Sunday, December 12, 2010

लगता है कविता रूठ गयी है मुझसे- In conversation with poetry

कल जब कविता की डोर पे दिल के भाव सुखाने चली
अस्पष्ट अभिव्यक्तिओं की खींचतान में वो डोर उलझ गयी
और ज़ोर डाला; एक पंक्ति लगाने की उम्मीद से
कुछ हलके सस्ते शब्दों के भारी बोझ से वो अंततः टूट गयी

लगता है कविता रूठ गयी है मुझसे

कहा उसने
ख़ुद को कितने रंगों में ढालोगी तुम
हर रंग में ढलके ख़ुदका रंग तो न भूल जाओगी
अब तो जैसे काले रंग में तुम्हारी आत्मा होने लगी है गुम

लगता है कविता रूठ गयी है मुझसे

पूछा मैंने
कविता, कहाँ हुई चूक मुझसे
मैंने सुना था पढ़ा था
सूरज की रौशनी जो टूटती है; बिखरती है सात रंगों में
गर समेट लूं मैं भी उन्हें स्वयं में; जब टूटूंगी रौशनी बिखरेगी जग में

लगता है कविता रूठ गयी है मुझसे

इस सीधे से प्रश्न के उत्तर में एक आइना थमा दिया
कहा मुझसे, "देख स्वयं को और बता क्या दिखाई दिया"
कहा, "सूरज अब भी सूरज है, क्या तू अब भी तू है ?
सूरज खुद ही रंगों का स्रोत, तुने ली उधार की रंगत
दुनिया के रंग तुझमे प्रतिफलित हैं मात्र, गिरते पड़ते संभाल रही है उन्हें दोनों हाथों से
इसके अलावा तेरे अपने हर भाव, हर कृति से खाली तेरे हाथ
टूट के बिखरेगी जब तू; अफ़सोस का धुआं होगा, असफलता के टुकड़े
अब भी समय है, झाँक अपने अन्दर
सात रंग तेरे अपने साबूत हैं
तेरे रक्त की पीड़ा लाल, तेरे रक्त का तेजस्वी उफान नारंगी
तेरे मन में चंचल हरा बचपना, तेरी बंद आँखों में विश्वास की पीली गर्मी
तेरे मन में प्यार के घनी नीली शाम,  तेरे सपनों में मन का काग़ज़ नीला
उसपे उकेरे तेरे सपने, तेरे दृढ निश्चय बैंगनी
आत्मविश्वास की कलम डुबो इनमे फिर लिख जो लिखना है
फिर तेरी महक आएगी मुझसे; फिर नहीं रूठूंगी मैं तुझसे.



For friends who are uncomfortable with the Hindi script :

kal jab kavita ki dor pe dil ke bhaav sukhane chali
aspasht abhiwyaktiyon ki khinchtan me wo dor ulajh gayi
aur zor daala ek pankti lagane ki ummeed se
kuch halje saste shabdon ke bhaari bojh se antath wo toot gayi

lagta hai kavita rooth gayi hai mujhse

kaha usne
"khud ko kitne rangon me dhaalogi tum ?
har rang me dhalke khud ka rang to na bhool jaogi
ab to jaise kaale rang me tumhari aatma hone lagi hai gum"

lagta hai kavita rooth gayi hai mujhse

poochha maine
kavita, kahan hui chook mujhse
maine suna tha padha tha
suraj ki roshni jo tootati hai; bikharti hai saat rangon me
gar samet loon main bhi unhe swayam me; jab tootungi roshni bikhregi jag me

lagta hai kavita rooth gayi hai mujhse


Is seedhe se prashn ke uttar me ek aaina thama diya
Kaha mujhse, " dekh swayam ko aur bata kya dikhayi diya ?"
kaha, " suraj ab bhi suraj hai' kya tu ab bhi tu hai?
suraj khud hi rangon ka srot; tune li udhar ki rangat
duniya ke rang tujhme pratifalit hain matr, girte padte sambhaal rahi hai unhe dono haathon se
iske alawa tere har bhav, har kriti se khaali tere haath
toot ke bikhregi jab too; afsos ka dhuan hoga, asafalta ke tukde
ab bhi samay hai jhaank apne andar
saat rang tere apne saboot hain
tere raqt ki peeda laal, tere raqt ka tejaswi ufaan narangi
tere man me chanchal hara bachpana, teri band ankhon me vishwaas ki peeli garmi
tere man me pyar ki ghani neeli shaam, tere sapnon me man ka kaghaz neela
uspe ukere tere sapne, tere dridh nishchaya baingni
atma vishwas ki kalam dubo inme fir likh jo likhna hai
fir teri mehak aayegi mujhse; fir main nahin roothungi tujhse

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Empty Victory

 

 

 

It doesn't feel rewarding to be right when you are wrong

 

  

 

: This is a feeling that came to my heart after winning an argument with someone really close to my heart.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

So hard to let go; harder still to keep

It was hard to keep and harder to let go;
So I kept

And then........

It became hard to let go and harder to keep.

So I let go.... and so on

And then did the vicious circle ensue .....


Now what..... ?????

Friday, November 5, 2010

चलो अपने मन के अँधेरे कोने में सबसे पहला दिया जलाएं -Let's light the first lamp of Diwali within our selves



चलो अपने मन के अँधेरे कोने में सबसे पहला दिया जलाएं 

तमस वहां का विदा करें ;
जब अन्दर होगा प्रकाश,
तो वो शक्ति होगी हमारी मुस्कान में, वाणी में
के जब भी कोई जीवन छुएं हम
बस वो जीवन महकाएं 

चलो अपने मन के अँधेरे कोने में सबसे पहला दिया जलाएं


For friends who are not comfortable with the Hindi Script:


Chalo apne man ke andhere kone me sabse pahla diya jalayein
tamas wahan ka vida karein;
jab andar hoga prakash;
to wo shakti hogi hamari muskaan me, vaani me,
ke jab bhi koi jeevan chhuein hum,
bas wo jeevan mehkayein.

Chalo apne man ke andhere kone me sabse pahla diya jalayein :)



Note : Translation- Let's light the first lamp of Diwali within our selves. Let's throw out the darkness from within. When there will be light within us, there would be so much power in our smile and words, that we can fill with fragrance all the lives that we touch

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Lover - the kite

Love as it stands today, seems to be like some affair which calls for the skills of kite flying. You use your brains, to let the thread loose at the right time and pull it tight at some other. Neither loose enough to let it fly away and slip through your fingers, nor too tight lest it snaps.

Can't we do without the threads and the maneuvering.

It is not the love I know; or had dreamt of as a growing teenager.

Is it worth it?

I would rather let the thread snap or slip through my fingers, if there has to be a thread at all

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The sea



Standing at the sea shore, facing it I wonder, it is so much similar to living... this standing at the shore.


Only the person who stands through small and big waves, breezes and wild, strong winds; getting his feet buried deeper in the sand all the while, can see the hopes in the optimistic, wonderful morning... okay may be a hard sun but nonetheless a bright sun, the romantic evening, the intelligent evening, the dark night, the cold night, the starry night, the night full of dreams, the inspiring, hinting, promising moon.


The one who walks away misses out on all of these.




Note: This is something I had written in 2004. Pardon the dreamyness.

Monday, October 18, 2010

The Moves

He tried to push into her heart a false sense of possession; so as to make her have something to loose. He was afraid of her strength. She was strong as she had nothing to loose.

No ! She did not take the bait.

You are winning

You think you have me just where you wanted  That you, through your consistent coldness, have successfully trained me to give you space  If ...