this Selfish and unemotional me
is my love!

Why do you follow ?

O Shadow,Day or night , Fast or slow
Why do you follow, wherever I go ?
I follow , not for ,
The path you choose
would lead me to success
Not for, you'll fight any hurdle
that come in our way .
I follow , shyly she said
because you won't leave me anytime alone !

You scare me

Death, you do scare me
Not because I would be no more
but you won't have
anyone challenging you anymore!

Langauage of all

Bird, you don't speak my language
though lovely are your songs,
Nor you know anything of me
though your songs kiss my pain away
How do you do this ?
Show me this art ?
Bird looked at me again
as if saying you know it all
Just sing a song for all
from thou heart from thou heart.

World is complex

You say , I am yours
I say , You're mine
But you still think of you
and I still think of me
You're still yours
I am still mine
and we both incomplete

Live and Die

I love I like 

I sing I dance 

and I am alive 

I hate I loathe

I cry I moan

and I am dead  again 

His worry

He said this is how it should be
I readily agreed
He then said no , that is how it should be
I again agreed.
I am satisfied , but he alone is
worried about his consistency !

Had you ?

Sweaty and fagged, with knees buckling down
I angrily asked the long dark road,
Don't you think you are simply
Too long to be walked?
Too horrific to feel any safe,
Tell me now, aren't you ?
He just said -
You wouldn't have taken this path at all
Had I been even slightly otherwise,
O dear traveler, Had you ?

To neither of them she abides by anymore

Greater I am , Greater I am
started fighting the river banks
And it wasn't long after this
That she started flowing on all its own
and to neither of them she abides by anymore.

I sing

We know them all,
We know them all,
They complain, when I sing
the same old songs
over and over again .
What else could I sing
if I sing not to enlighten others
but for myself to revise ?

I pray Thee(Part 2 )

Not I pray Thee to give me
the power that I never fail
Not I pray thee to give me
the power that I always succeed
I pray Thee that I remain
grateful to all who help me succeed
and that I stand with courage
and myself alone I blame whenever I fail.

If enjoyed by heart

They say, things appear beautiful only
When seen from far
When found , If enjoyed by heart
and observed by eyes which ain't
eying anything else afar
You will find them more beautiful
than they actually are!!

Excusively of Me

They say how terrible
the day of your death would be
People will keep on talking and
you won't be able to argue back ?
I am happy that at least, people
will talk exclusively of me.

Alone we

I asked the Big Banyan tree
standing tall at the end of the road
You know, you may be great, I said
but you cannot stand against the mightier winds
You will one day be uprooted by the winds
Your dignity and majesty will all be gone!
May be one day, he said ,
I may be no more,
Nor will be there these rich branches of mine,
Nor will be there any flowers and birds
But all other trees, I do know for sure ,
Will be moaning with me ,
many would even fall with me ,
Birds would weep and pray long for me
I will be rooted out ; but by an Outsider !
I will finally sleep; but in peace
with my loved ones around and sharing the plight!

I pray Thee (Part1)

I pray Thee not that you give me
all the riches in the world
I pray Thee not that you give me
the wisdom and the eternal peace
But I pray thee as It's only in these moments
I realize there is no need of anything anymore.

Changing notion of patritosim

"Who lives if India dies? Who dies if India lives ?" Prime minister Pundit Nehru had quoted once. The whole sentence epitomizes the deepest patriotic feelings, especially the second half. But don't you think there has been a lot of change in the notion of patriotism since then ? Well it may be because of globalization, lesser moral uprightness (You can debate on this ! ), terrorism , liberalization, vested interest of various countries in other nations and various other things. In fact today patriotism has to defend itself or rather has to assert itself against chauvinism , extremism , separatism and even terrorism .
Over the years we have started taking a more liberal stand (may be only outwardly!), and terms like 'true patriotic' have acquired a kind of slightly derogatory connotations, You never know when someone will start portraying you as a separatist or chauvinist. The other development which has happened mostly after post liberalization in developing countries is the vested interest of nations in trade and economic policies of other countries , which has led to more and more globalization and this in one way or other has unclenched the once rigid patriotic feeling (though truly justified , Come on we won freedom only because of all those ! ) but as a downstream consequence we somehow have become a blind eye for our mother land and patriotism. And not to any surprise of us nationalistic feelings sometimes even are portrayed as ridiculous.
Though the intentions weren't any sinister behind these developments but increased individuality and chances of success (and survival !) as compared to the time of colonialism when there was a prevailing notion of country first , have somehow shunned us from patriotism.

But on a positive side the other development which has happened very recently is that a feeling of patriotism is again getting re-instilled and people are realizing that -to tackle terrorism they have to forgo self interests of theirs and have to do away with aloofness. Though it's good and better than total aloofness , it's still more like seeking your interest and good in welfare of country than thinking of country's good first and sacrificing yours interests even ! Who dies if India (or any country ) lives still has few takers (very very few in fact )and it seems to be a concept of golden past now.