Ek Pal Zindagi ka

Ek pal is zindagi ka yuhi beet gaya

Us pal mein jaise mera aks tham gaya

Kuch to alag huya,

Dard huya

Tees uthi

Par ghav nahin mila

Kadam na ruke

Rukte bhi kaise

Manzil jo paani thi

Aur main chalta gaya

Kyu mera jism mujhse bairi ho gaya

Mere chit mein ye kaisi thi hulchal

Dheere dheere saare rang beejan kyu lag rahe the

Hriday main aisi kampan maine pehle messos na ki

Ek pal zindagi ka yuhi beet gaya

Us pal mein jaise mera aks tham gaya

Tere aane ki pyaas

Tujhse milne kaa ehssas

Khaamosh lamhon mein khaati meethi si awaaz

Rooh ko sahlaane waala sparsh

Ye sab kal ki hi to baat thi

To aaj mein farq phir kya hua

Ek pal zindagi ka yuhi beet gaya

Us pal mein jaise mera aks tham gaya

Bahakte jazbaaton ne majboor kar diya

Teri ore dekha to tune door kar diya

Ruk jaane ka mann bahut tha

Magar rukna meri fitrat mein na tha

Aarzoo liye main swaarthi ban gaya

Dil ke har kone ko khali karta gaya

Is raah main khud se juda ho gaya

Ek pal zindagi ka yuhi beet gaya

Us pal mein jaise mera aks tham gaya

Adhure se khwaabon ko dafn kiya

Naye sapne sajaaye

Teri har yaad ko kharonch kar nikala

Thore se chain ke liye

Ta umar bechain ho gaya

Kuch keh hi deti tum

Ya kuch main hi sun leta

Ek pal aur us pal mein jod deta

Hasi aati hai, gussa bhi,

Sala, ek pal zindagi ka yuhi beet gaya

Us pal mein jaise mera aks tham gaya

Contemplation

Misery and pain
Is that all?
Is it the rain,
Outside the wall?

Did you try?
Speak the truth.
Silence or circumstances or ego
What was the route?

Ask your heart
The price of denial
Loneliness and anger
Fall before the last mile

Closing in to the final words
Hands start shivering
Stay strong for victory
Winner shall get a losing trophy

I believed in angels
The angel walked past me
Cold, insensitive and stubborn
Human in reality

The days shall end soon
A tough night eternal follows
This incorrigible heart must surrender
Weeping quietly on the gallows.

Ek Kahani...

Ek teri kahani ek meri kahani
Thori si muskurahat thora sa paani
Har ehsaas ek anchua pehlu hai
Par daastaan hai purani
Ek teri kahani ek meri kahani

Do shaqsh hai anjaan se
Do raasate begaane
Tare hai ek taraf aur duji oor
Suraj ki pashaani
Dhundle aakash mein chehre hai kai
Dhoodhe kisse nigaahein ye meri

Ek teri kahani ek meri kahani

Mor hai majhdhar hai
Bandhano ki dewaar hai
Paimane ko kheech rahi hai ek dor
Magar saki bekhayal hai
Padh na woh ghazal kehti sham suhaani
Dohara de phir se wahi kahani
Ek teri kahani ek meri kahani.


Samundar ki girti leherein
Uthne ko betaab hain
Jab dard dawaa ho, Sunayee deti hai
Wohi awaaz mujassmo mein bhi
Ja ke poocha haqeemo se nuskha-e-dillagi
Kabr dar kabr afnsaane bayan kiye

Syaahi khatam, par iraada jatil
Likhoo nazaarna is yaraane ka,
Shayad wo bhi padhe meri jubaani
Ek teri kahani ek meri kahani