मम्मी तुम्हारी मैथ्स अच्छी नहीं।
जब वक़्त के झोले से लम्हे निकाले थे,
और हिसाब लगाया था की इतने पापा के,
इतने भाई के
और इतने मेरे;
तब एक हिस्सा और करना तुम भूल गई।
तब क्या सोचा था?
की हमारे हिस्सों में से
लम्हा-लम्हा
चुरा के रख लोगी अपने लिए?
क्या कहा?
निकाला था अपना भी हिस्सा?
तब तो वो ज़रूर बहुत छोटा रहा होगा.
क्योंकि आधे लाइफ्ब्वौय की तरह,
वो तो कबका ख़त्म हो गया।
जब की हमारा हिस्सा तो आज तक बाकी है।
रोज़ जब ऑफिस में टिफिन खोलता हूँ,
तो ढक्कन को सराबोर पाता हूँ।
उसी वक़्त के रेशों से,
जो रोज़ भर देती हो टिफिन में।
जब अक्सर घर लेट पहुँचता हूँ
और घर में सब सो रहे होते हैं,
डाइनिंग-टेबल पर दो थालियाँ रखी होती हैं।
फिर जब तुम सोफे से उठ कर मेरे साथ खाने बैठती हो,
तब सोफे पर, उसी वक़्त के निशाँ देखें हैं मैंने।
संडे दोपहर
जब तुम कपड़े धो कर
रस्सी पर टांगने को मुझे देती थी;
मैंने जब भी निचोड़ा उन कपड़ों को,
तो देखा उसी वक़्त को कपड़ों में से टपक कर,
दीवार में बनी नाली की और जाते हुए।
तुमने नींद जला कर रौशनी दी है मेरी उन रातों को,
जिनमे कभी मै देर तक जागा करता था।
ना जाने ऐसी कितनी रातों में,
वही वक़्त ओढ़ के सोया हूँ।
मम्मी, मिलें कभी मैथ्स के टीचर तुम्हारे,
तो पूछुंगा उनसे की आखिर गणित कैसा था तुम्हारा?
क्योंकि आज जब मै खुद को देखता हूँ,
तो मेरी सारी कामयाबियों पर, खुशियों पर,
पूरी ज़िन्दगी पर उसी मैथ्स के निशान नज़र आते हैं।
हमारा घर नज़र आता है,
घर के और लोग मेरे साथ खड़े नज़र आते हैं.
पर तुम नज़र आती हो,
अलग.
हम सबों की और देखती हुई,
और मुस्कुराती हुई.
तब मै ये तय नहीं कर पता -
की तुम्हारी मैथ्स खराब है,
या अच्छी?
Showing posts with label Poems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poems. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
तस्वीर और तस्सवुर
सुना है तस्वीरों में यादों की रूह रहा करती है।
ज़िन्दगी से हाथ मिला ये चालें चलती है।
किसी तरह;
किसी तरह,
हाथ में उठा लो बस पुरानी कोई तस्वीर
और नज़र गिर जाए
धूल खाते, मुस्कुराते चेहरों पर।
बस नज़र भर की मोहताज हुआ करती है
फिर घुल जाती है नस-नस में नशा बन के।
हंसाती है, रुलाती है।
गुज़रे हुए लम्हों में खींच के ले जाती है।
हर लम्हा बराबर एक ज़िन्दगी के।
वक्त पर चलना चाहा है कभी?
कभी चाहो तो उठा लेना पुरानी कोई तस्वीर,
और फिर कान लगा के सुनना
जब पाँव तले लम्हे कड़कडाएंगे,
पतझड़ के पत्तों की तरह।
ज़िन्दगी से हाथ मिला ये चालें चलती है।
किसी तरह;
किसी तरह,
हाथ में उठा लो बस पुरानी कोई तस्वीर
और नज़र गिर जाए
धूल खाते, मुस्कुराते चेहरों पर।
बस नज़र भर की मोहताज हुआ करती है
फिर घुल जाती है नस-नस में नशा बन के।
हंसाती है, रुलाती है।
गुज़रे हुए लम्हों में खींच के ले जाती है।
हर लम्हा बराबर एक ज़िन्दगी के।
वक्त पर चलना चाहा है कभी?
कभी चाहो तो उठा लेना पुरानी कोई तस्वीर,
और फिर कान लगा के सुनना
जब पाँव तले लम्हे कड़कडाएंगे,
पतझड़ के पत्तों की तरह।
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Disillusioned
if i bang my fist in d wall,
wud it dent arjun singh's chin?
even if it did,
with the help of some voo-doo,
wat help wud dat be
to the issue at hand?
but dats wat i m doing,
cos i kno that protests are ineffective,
and rallies are such a sham,
petitions are mere formality,
and movements are always a failure.
i wud prefer sighing at injustice,
and saying "this must stop,
i wud be told y dont u do smthng,
n i wl say "deres no point".
a colleague would crack a joke,
and i wud laugh,
close the newspaper report on the agitation,
pack my bags, go home,
and d next day wud be d same.
why? u ask, cant it be any dfrnt?
and i tell you, "u r such an idealist, my frend.
not me, i'm 'disillusioned'."
wud it dent arjun singh's chin?
even if it did,
with the help of some voo-doo,
wat help wud dat be
to the issue at hand?
but dats wat i m doing,
cos i kno that protests are ineffective,
and rallies are such a sham,
petitions are mere formality,
and movements are always a failure.
i wud prefer sighing at injustice,
and saying "this must stop,
i wud be told y dont u do smthng,
n i wl say "deres no point".
a colleague would crack a joke,
and i wud laugh,
close the newspaper report on the agitation,
pack my bags, go home,
and d next day wud be d same.
why? u ask, cant it be any dfrnt?
and i tell you, "u r such an idealist, my frend.
not me, i'm 'disillusioned'."
Thursday, May 22, 2008
wanderlust (finally, a poem on my favrt topic)
as i sit in dis cubicle
n think of things far far away
one sensation runs through my spine
repeatedly,
urging me to get up,
abandon everything keeping me occupied,
n set out,
on a journey unplanned.
a journey on which i see places i've only heard of,
or seen in pictures;
or maybe even those i've never heard of,
meet new people in old lands,
peep into their lives,
leave a part of me there,
and take a part of them along.
hear a new poem, learn a new song,
feel d waters of a new river on my face,
feel d wind atop a new mountain
ruffle my hair,
enticing me to stop right there,
but i see a new village in a valley nearby,
and i descend towards a new experience.
i wanna see, i wanna hear,
how tagore's songs keep women happy in the fields,
how kids derive joy from jumping in puddles,
d rain dat i complain of as i get wet on way to work,
how does it make those kids jump with sheer joy.
i wanna hear d bauls' songs,
i wanna follow them to see their life,
ive heard their society is different from ours,
what that difference is, i wanna see.
ive heard deres a pond or a spring behind every house in kerala,
how happy would dat make d ppl living there.
ive heard ladakh has d world's highest motorable roads,
do d ppl there really feel "on top of the world"?
ive heard in d desert u cant see anything for miles,
but the sand,
if i lay in the sand
would u be able to see me,
or wud i also become a small part of the vast desert.
ive heard it never stops raining in mawsenram,
i wanna see do kids jump in puddles there as well.
ive heard wives of sunderbans' fishermen
pray for their lives ever time they go to fish,
i wanna see what they feel,
when i tell them of the comforts i live in.
as i talk of comforts,
like a camera zooming out,
my mind has come back to the city i live in,
back to my work,
back to my cubicle.
is dis a place which has me tethered?
or is dis d source of d wanderings of my mind...
n think of things far far away
one sensation runs through my spine
repeatedly,
urging me to get up,
abandon everything keeping me occupied,
n set out,
on a journey unplanned.
a journey on which i see places i've only heard of,
or seen in pictures;
or maybe even those i've never heard of,
meet new people in old lands,
peep into their lives,
leave a part of me there,
and take a part of them along.
hear a new poem, learn a new song,
feel d waters of a new river on my face,
feel d wind atop a new mountain
ruffle my hair,
enticing me to stop right there,
but i see a new village in a valley nearby,
and i descend towards a new experience.
i wanna see, i wanna hear,
how tagore's songs keep women happy in the fields,
how kids derive joy from jumping in puddles,
d rain dat i complain of as i get wet on way to work,
how does it make those kids jump with sheer joy.
i wanna hear d bauls' songs,
i wanna follow them to see their life,
ive heard their society is different from ours,
what that difference is, i wanna see.
ive heard deres a pond or a spring behind every house in kerala,
how happy would dat make d ppl living there.
ive heard ladakh has d world's highest motorable roads,
do d ppl there really feel "on top of the world"?
ive heard in d desert u cant see anything for miles,
but the sand,
if i lay in the sand
would u be able to see me,
or wud i also become a small part of the vast desert.
ive heard it never stops raining in mawsenram,
i wanna see do kids jump in puddles there as well.
ive heard wives of sunderbans' fishermen
pray for their lives ever time they go to fish,
i wanna see what they feel,
when i tell them of the comforts i live in.
as i talk of comforts,
like a camera zooming out,
my mind has come back to the city i live in,
back to my work,
back to my cubicle.
is dis a place which has me tethered?
or is dis d source of d wanderings of my mind...
Monday, May 19, 2008
lamha
use to chhor aaya, but lamha chura ke,
chupke se,
jeb me rakh lia.
raat to takiya ke niche rakh ke soya,
n subhe se baar baar use jeb se nikal ke dekh raha hu,
aur yuhin muskura raha hu..
chupke se,
jeb me rakh lia.
raat to takiya ke niche rakh ke soya,
n subhe se baar baar use jeb se nikal ke dekh raha hu,
aur yuhin muskura raha hu..
d fly
Its lovely to see you shooing away that fly from my face,
I thank the fly for coming back again n again n again..
I thank the fly for coming back again n again n again..
khwaab
haatho se chhoo lo to ehsaas bhi ho jata hai,
madhoshi se hosh ke safar me kahin kho nahi jata,
zehan se na mitne wali yaad bhi ban jata hai;
arsa ho gaya us mulaaqat ko,
par taj mere liye aaj bhi ek khwab hi hai..
madhoshi se hosh ke safar me kahin kho nahi jata,
zehan se na mitne wali yaad bhi ban jata hai;
arsa ho gaya us mulaaqat ko,
par taj mere liye aaj bhi ek khwab hi hai..
Monday, May 12, 2008
call
hundreds of things to do and say
missing altogether from my life today.
unheeded till now, not anymore
i've got a call from far away...
missing altogether from my life today.
unheeded till now, not anymore
i've got a call from far away...
Sunday, April 13, 2008
ghard
tum band kar lo darwaaze apne
ek aandhi chali hai
iski dhool bhed degi tumhari aankhon ko
fir dimag ke raaste se hote huye,
sama jaegi tumhari nason me,
khun ban ke.
tab tum apni zindagi kho doge
kyuki maayne badal jaenge tumhare astitva ke
aur aise badlenge ki pehchaan nahi paoge tum apne aapko
koi sheesha kaam nahi aega.
mujhe poora vishwaas hai ki tum ye kattai nahi chahte,
aur chahoge bhi kyu,
aakhir kyu tumhe tyagna pare apna jeevan,
jisme tum apne hi khuda ho,
tumhe pasand hai apna ghar,
apni naukri,
apni gaadi,
apne log,
apni khushiyaan,
apne gham bhi acche lagte hain tumhe,
tum sambhal ke rakhte ho unko;
apni ranjishen kitni pyari hai tumhe,
roz paani dete ho unko;
kahaan ye aish milegi tumhe.
apne is ghere se nikalte hi
parkhachche ud jaenge tumhaare,
kahaan sambhlegi tumse zamane ki ye gard,
khamkha chotil ho jaoge.
tumhe apni zindagi ka maayna mil gaya hai,
tum usi ghere me hi ache ho,
mat aao baahar,
band kar lo darwaaze apne.
ek aandhi chali hai
iski dhool bhed degi tumhari aankhon ko
fir dimag ke raaste se hote huye,
sama jaegi tumhari nason me,
khun ban ke.
tab tum apni zindagi kho doge
kyuki maayne badal jaenge tumhare astitva ke
aur aise badlenge ki pehchaan nahi paoge tum apne aapko
koi sheesha kaam nahi aega.
mujhe poora vishwaas hai ki tum ye kattai nahi chahte,
aur chahoge bhi kyu,
aakhir kyu tumhe tyagna pare apna jeevan,
jisme tum apne hi khuda ho,
tumhe pasand hai apna ghar,
apni naukri,
apni gaadi,
apne log,
apni khushiyaan,
apne gham bhi acche lagte hain tumhe,
tum sambhal ke rakhte ho unko;
apni ranjishen kitni pyari hai tumhe,
roz paani dete ho unko;
kahaan ye aish milegi tumhe.
apne is ghere se nikalte hi
parkhachche ud jaenge tumhaare,
kahaan sambhlegi tumse zamane ki ye gard,
khamkha chotil ho jaoge.
tumhe apni zindagi ka maayna mil gaya hai,
tum usi ghere me hi ache ho,
mat aao baahar,
band kar lo darwaaze apne.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
the only true road
ek sadak hai
jo mere dil se tumhare dil ko jati hai
khobsoorat hai
tum kahoge kalpana hai meri
lekin mai janta hu
ki wo sadak bhram nai hai
sachchai hai,
meri sachchai.
mai uspe aksar chala jata hu,
apne aap,
yu lagta hai jaise mera har raasta,
usi sadak pe jake mil jata hai;
yaadon ke bagh hain us sadak ke kinare kinare,
maine sab to gine nahi,
par lagta hai ki ek ek yaad,
ek ek darakht ban gai hai.
mai jab chalta hu to dekhta hu un darakhto ko,
kabhi hasta hu, kabhi aankhen chhal chaala aati hain,
shayad;
fir ek talaab sa aata hai,
beech raaste me,
gehra hai shayad,
ek puliye se guzar kar paar jaana padta hai,
puliye pe chalte huye,
jab nazar niche talaab me jaati hai,
phailte-simatte hilkoron ke bich,
mujhe tumara chehra nazar aata hai,
muskurahat hai chehre pe,
lekin kuch aisa bhi hai jo spasht nai hai,
kuch keh rahi hai muskurahat,
lekin mai samajh nai pata,
jab tum meri uljhan dekhte ho,
tab tumhari muskurat se wo rahasya bhaav gayab ho jata hai,
aur fir yuhi muskurati hui tumhari wo parchhai,
sama jaati hai paani ki lakiro me.
mai kuch pal rukta hu,
intzaar kar ta parchhai ke fir se ubharne ka,
lekin wo nahi aati.
fir mai aage badh jata hu;
jo mere dil se tumhare dil ko jati hai
khobsoorat hai
tum kahoge kalpana hai meri
lekin mai janta hu
ki wo sadak bhram nai hai
sachchai hai,
meri sachchai.
mai uspe aksar chala jata hu,
apne aap,
yu lagta hai jaise mera har raasta,
usi sadak pe jake mil jata hai;
yaadon ke bagh hain us sadak ke kinare kinare,
maine sab to gine nahi,
par lagta hai ki ek ek yaad,
ek ek darakht ban gai hai.
mai jab chalta hu to dekhta hu un darakhto ko,
kabhi hasta hu, kabhi aankhen chhal chaala aati hain,
shayad;
fir ek talaab sa aata hai,
beech raaste me,
gehra hai shayad,
ek puliye se guzar kar paar jaana padta hai,
puliye pe chalte huye,
jab nazar niche talaab me jaati hai,
phailte-simatte hilkoron ke bich,
mujhe tumara chehra nazar aata hai,
muskurahat hai chehre pe,
lekin kuch aisa bhi hai jo spasht nai hai,
kuch keh rahi hai muskurahat,
lekin mai samajh nai pata,
jab tum meri uljhan dekhte ho,
tab tumhari muskurat se wo rahasya bhaav gayab ho jata hai,
aur fir yuhi muskurati hui tumhari wo parchhai,
sama jaati hai paani ki lakiro me.
mai kuch pal rukta hu,
intzaar kar ta parchhai ke fir se ubharne ka,
lekin wo nahi aati.
fir mai aage badh jata hu;
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
ghaate ka sauda
dukh deke maafi maangna,
ye bhi kaisa sauda hua
koi kyon dukh le ke aapko mafi de
uske liye to ghaata hua.
ye bhi kaisa sauda hua
koi kyon dukh le ke aapko mafi de
uske liye to ghaata hua.
Friday, February 22, 2008
reed/ryte
what do i wanna do
read?
or write?
when i read i get d impulse 2 write,
when i write i feel as if i have not read enough..
how will i kno, wat am i supposed to do..
read?
or write?
when i read i get d impulse 2 write,
when i write i feel as if i have not read enough..
how will i kno, wat am i supposed to do..
Sunday, January 13, 2008
journey with u
aamne saamne baithe rahen,
baaton ke daur chalte rahen,
beech beech me khamoshiyaan hon,
jab mai sirf dekhu tumhe,
fir jab tum meri nazar pakad lo,
to mai khidki se baahar dekhne lagu.
mudda badal du achanak,
mausam ki baat karu,
ya nazaroon ki,
ya safar ki khoobsoorati ki,
tab tak jab tak ham fir ghum fir kar,
waapas apne baare me baaten karne lag jaayen.
fir baaton baaton me hi din nikal jaaye
shaam ho jaaye aur tumhara chehra dhundhla ho jaaye,
jaise jaise din aur dhalta jaaye,
chhipte sooraj ke saath saath aur ojhal hota chala jaaye chehra tumhara,
itna ki ant me sirf aakriti nazar aaye uski mujhe.
fir mai tumhara naam lu
ye jaan ne ke liye, kahin baithe baithe so to nahi gai tum,
tumhe nind aa rahi ho,
aur mai laru tumse,
zid karu ki baat karo mujhse,
kitni mushkil se ye din churaya hai,
ise yu mat gawaao,
lekin tum dikho majboor,
apni bojhil aankhon ke aage.
fir seat badal kar, tum baith jaao mere nazdik,
aur so jaao wahin,
mere kaandhon pe sar rakh ke.
aur,
kaash,
waqt bas ruk hi jaayen wahaan,
bas ruk hi jaaye...
baaton ke daur chalte rahen,
beech beech me khamoshiyaan hon,
jab mai sirf dekhu tumhe,
fir jab tum meri nazar pakad lo,
to mai khidki se baahar dekhne lagu.
mudda badal du achanak,
mausam ki baat karu,
ya nazaroon ki,
ya safar ki khoobsoorati ki,
tab tak jab tak ham fir ghum fir kar,
waapas apne baare me baaten karne lag jaayen.
fir baaton baaton me hi din nikal jaaye
shaam ho jaaye aur tumhara chehra dhundhla ho jaaye,
jaise jaise din aur dhalta jaaye,
chhipte sooraj ke saath saath aur ojhal hota chala jaaye chehra tumhara,
itna ki ant me sirf aakriti nazar aaye uski mujhe.
fir mai tumhara naam lu
ye jaan ne ke liye, kahin baithe baithe so to nahi gai tum,
tumhe nind aa rahi ho,
aur mai laru tumse,
zid karu ki baat karo mujhse,
kitni mushkil se ye din churaya hai,
ise yu mat gawaao,
lekin tum dikho majboor,
apni bojhil aankhon ke aage.
fir seat badal kar, tum baith jaao mere nazdik,
aur so jaao wahin,
mere kaandhon pe sar rakh ke.
aur,
kaash,
waqt bas ruk hi jaayen wahaan,
bas ruk hi jaaye...
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