They lie too deep

Thoughts oh so fragile,
from deep within
surface unbeckoned
at unsaid times.
Like effervescence,
oh! hard to hold!
so out of reach,
can't try and touch!

Thoughts oh so fragile,
from deep within
come and go
as they please!
They smile our smile,
and cry our tears
on stealthy toes
come rob our sleep!

Thoughts oh so fragile,

from deep within...

वो कदम

उस ओर से उठे, नज़दीक आये और ठहरे दो पल,

फिर चल दिए, बढ़ गए आगे, नयी दिशा में 

खो गए दुनिया की रंगीनियों में वो दो कदम

और इस रास्ते पे खड़ा बस देखता ही रहा मैं.


बढ़  जाउंगा मैं भी एक दिन,

कब तक ठहरा (देखता) रहूंगा यूँ 

खो रहूँगा भीड़ में दुनिया की, मैं भी,
मील का पत्थर आखिर मैं नहीं.

started from that side, came closer, and stayed for two moments,

then started again, moved ahead/on in a new direction

were/got lost (mingled) in the pleasures of life, those two steps (feet)

and standing on this path I just kept seeing (seeing all this happen)

move ahead/on I too will one day
until when will I stand (looking) like this
I too will get lost in the crowds
a milestone, after all, I am not

Tanha

Dekhiye to lagta hai,
zindagi ki raaho.n mei.n,
ek bhee.d chalti hai.
sochiye to lagta hai,
bhee.d mei.n hain sab tanha.

Jitne bhi yeh rishte hai.n,
kaanch ke khilone hai.n,
pal mein toot sakte hai.n.
ek pal mein ho jaye,
kaun jaane kab tanha!

Dekhiye to lagta hai,
jaise yeh jo duniya hai,
kitni rangeen mehfil hai,
sochiye to lagta hai,
kitna gham hai duniya mei.n,
kitna zakhmi her dil hai.

Woh jo muskurate thay,
jo kisi ko khuwabon mei.n,
apne paas paate thay,
unki neend tooti hai,
aur hai.n woh ab tanha!

Dekhiye to lagta hai,
zindagi ki raahon mei.n,
ek bhee.d chalti hai.
sochiye to lagta hai,
bhee.d mei.n hai.n sab tanha!

Another goodbye? Ah! and the pain?

Nah! The clouds are here, to bring the rain

You say the sun's overtaken now?

He's the one to have made the rain!

So what if it's time for goodbye!

If there's been joy, there'll be pain!

Time to gear up and go on... 

There'll be rainbows yet again!

"मेरी महफ़िल में ज़िक्र तेरा होता है" क्या कह दिया मैंने,
होके मग़रूर ख़ुद को ख़ुदा ही जान बैठा तू!

"merii mehfil mein zikr tera hota hai" kyaa kah diyaa maine,

hoke mag.roor kh.ud ko kh.udaa hi jaan baithaa tuu!

कोई और नहीं

न अजनबी है मुझ से, न ग़म से मेरे, तू
दाग़-ए-दिल-ए-नाज़ुक से मेरे अंजान भी नहीं

है मसरूफ आख़िर कितना, के है औरों से रु-ब-रु
बस ग़म-ए-दिल से मेरे ही परेशान तू नहीं

क्या हो चला है इस कदर बेज़ार मुझ से तू,
के ग़म-ए-दिल से मेरे ज़रा परेशान तू नहीं?

ये फ़िर उसी मुक़ाम पर ले आई मुझे हयात
के मैं हूँ, मेरी तन्हाई है, कोई और फ़िर नहीं!


na ajnabii hai mujh se, na g.am se mere, tu

daag.-e-dil-e-naazuk se mere anjaan bhii nahii.n

hai masruuf akh.ir kitnaa, ke hai auro.n se ru-ba-ru

bas g.am-e-dil se mere hii pareshaan tu nahii.n

kya ho chala hai isa kadar bezaar mujh se tu

ke g.am-e-dil se mere zaraa pareshaan tu nahii.n?

ye fir usii muk.aam par le aayii mujhe hayaat

ke mai.n huu.n, merii tanhaayi hai, koii aur fir nahii.n!

Seasons

Summer and winter, like some friends,
come assert, and thrust and 'stay,'
give in, make room, but know--
they'll go--nothing ever stays!

Spring, like some, comes and goes
short lived though, good while it lasts.

Autumn steals in when it can,
around for a bit, & fades out as quietly.

Rains, like others, charming and fickle,
come and go as they please...
and leave you wanting--for more

With each you wither a little
but you also learn to be!

A New Day

If life seems at its lowest ebb,
Because a day's gone wrong.
Let not your heart be troubled,
For a new day soon will dawn

And we can never be quite sure,
Just what it has in store.
Since each one is so different,
Than the one just gone before

As it penetrates the darkness,
With its soft and tranquil beams.
It calms even the most restless soul,
And brings new hopes and dreams

So when a day's been troubled,
And the night is dark and long.
Lift up your fallen spirits,
For a new day soon will dawn

~Anonymous