
Look up
See yourself
How can you not fall in love
Every time?
Musings of the half taken breath……
Look up
See yourself
How can you not fall in love
Every time?
In your thoughts of me
In your prayers for me
In your words
In your laughter
In your mind
Where you make me
Who I have always wanted to be
There
I live happiest in your thoughts of me
Slow down my dear soul
Learn to slowly sip the wine
Let it burn as it goes down
Let it take it’s own sweet time
Slow down my dear heart
Fall in love and fall real hard
Then sit still and slowly break
Gently touch each jagged shard
Slow down my dear mind
In your rush to win each war
Learn to savor each drop you bleed
Win at home, don’t go far
Let me sit in the fire more
And slowly get a little stronger
Let me learn to give time more time
And be still, a little longer
A sip to remember
A sip to forget
Pour me one more
No regret
I have tasted the best
And no other is same
I keep drinking and hoping
To get drunk again
In the radiance of green
Hides the hint of the gold
What is young right now
Hides the hint of the old
In the clear blue skies
Floats one gentle cloud
Against the brilliant laughing blues
The tears wear a shroud
In the still waters of time
Flow the rivers of age
In the mirror’s reflection
Hides the perfect sage
In the thunder of silence
Are the answers to my why
We gaze intently at each other
My mirror and I
मेले में ख़ामोशी
और अकेले में शोर
मुझ में ख़ुदा
और ख़ुदा में कोई और
क्या ढूँढते हो
कहाँ उलझी है डोर
क़ाबा खड़ा है
तेरे सजदों की ओर
To the long dark nights
For they are the keeper of dawn
To the winter northern lights
For they are the keeper of spring
Raise a glass
–
To the sighs of strife
For they are the keeper of success
To the hours of life
For they are the keeper of death
Raise a glass
–
To the passing years
For they are the keeper of wisdom
To the parting tears
For they are the keeper of memories
Raise a glass
–
To the wine maker
For he is the keeper of secrets
To the wine seller
For he is the keeper of silence
I raise a glass…
The sun has barely asked
For permission to move away
Just for a little while, he says
I know you will surely be okay
–
The birds have only just started
Having thoughts of flying south
Still enjoying the crisp dawns
Having done feeding the tiny mouths
–
The earth is still debating
If to slow down or keep spinning
The full moon has yet to declare
If its favors are up for winning
–
The jasmine is still blooming
Oblivious to the date and time
For there is still a warmth
In the little worms in the grime
–
All the other tress still standing
Green and tall in the long light
But this one here, is like me
Done…..and no more desire to fight
–
It cares not that the day is long
Or the earth still a tender warm
It cares not who seeks its shade
Or what of the next big storm
–
It seems done with all of that
And is now left with no desire
It has no need to say goodbye
It has become one with the fire
–
मेरी क़लम की सियाही काग़ज़ को मंज़ूर नहीं
मेरे ख़ुदा की खुदाई बंदे को मंज़ूर नहीं
मेरी रगों का धुआँ मेरे जिगर को मंज़ूर नहीं
मेरे होने का ग़ुमा मेरे शहर को मंज़ूर नहीं
अमावस की रात चाँद को मंज़ूर नहीं
मेरे दिल की बात मेरे ज़हन को मंज़ूर नहीं
आग को राख़ बन कर बुझ जाना मंज़ूर नहीं
मुझे खाक़ बन कर चले जाना मंज़ूर नहीं
To arise out of dark depths
In search of day’s light
To push until a path forms
And fight the good fight
To rush and meet the air with joy
Then caress every stone on the way
You, a fountainhead of soothing waters
Walk all longing through freedom’s doorway
This is no gentle rain…..
Slowly falling
Asking permission
Calm collected
A saint’s kind vision
~
This is a downpour…..
A pelting of stones
Announced by thunder
Chased by lightening
A punishing blunder
~
This meeting with You
No, not a gentle rain at all
Hammered to the ground
I fly high, even as I fall
If the promise is the heavens
I will gladly die today
If the promise is a meeting with You
I will forego the heavens
If the promise is quiet
I will gladly give up all my words
If the promise is stillness
I will even forego all my currents
But you see, there are no promises
And nothing is ever for granted
Then leave me be, sinful and singing
For I wish to stay alive today, in love
In light
The mountains becomes your image
In love
Our journeys become a pilgrimage
We sit together
My grief and I
Stare into the flames
Of how and why
Stoke the fire
With a stick of could haves
Fan it some more
With all the should haves
–
We sit together
My maker and I
My thirst unquenched
My soul is dry
He mends my cracks
With love mixed in gold
I am drunk again
And again I am bold
–
We sit together
The moon and I
The silence comes
And sits nearby
The rain is gentle
And the night is long
The dance of a sigh
To the eternal song
The last rays of sun
Kiss the gentle waves good night
The last tears of love
Make the silence feel all right