Wednesday, December 31, 2014

No one, none other than You
Casts a spell so serene
That no matter where I dwell
I am immersed in
Silent remembrance of You.

Monday, December 15, 2014

दिल ने कई बार
तुम्हें ज़िंदगी से मिलवाया है
कभी हँसी से
कभी मुस्कुराहटों से 
दो चार करवाया है
वो ना होता तो ज़िंदगी से गले 
तुम क्या ख़ाक मिलते
तुम्हारी तन्हाईयां उस की 
धकधक से सदा गुलज़ार बनी
कई ऊँचाइयों को
इसी धड़कन ने सर करवाया है
तो आज इतनी आसानी  से
क्यूँ दामन झटक यूँ मूंह मोड़ चले
इक तो वक़्त संगदिल ठहरा
और तुम भी चिरागों को बुझा छोड़ चले?
थोड़ा ठहरो मेरे दोस्त
सुनो ज़ौक़े तक़ाज़ा ये है -
प्यार में रूठने मनाने की
अदा बाक़ी रहे
कल तुम रूठे पिभरे थे
दिल ने था साथ दिया 
आज मनाने की तुम्हारी बारी है
रूठा दिल है अपने दिलबर से 
है तव्वजह  का तलबगार बना
हक़ है उसका, बहला लो ज़रा
आख़िर दिल अपना ही तो है
और वो तो बच्चा है जी
साथ बैठो उसे वक़्त के अंधेरों
से कहीं डर  न लगे
प्यार की लौ को हवा दो
कि बेवक़्त कहीं सर्द न पड़े। 


Sunday, December 14, 2014

इस साल का संकल्प

अबके बरस मेरे घर
बस एक दीया जले
हम तुम की महफिल 
बहुत ख़ूब सजे
कुछ यूँ कि 
बिखरती रौशनी मे
ख़ुदी को सिर्फ़
मेरा ख़ुद या खुदा दिखे।

Sunday, December 07, 2014

Mellow me not,
Let my cinders burn
Turn to amber and glow
I hear the promise 
Of winter's thaw, 
As winds of time 
Make a switch
To fan and drive out chill
Off me 
The flames will leap and rise
In it's varying hue
You shall see
My spirit dance -
In abandon 
I'll move only for You.

Saturday, December 06, 2014

On and on 
In life as I strive to row
I've found -
People have come
And people will go
Some have broken my heart 
Some healed my soul
Through them I learned
To evolve and grow
With their support
I engaged to sow
Seeds of Karma that'll yield 
In harvest I could reap
Shades of sorrow
Or, Colours of joy 
Regardless what I crave for most
Is liberation and ability to know
When curtain's called down to end 
I click my heels to return
I know for certain 
When I leave to exit
I have ended well my final show!

Saturday, November 29, 2014

 एक आदत की तरह हम भी जिये जाते है
युंकि हर सुबह को शाम, रात को सेंहर तक ले जाते हैं
मक़सद ढ़ुंढ़ने की फ़िक्र है ना अंजाम का ख़ौफ़
हम तो ख़ुश है कि खुशरंग साथ व सफ़र मे
मेरे रात और पहर बहुत ख़ूब कटे जाते हैं।

Monday, November 17, 2014

Namaste -
I say 
From depth of soul
It bows to honour
The undaunted courage
That leave it's mark on 
Every human 
Who thru suffering and pain -
When every duality 
Detracts to digress
With utter humility and bond of love
Travels forth with unyielding spirit
From the seen
To unseen domain 
With faith to surrender soul
Alone to Divine
To attain his Whole.

Wednesday, November 05, 2014


तो पकड़ ली मैंने 

एक ही राह

एक ही रही डगर 

एक ही ठौर मैं चली

तुम ही मद

रस, मधु, मदीरा, स्वाद

सब तुम से

तुम में रन के।


चल पड़ी सही

पर मोड़ों की ख़बर नहीं

कमज़ोर क़दम हैं

और इकमात्र सारथी

है इक घायल दिल

और अटूट यक़ीं -

जो सफ़र रहा 

तुम से तुम तक

तो फिर लाज़िम

दिवाने का ठौर

पहुँच जाना है।


Tuesday, October 21, 2014

कहने और सुनने का 
तो रिश्ता है हमारा तुम्हारा
मैंने ख़ूब कहा
तुमने भरपूर सुना - 
अब मेरे सुनने की है बारी ।

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Emotion wells
Love is here 
Refusing to be withheld 
By any holding dam
Threatening to burst
Heart at seam
So tell me my Love -
How I ought express 
My fondness or yearn
That"s been seeded 
Now raring to sprout
It wants to dig deeper at root
I wonder 
From where to learn
How to cuddle, embrace
Surrender to Grace
Burying the material to unite
How does indeed 
The form of finite 
Dissolve itself to be one
With the formless Infinite?

हर कहानी वही है


वक़्त के दलदल पे
लुढ़कते फिसलते
कई रस्सी लगी हाथ -
बस वो जो सिरा
था तुमसे जो मिला
जब उसे पकड़ लिया 
तब जा पैर जमा 
तेरे बन्दे ने ली
राहत की अंगड़ाई है ।

Thursday, October 02, 2014

कहाॅ आता मुझे
बाँधना, बंधाना
जो तुमपे कोई रोक धरूँ
सो ख़ूब उड़ो
स्वच्छन्द फिरो
ये आकाश तुम्हारा है।

For my sons
दुख से तो दिल का 
गहरा रिश्ता है
हर दुख दर्द का बीज धरता है
आँसुओं से सिंच 
इक नया अस्तित्व सजता है!

Monday, September 22, 2014

Life is lived fully
When only
It's experienced from heart
From truth.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Taste of freedom

How are you she asked
A friend from grieving times -
I pondered then with playful smile 
I am good
Feel very very good
And, what may be the reason behind?
Is it shattered illusion
That brings such joy
Or, clarity of vision
That has pierced surround 
The smokescreen fell
To reveal the Real behind?

The hand that punched
Feels hurt, still sore
Throb of pulse and beat of heart  
Let freedom surge at it's core
No name, relation, beiief or dutiful chore
Tugs pointlessly
At strings of my being
No longer I'm bound 
To pretence any more
I feel jaunt and cheer
Light skip is here 
For finally i feel i am 
The one I was meant to be
Yahoo with surrender
I am free.

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

I have a dream

I have a dream:
To live -
Each day with smile 
Then let go of life
With contented sigh
Having lived 
With gratitude 
Simply to be one
With the One
Having delivered 
On promise
To do His will 
On earth, as in heaven.

Sunday, September 07, 2014

As men and women 
We meet many - form relation
Some sour, some sweet
And in trying to attain
Our highest and good
There'll always be 
Choices to make
It stands there with guarantee
It'll never go wrong
Won't ever cause lasting hurt
So long it is feeling
Of joy, truth and love 
That we take
To side with.

Friday, August 29, 2014

मंज़िल बदलती है

ठहराव की मंज़िल पा ठिठकी
ठहर, पड़ाव डाल जो नज़र उठी
तो पाया -
अब मंज़िल बदल चुकी!

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Confession

In yearn to belong
I sold my soul
To another
And realised
My heart's master
Was possessed
To all else he belonged.

Yoga for me

Yoga -
A path
A union
A knowing
A living
A return
to Self
to Source
to Truth.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

निराकार परमात्मा
तुम्हारी आडंी तिरछी लकीरों़ में समाई सृष्टि
और उस में बध मैं भी
ढूंढती हुँ उसका आधार
जो मेरी आत्मा 
का स्वरूप पूरा कर दे;
युं जो तुमने ही खींची 
हर आकार की सीमा 
उसकी रूह के संकुचित निर्माण 
या विस्तार का ज़िम्मा
तुम्हारी रचना के 
सरल अध्याय का पन्ना ठहरा,
सो अब -
सबक़ मुकम्मल कर दो ।

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Misunderstood

Intense intensity
of my harboured emotions
has been misread
labelled abject dejection
when in self perception,
my friend
there is felt not any other than
a rosy realisation
a cheerful acceptance 
of all that's here
is to ground and align
to designated dimension
of a pre-determined entity
that constitutes me -
live content
In its every moment.

Wednesday, July 02, 2014

It's good enough

Every end of day
my mantra is -
I can only do my best
whether lists get done
or, there are no hearts won
I can only accept
with gratitude
that what's been done today
is the best I could
and whatever has seen
light of my day
whatever did come about
through tear and toil 
is good enough
to simply be
a reason to rejoice
and celebrate.


Being in the moment

We try
To make other smile
Conscious of 
What's been left behind
It was precious
It was rare
So what remains
Is worthy of care
For this moment 
Is only for a while.

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Here I'm about to turn
another page -
knowing full well
climax is over;
it's time to focus Scribe
the epilogue is here -
every act, each character
has had a play
while my back's bare,
plate empty
hands in clear
I sigh in content
for Mulan of my soul 
has had her day
Pixie has flit about
in gay abandon
while the Puckish me
imp-ed without a care
the well meaning truant
has delved in all -
so pick pen afresh
with final stroke
prepare for curtain call
let the finale be a line
that lays me to somber rest 
in happy sleep of oblivion
to any clap and roar.

Friday, June 27, 2014

Two faces of love

I fell in love 
When I turned 
To others seeking some affection.
I rose in love
When I turned to You
For healing of my affliction.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Let peace remain

News of war
Breaks in my space
Conquer, plunder - 
The hideous game is on once again
World of many being made to feel 
An unsafe place to be 
In despair, I hold on to my seat 
On prayer mat today
To say - 
Love, mistrust, blame, let down
Seem all too trivial
To complain or moan about
When ravages of war plummet to plunder
With loss of life and honour
It makes sense to pray 
Forego all that I've asked
Let all desires go away
Every item
Ever placed on my list of wish
Turn them to dust and ash
Yes, let every call
Issued from depth
Of this pining heart 
Be ignored
As not worthy
Of being being heeded or fulfilled
But, please just and just
Let peace remain
Every single day
For one and all.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

लहरों की तरह 
रेलते हैं  ख़्या
कुछ सपने कई याद
दोनों की दस्तक,
निरंतर तकरार
मुझे समोने नहीं देतीं
अपने समस्त को
उस सागर में
जिस की असीमता में
सुकून का आभास है
तो या तो लहर रोक दो
या मुझे खींच लो
झूठे किनारों से परे
कि मैंने पाया है -
लहरें किनारों से 
टकरा, उनपे ही अपना
दम तोड़ती हैं ।


Wednesday, June 11, 2014

तुम मुकम्मल
मुकम्मल तुम्हारी कायनात
और ये तुम्हारे नामुकम्मल अंश 
होने का नर्म सा अहसास!

पानी और आग

आक्रोश अग्नि है
प्यार पानी
जल जिलाता है
क्रोध मानवता का
अहसास धूँऐं में
उड़ाता है,
बारिश रेत या पहाड़
को अपनी निर्मलता से 
यकसाँ गीला कर जाती है
आग अपने ताप में समां
हर शैय को भस्म
हर अस्तित्व निगल
खुद भी बुझ जाती हैै
यूँ तो हमारे संचार में
दोनों का योगदान है
बिन अग्नि जीना मुमकिन
पर बिन जल ज़िंदगी का 
कोई ईमकान है?

Water flows..fire rises up

On pages of Facebook
a friend titillated
to comment -
how I felt 
about water that 
always flows down
while flames of scorch
rose to height;
I responded to say -

Water is life giving;
it flows down to human
from the Source of Divine;
it is mercy released
to quench thirst
of earth and earthly kind,
it cleanses and purges,
washes to prepare 
removes mark and stain
leaving vessel as clear
with a glint and shine.

Fire is passion 
of matter and flesh -
it rises to expand
engulf and scorch
all in its way,
it serves to cook
yielding life through 
simmer of digestive fire
it turns raw to tender,
yes, like water
it too purifies -
while raging in splendour
the offering is consumed 
the dance of flames
leaves nought of desired
taking all in its fold
it chooses to devour
pent up life is thus
burnt to ash.


Let's be connected
Lets be one
In collective consciousness
Let each come together 
To make a peaceful whole
Coz VIBGYOR 
When it emerges 
To exit illusion out of prism
It is inevitable -
That rays will join to meet 
Merge to form
A Radiant white 
That's to illuminate 
Reason behind 
Cycles of death and birth.

Light had fragmented 
As it passed 
From ether to earth
To manifest Its beauty
In creative splendour
Serve the purpose
Then rejoin as One
In this Eternal truth
Lies our strength
From Him have we come 
To Him shall we return
And whilst still in prism
Its to live the intent 
With which we colour
Rainbow of life.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

दीवानगी

कई दीवाने

तुम्हें चाहने वाले

सब छोड़ तुम्हें पाने 

की होड़ में 

वीरगति पाने वाले

गुरू बन 

राह दिखाते है ,

इस तलब की

एक मात्र तपस -

सनमः हरी नाम

सब गुनगुनाते हैं ।

Sunday, June 08, 2014

Be free

Love presents in life 
In several form - 
Some gives and takes
Blames and praise
Support and share,
The fairest face 
that I have known
My dear was of One 
that frees to raise.
Reflecting on that
Which Shams asked of Rumi-
What do you seek?
What's worth seeking?
Mate? Money? Mirth?
All fade and pall
When faced with lure 
Of having You in all
That life brings
You are the sought sole 
Every wayfarer's 
Desired destiny.

Tuesday, June 03, 2014

मेरा दीन

मैंने पढ़ा तुमको
जनगण से सुना तुमको
प्रकृति में दृशा तुमको
अस्तित्व में महसूस किया
फिर जा के पाया वह
जिसे दिल ने परम आत्मा मान
अपने आपे का 
रब क़ुबूल किया ।

Undoing the bond

Snatam hums ...
breathe love in your quiet centre
And I breathe in
With all my gut
My love that dwells 
In your never ceasing thought
Then realisation spells -
Breath of love
Is beyond bondage
In truth
Inspired knowledge
Of love and loved one
Decimates self and ego
Paving way to freedom
For both
It's with this knowing 
that out I blow 
with all might mustered in my being
I send your thoughts away.

I matter not

I am not Sabina,
Then 'who am I?'-
The heart speaks the eternal truth
Who else then I could be
But That 
Which permeates all
I am you and you 
And in all you
Is He.

Monday, June 02, 2014

I belong

Long ago
When windmills that fuelled
Me with energy for life 
Shut down
I realised then
In darkness of that time
What the throb of soul 
Calls upon
Is for belonging to One
Rest all gives solution
Too transient and transitory
To truly rely upon.

Happy alone

Illusions leave -
There isn't room
Nor space, nor time
To believe
Or receive
Empty words 
That'll never be actioned.

Sunday, June 01, 2014

He loves me, he loves me not

He calls me confused
When truth is 
I've never before seen
With such clarity 
And understood
That when lover
Rather than reach
Beyond all matter
To simply be together
Melt in other 
With peace and serenity
Of plain expressions,
Plays games 
Of blame or ardour, questions
Dons cover
Chooses excuse and ease
One after another 
Of dearth or distance -
He wasn't ever
He is not
He will never be
In love at all.

इश्क़ दूभर है

कलमा पढ़ा तो ज़िन्दगी
आसान से दुश्वार हो गयी
कुफ़र लापरवाह था -
ईमान में मैं आशिक़
रब्बे दो जहाँ हो गई !

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Mount of snow

I sit still in wait
Like a snow clad mount
Immovable and wrapped
In my cover of cold
Drawing a breath
I listen to echo
That calls on heart
To let go
Of all that I hold
To strike and kindle
Fire of faith
It's flames will enlighten
Burn fear of unknown.

Friday, May 30, 2014

बात क्या है

जब भी किसी बात का
लगता है मतलब समझ लिया
ज़िंदगी का कम से कम 
एक पाठ तो रपट लिया
तुम झट पृष्ठ पलट
अक़्ल की औक़ात बतला देते हो
उसी बात का
दूसरा नया पहलू दिखा देते हो!

बस साथ बहो

सेहरा और समुन्दर 
दोनों हैं सागर;
एक रेत के कण लिये फिरता है
दूजा आब की बूंदों में बहता है - 
कण का अस्तित्व तभी तक
जब तक लहर के साथ बहे
नहीं तो गर्द का धब्बा या पानी का क़तरा -
पुंछना ही इनका नसीब है।

Desires - pause!

Winds of desire
Pause - what you seek
And plunge and forge
Through me
Is wasted spent
of your might
If indeed you want
To wreak havoc
Do roar and thunder
To uplift me in swoon
As one-pointed force
To be handed 
In submission
To Source of Divine
For that's only worthwhile 
Pursuit and goal
The rest - mere figments
Of this and that
Are pointless chase
Meaningless and futile!

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

घायल से दवा का सवाल क्या करना,
वह तो खुद ही
कभी नश्तर कभी हकीम का दर ढूंढता है!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Spring clean

I've spring cleaned
Taken stock
In my heart's abode
All is gone
I've rid
All frivolous frolic 
There upon 
On inventory list
Is only my name  on record
It gives me strength 
To muster grit
Have this writ
Lord may I propose -
I wanna be just with You
Will You also be mine?

Monday, May 26, 2014

Here I ask

Night of ascension
Here see
I am on my knee
Many a deed
Have gone wrong
When I tried 
In face of rejection, treachery
And failed to be strong
have nought
No excuse, 
I will use
Just foolish ignorance is my plea 
Befriend me today
here it seems
There's little purpose left
Let me rest in your arms
And when it's time for dawn
Just take me along
To meet Him far away
Where Truth illumines to say
No need to try 
To be this way or that
You are near just
As you are
My dear you've just got
To be.
शब्द तुम
शब्द रस तुम्हारा 
व्यथा में रचित
लीला तुम्हारी
बस कृतित हूँ मैं 
और कथा हमारी -
जो सुनो सही
हो  कृपा तुम्हारी।

Sunday, May 25, 2014

how r you ? -
when he enquires
what do i reply then
am i lost?
or, am i found?
am i destined?
or have i willed,
where i stand?
my here and now -
was it imposed
or, a matter of will?
mind drifts again...
what next?
i whisper
no no just stay
taste not joy, nor agony
lets be still
not move
for in love 
mood is just to savour
a happy harmony.


Lonely sojourn
Your melody is sweet
Its taste sufficeth
Longing of this 
Long thirsting soul.

wasn't ever truly loved by you

empty words of love
may to an extent heal and sooth
i am wired however
a wee bit different dear
the sore of this soul
needs sharp and sting
so pain is preferred here
darling -
do prepare, don glove
to scrape its edge
trim off past if you need
take to hand right tool
to cut again through and through
use scalpel of truth...
I know 
I'm not, never was
ever truly loved by you.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

प्यार की मर्यादा

बरसों बरस बीत गये
फिर भी सादा साथ
और उस साथ में
सरल प्यार का अहसास
बिन कहे और सुने
करवा रहा है
मूक सही बतला रहा है
रूह को रूह की पहचान
यह हमारे अस्तित्व के
अकेले सच का आभास-
हर काल, उल्लास, वेदना,
या उन्मुक्त भावना 
रिती रिवाज, परिवार से परे
मान अवहेलना के तंग दायरों से मुक्त
बिना कुछ लिये या दिये
प्रिय -
मुझे तुम से अब भी
बेवजह प्यार है ।

Love story that lasts

In true love
the two never meet
says he - so accept
love stories don't last
as noted on pages of history;
I stop in pause
hey isn't that being judged
based on haps
within a moment's snap
when in greater scheme
looking long and broad
we see - 
the eternal tale
of Maker and Man
continues unscathed
bearing promise that story
is meant to last 
uniting spirit with source
beyond meters of time and space
that's the only story meant
to forever last.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

another journey begins...

i start anew everyday
hoping this time with my hand in Yours
on this day
i will be led
past deserts and wild
on to a green
that’s shaded with joy
no clouds of sorrow float by
lowliness and loneliness is a myth
that’s spoken only with fond memory
for company of self 
is a happy truth today
fear's been driven off
and demon daren’t look back again
for hero that led campaign
sits gloriously garbed in faith 
with easy peace in descent
bringing shawl 
of surrender and warmth
here i'll lay to rest my will
knowing full well
tomorrow will be another day.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

आन मिलो

हर पथिक की तरह
मैंने भी एक ही सच पाया है
जिसे सब खो तुम मिले 
धन्य भाग!
और जिस ने सब पा
तुम्हें हरा तो अभाग
इस सफ़र में
उसने क्या पाया है?

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Infinitely in Love

He asks -
What does it mean
to love infinitely for infinity
and I ponder
on loves of my life;
all were good
all gave and took away
with every breath and sigh,
there was Only One however
that with Hand so constant and steady 
took to me in terror and tremble
so sure and gentle 
He drew me close when 
I fumbled and 
had utterly, completely given up
time and time again
unheardunasked, unseen
He took charge - to lead
from unreal to real
from untruth to truth
darkness to light
from bondage of earth
vastness of open sky was revealed 
He persevered 
when I floundered!
In tiniest wisp of my emotion thus
this heart bears witness
of what I came to know thereby
with all certitude hence
I say -
His Love alone is infinitely infinite
all else mere and slight.

Friday, May 16, 2014

कल्पना से प्रत्यक्ष तक

हवा के भी पंख होते हैं
जब हम आस व आशा
का दम भर
सिसकियों के करवट बदलते हैं -
पोर पोर सिहरा
हर रोम को सहला
हलके दबे पाँव
पलकों से ख़्वाब उठा
मन की लरगोशी से
संगीत चुरा - मददहोश लय
फिज़ाओं में कुछ यूँ
बिखेरते हैं कि प्रत्यक्ष रेगमय
हो उठे उस इंद्रधनुषी प्रतिबिम्ब से
जो कल्पना के पट पर
ख़ुद हम बिखेरते हैं -
सो तुम्हारी चाहत अब मेरी धुन हैैै
लब पे मिलन का है गीत
चित्र पट की लकीरों
में मैंने बस तुम्हारा नाम
कर दिया है अंकित ।



Wednesday, May 14, 2014

i am ordinary

don't pour in my ear 
words of empty ardour -
they're meaningless
i know full well
and so do you too
i'd rather be ordinary
pall into insignificance 
in your embrace
be held safe in your arms
than be announced 
and pronounced
- as sacrificial special
especially by you.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

अगर चित का कटोरा 
तुम्हारे नाम की नमी से
पहले ही पुर हुअा होता
फिर इश्क़ की प्यास में
सरे बाज़ार
दिल क्यूँ बदनाम होता ?

Pulse of universe

My heart beats in me
Sends blood rushing 
To let tips and toes  
Vibrate with pulse
That makes me arch and rise
To smell, hear and see
Beyond slums of mundane
Lies surge that brings
Life in waves to my shore;
I sense -
All that's here 
reverberates  with pulse
That begins in Thee.

With them in love

I read of Tagore
And feel the ache that fills
The heart of so many 
From Aurelius to Rumi
Wise Plato, Arabi, Socrates, Aristotle
And then so many more
Unknown, unheard of names
Drawn by mist and allure
Of Your beauty
Pursuing fragrance 
In their trail -
They turned from world
And You turned to them
And lo time had spun
Yet another God-Man love tale
To fire spirits
Of more to come
In quest of fulfilment
We seek to sip, taste alone
Sweetness of your ale.

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Thou art That!

Si si
Tat tvam asi
Through every you 
I express my love
And through you and you
I am loved
By He.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

रात सोने को है अब
सो सोचा सुबह की पौ फटने 
से पहले बतला दूँ
तुम बेहतरीन हो रब ।

La ilaha illallah

I want self to heed 
when I'm wrung 
and hung up to dry,
an inner voice 
speaks in whisper
on the wisdom of my time.

Sometimes when we 
surrender to Him our soul
in humble offer
with naive innocence 
then we claim and vow
through chants and invocation
We call -
then He who pines as much
to receive from us love in truth
takes it in His turn 
to question,
and as such
He unwaveringly puts us 
thru life's litmus test
to sieve out true worth
of expressed devout emotion
from transient throe of passion
which solely wants
to control and to possess.

When our world's 
not hunky dory
we're spun topsy turvy,
He returns with humour wry
seemingly upon countenance 
brows arch to quirk
His query's heard with a smirk -
come on dare, do answer
Can now you say
in all earnestness 
do you really do believe
trust and love  Him 
alone - and no other?
do you still so choose, proclaim
in His name say - O Sage
that indeed nowhere else
you'll ever take refuge?

Monday, May 05, 2014

I felt love
I wanted to express
Tenderness of thoughts
Searches for words 
And finds refuge in utterness
Of simply saying: 
I love You.

Thursday, May 01, 2014

Love or fear?

Yesterday I caught a glimpse
Passing by the Windows
Of world
I'd left behind -
All seemed to be going places
As spoke postings and timelines
As I sit here enclosed
Feeling safe in silence
Seeking your presence
For company
Ardently I guard my space
Then wonder 
Is it scare of lost wander
Or strength to wait
For love that's tender
That guides this choice?

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

बरसो बहार

ज़िंदगी बहार से
उधार माँगती है
प्रेम लत तज
हर रंग से सज
फिर जीने का
क़रार माँगती है -
सो दिल ने कहा है
सुनो इस बरस तुम
खुल के बरसो बहार।

Friday, April 25, 2014

क्यूँ पूछते हो?

तुम पूछते हो -
क्या कर रही हो तुम?
मैं सोचती हुँ
वही तो कर कर रहें
हर हम-तुम -
ख़ुद के साथ रह सह
अाप से अापी को कह
समय के प्रवाह संग बह
जी रहें सभी अपनी लय में
मन के अंतराल मे गुम।

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Life is so sour sweet

Experience of life speaks -
It's sour and sweet
Its every pulse every beat
Is designed as such
To Bring heart close by
To perceive wonders
Of Haqq, Hikmah and Hayy
A touch of spice
A grace of bland
Arduous heights
Tumultuous low
In all I see -
The life's ebb and flow
Serves as friend and alibi
It is a means to restore
The wanderer is brought
Home from being adrift 
He's pulled back to shore.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

हैरान हुँ -
मेरी ख़िज़ां के ज़िम्मेवार
गुलों के रंगो बू का 
मुझ से ख़ुमार मांगते हैं
बंदगी में ख़ुदाई से 
हुँ मैं तलबगार
कि उनके चमन में रहे 
सालो साल वह बहार
जिसके पैमाने का
मेरे सिम्तो सू से 
वो क़रार माँगते हैं!

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

अलविदा

जाओ सब जाओ
याद फ़रियाद
यहाँ ना वक़्त है, ना मकान
मेरे दिल की हर गली
है अब विरान
मुझे बस इस खामोश आँगन
के सन्नाटों में
सिर्फ विर्द समेत
बसने दो।

Tuesday, April 01, 2014

In this hour of night
When silence vies with light
I sit with Him
And ask
Let dawn break
Take me to another day
My soul wants taste
Death closer in life.

Monday, March 31, 2014

I wait for the teacher


In green of the meadow
Where Spring is in bloom
A petal with translucence of white 
And tender pink in hue
Catches attention -
On it rests light
A whole drop of dew 
from the gone past night
Boldly it lures sun to smile
Inviting a ray of light
At dawn  
To pierce heart of its liquid form
Through lost virginity
In exquisite togetherness
Is perceived -
A 'Knowing' of light is born
Tearing apart 'not knowing' of night
A myriad colours daze and sparkle 
In several shades
That glint and gleam
To exude exquisiteness
That's been never beheld before
By a seeing sight. 

This spring
It's this beauty 
That's brought 
A catch to my breath
Despite chill in air 
I've donned a shawl to venture near
The fountain of knowledge
That springs from You
Rests in orchard near
It beckons to quench thirst for You
From close I want sip
So I call to let longing be known
Then with humility 
Here I kneel and bow
I take my seat 
On Your green 
I wait for the teacher to arrive.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Having a good day

I turned my corner
And heard, 
A voice called out -
Good after-morning 
I skipped
I smiled
Headed on my walk 
through noon
To greet good afternoon
With sunshine on the high
I folded wings
With a content sigh 
Saw sun to its setting pink
With a good evening 
On the nigh
I know for sure
Though bones ache sore
I will slumber sound
Dreamlessly a good night
My dream was seen
And lived to full
With knowing light of day
And day dreamer when goes to bed
sleep is bedded light.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Natural and Sacred

Nature is bare
Opulent, profane
Sacred is beauty,
In veil -
So when Adam fell
Eden was lost to earth
Out of favour
He heard call
Soul urged for return
From carnal state
To pick self up
In repentance
He sought to sacralise 
His return could  
Only be 
If he donned 
Eternal garb of Divine.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

A nickel to spare?

Is there a nickel 
on you to share?
he asked gently,
with a - Ma'am. 

Sure. it's in here
So keep 
I fisted a few to hand
then jaunted cheerily 
to say - after all 
it's there only
to put food in belly
that sharpens body and soul
its not meant 
to sully mind
with a pint of beer or ale.

I saw a smile
break to bare
a hearty humor in spirit
tipping hat
with a tilt 
as I filled the can
its keeper said -
so now I've to 
remember that?
he grinned and hissed 
Oh Damn!

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

I see, hear, smell, taste and sense

They ask:
Why you pray?
I say:
Doing so I see
light of hope
in my day.

They ask:
Why you fear
I say:
I hear 
a single slip might
take You away.

They ask:
Why you stay away?
I say:
I smell 
danger lurk in 
world's snare
I dwell safer
In my own well.

They ask:
Why you love?
I say:
Doing so I strove
to taste Your Presence 
in my soul.

They ask:
Why you give?
I say:
I live to give 
get sense
that makes me receive 
more of You. 







Knowing the Hadid (Iron)

It's written in the Book - You see 
By virtue of being
All Seeing One
And for You are 
Hidden and Explicit One
Latent and manifest outwardly
Ringed, held sanct
In every form
You know 
All that there is
To know.
Knowledge inevitably so
Is very essence of Thee 
And to draw of it
Is salvation
So the Wisdom of wise
Does speak -
Then tell me what and how
Of being free
Of this thirst
That brings my soul
To Your well
Call water bearer
Let him water
Depths of my rusted pail. - You see 
By virtue of being
All Seeing One
And for You are 
Hidden and Explicit One
Latent and manifest outwardly
Ringed, held sanct
In every form
You know 
All that there is
To know.
Knowledge inevitably so
Is very essence of Thee 
And to draw of it
Is salvation
So does the Wisdom of wise speak -
Then tell me what and how
Of being free
Of this thirst
That brings my soul
To Your well
Call water bearer
Let him water
Depths of my rusted pail.

دل او مومن و دماغش کافر است

اقبال نے بتلایا تو ہم نےاپنا روگ جانا
دل ہے مومن اور ذھن ٹھہرا بےٹھکانا
ہے دعا اب  یا ربب 
 -دل کو ہے کہلانا 
اے دل تو جاۓ سکوں سے 
للّه نا کھسک جانا 
معرفت کی لو دو 
دماغ ہو تابندہ 
.آ جایگا جیسے پروانا 

Monday, March 24, 2014

प्यास बाक़ी सही

ख़ामोश तुम्हारी दी 
ज़िंदगी का घूँट
पिये जाएँगें
चाहे प्यास को आसूदगी
मिले ना मिले,
ना कोई सवाल है
ना इसरारे जवाब 
का है यहां मुकाम,
साथ साक़ी का है
सिर्फ़ रूह को दरकार 
फिर चाहे सोज़ अतश को 
सैराबगी का जाम 
मिले ना मिले ।

Sunday, March 23, 2014

अकेले कहाँ हैं हम तुम?

अकेले कहाँ हैं हम तुम
हर रूह के साथ
इक भीड़ जुटती है
कुछ ख़्वाब कुछ ख़्याल
तोड़ते मरोड़ते 
बस यूंहीं से सवाल
इस सरकते कारवाँ में
अकेले कहाँ हैं हम तुम? -
तनहाई बस ख्वामख्वाह 
पैरों से लिपटती है ।

Saturday, March 22, 2014

working on being human

Take no offence
I share just
as a matter of note
I know not 
what it is
to be Divine
what I know for sure 
surfing through pages of time
it's not easy 
being Human
as willeth Thine!

वक़्त कब रूका है?

हंसो और खुश रहो
कि ज़िंदगी छोटी है 
और वक्त है कम
न जाने कब हो 
इस की, उसकी 
आँख नम
तो स्वयं को थाम 
वक़्त को अपनी 
रफ़्तार से जाने दो
हँसी ख़ुशी का जाम 
हर महफ़िल में 
बस छलछलाने दो.
I want to emulate
Valmiki - the robber
Turned to scribe
He looted on wayfarers
I've looted on my wayfaring soul
I'll turn to still
Like him
And with japa in my silence
Let ants on me 
Build their home.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Dua

As many ways
So many voice
The message of call
Remains nevertheless same
A communique
From one to ONE 
To ask
It says -
Shalom, Salam, Peace
And here I too join 
with a heartfelt Amen
To all.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Reality

Ali said to Kumayl
About what I strove to understand:

Reality is -
more than
what's sought as truth 
it's perceived by heart
without being pointed at
it comes from knowing 
by virtue of You
when Oneness illumines
it's enticingly clear
without speculation of doubt 
magnificence is manifest 
without cover or cloud.

Its awareness is graced
in faith of devout
for no illusions remain
or veil to peel
without shred of shroud
Reality just is -
unchanging, unflickering all-about 
it's Seer within
who to prepare for reveal
with fervour of seeker 
brings thirst to spring
from scorch of fire
set alight by desire
he's co-erced 
to reach and bring
quench to his soul 
he begins to sing.

Reality is 
it that heeds his call
it forges forth 
to save grope in dark
and to alleviate 
lone night's toll
when dawn does break
enlightening his path
a ray of morn
by touching his earth
extinguishes the need 
for lamp to be lit
darkness is done with
once ignorance suffers fall
the one with sight
sees it all -
All that is then
Reality is.