ek damakti dupahar

kayi chehre tahal rahe hain
ird gird ki bheed mein
kuch uljhannon mein uljhe
kayi chalakte haas masti se
suraj ki kirnon mein tap kar
shayad-
har rang yahan ka
aaj haseen hai!

...scribbled on a sunny mid-morning in the Regent's Park, London

व्यथा

लिपटी तो तुम में

ये सोच समझ कर -

घना पेड़ है 

घना है साया 

इस वृष्ठ वृक्ष के तने तले

मेरे बिखरे वजूद को 

अमान मिलेगा 

इस ठौर थम ठहर सकूँ तो 

भूत से निकले 

वर्तमान को 

इक नव्य भविष्य का

संवार मिलेगा।

क्या पता भला था 

उस भूली लतड़ को

जो जा लिपटी 

लिए तपस वो मन की 

कि तना है खोखल

भूमि है बंजर 

वृक्ष स्वयं ही 

टेक का मुन्तज़र है। 

और अब जो 

मिल ही गये हैं हम तुम 

आलिंगणबद्ध हो 

स्थिर खड़े हैं 

इक दूजे की आड़ लिए 

एक सूखा पेड़ पड़ा है

दूजी पसरी लता है दुर्बल 

कौन सींचे किसे और क्यूंकर?

किसे झटक दे कौन 

तन मन से 

प्रतिदिन कुछ और सूखती 

पृथा पट पर 

कि सिर्फ़ स्वयं उद्धार हो।

प्रिये

सुनो ज़रा अब तुम ये -

क्या हासिल इस सब विचरण से?

मेरे अस्तित्व में 

अब शेष है क्या 

जो बेलुत्फ़ व्यथा, रुदन की बुनियाद बने?

काल कृति से जुट गये थे

हम तुम से और तुम मुझ से

दोष नहीं, है नियति नृत्य ये

कि हम मनमीत बने

लेकिन जुटे दिखते जो हम-तुम

सत्य सदा विपरीत है।

कहते सब 

है अटूट ये बंधन

मंज़िल सिर्फ़ अब एक है 

फल फूल हैं आज 

सज चुके हैं पट पे

सो एक रहेगी धरा हमारी 

और उड़ने को 

आसमान भी एक है।

For Phalali and Mumsoul

We are nought
but three souls
brought together
in time
intertwin'd
in heart n mind
we are by
a stroke of destiny

And now that
we hold our stance,-
lets rein in -
to search directions
quest answers for
who, what, why, how
when are we
wholesome wise
to figure how to
make earth abode
transitory tho,
a better place to be
for all those
that rest hither
awhile, now
and further beyond
you and me.

...a personal statement from your mom, mate and mentor

Amersham

I love to wake up
these days to hear

the chirp of birds around

and so I love

in nights to be lulled

to sleep
when many stars abound.

They gaze at me and
I look back

revelling at their glitter
aware I am

as never before
that me in life
them far away

are formed of elements

one and same

at core

we share the matter.

life's loss

when i lost you
it was with pain
i endured on

and lived
each breath was taken
by ordain
not zest or zeal
......................
i've barely survived.

Reflecting today
i see you as

a precious loss
that life incurred

on me

yet not in vain

it was, it left behind

with many marks

a tremendous capacity
to live and withstand
be it

sunshine or rain.

for rashmi

hatash na ho mitr

mere bachpan ke
bas kuch door

aur abhi hamen chalna hai
chalees ka aankra

to choo chuke hum tum
chakarvyuh bhi saare
shayad cheer chuke
baqui keval khena

kuch aur kishti ko

bas sahil tat hi

to ab lagna hai.

khud ke bhitar
khoj jaari hai
khud ki
man khali hai
kai arman

hain chup!

vartalap

18/04/2008 20:49:20 GMT Daylight Time

dhoop nikalti to kal bhi thi, Umang
shayad rang bhi the aur kayi
San Ramon mein
tumhare ghar aangan mein
magar kasak man ki
astitva ka adhoorapan
chura le gaya woh

pal kuch kal ke
bhav vibhor tumhe karne ka
haq tha un par utna hi

jitna mil raha hai
San Ramon ke is suraj ko.

gilon ke andhkar mein
nahin dhakelthi tumhe main

kadapi yeh dikhla kar, bas
khoye waqt ka ehsaas

dila kar, jeevan ki sulag

lagana hai;
to jeeyo kuch aur
jeeyo man bhar
sirf aaj nahin, par har din
har pal, bharpoor jeeyo kyunki

aaj abhi hai
bas abhi kuch palon mein

ise hi

hamara kal ban jana hai.


...Su Prabhat

18/04/2008 16:26:15 GMT Daylight Time

Subha Prabhat

(yahaan San Ramon ka savera...
Hindi mein likhne ko dil chah raha hai...)

Main hoon hin kushnaseeb...
Yeh San Ramon ka mausam
kitna sukhdai hai
na behad thanda,
na garmi mein lipta hua
ekdum sukoon se bhara

main hoon hin kushnaseeb...
bistar per baithe hue
mehsoos kar rahin hoon
hawwaaon ko
jo hridaya vibhor kar rahin hain;
sooraj ki kirno ko
jo gharon ki chaton ko nehla rahin hain;
dhoop ki khooshboo ko
jo mere antarang mein phael gayi hai;
pedon ki daaliyon ko
jo hawa ki uran mein jhool rahi hai;
panchiyon ke chechehahat ko
jo is mausam ko rangeen bana rahin hain;
in choote chote jantuon ko
jo hare bhare patton per bhoj-paan kar rahen hain;
Aur in sab mein
us Vidhata ko
Jiski shrishti ke raag mein
vibhor hoon aaj.

jitna bhi dhanyavad doon,
woh kam hi to hai.
haan main hoon hin kushnaseeb...

Umang

Abundance

I am not lacking in anything,
be it love or gratitude or worldly things.
I have everything I can ever need,
and that too in abundance;
where is the need for more?
Materials I do not want,
love is all inside me,
family and friendship I am blessed with,
blessing hands are always with me.
So where is the need for anything else?
I am truly blessed with abundance.

A content sigh from Umang, at last! She deserved every bit of it.