Wednesday, September 28, 2011

HUM TOH HUZOOR SADAA....[A translation from hindustani...]

I live in an intoxicated state always
Joy or sorrow i bear them the same way

See the magic of her companionship
I say even the mundane things in couplets

Tell me,what's the matter tonight?
Her heart aches and my eyes are crying

Its been a while since we had a conversation yet
How well do we understand each other!

Replies....

She asked-" So there is no one in your life?"

I replied-"Everyone is my life."


They said-" You are humiliating yourself in love!"

I said-" I am illuminating myself in love."

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Today

Most people are lonely.
Some say they are alone.
I say-"I am with God."

Friday, July 1, 2011

One morning....

I woke
to the murmurs
of my harmonious heartbeat

splashed!!!
My face with a smile

Looked at the sun
& scratched my stubble


In the kitchen
I found
the leftover
of last night’s MOON

&

dipped it in my hot morning tea

“good morning ”-it was her text message as usual

As usual my reply was a –
“”

I scrambled a couple of clouds
Spiced with her thoughts for breakfast.

“bon appetite”-
It was her message once again

Oh yes!!


Last night
we were in a
SPARKLING MOOD
& had made
yummy LOVE

Later
I
had her
kisses for dessert

&

She had a
BITE
Of my left ear

As the night got warmer & delicate
Her phone rang

It was HIM saying-
“am on my way home”


On the way back to
My home
I took a turn
Leading me on to a road of guilt

Her wedding ring
shone on my finger
burning my heart


I look at
My finger
bleeding
water melon


“tonight?”-its she
again

I smile & go back to sleep.

It would be just another night
but
a new one
like other nights

“so long” – I answer her
Siesta


Love?

Thursday, May 12, 2011

The Apostle

“Tell me, what do You want from me?”- One day I asked God, who had been following me for years. The Old Man was taken aback. Having recovered His composure, He smiled and said-“ Whatever you could give me.”

I told Him I had no money to give Him for I hardly earned at all. He nodded.

I told Him I had nothing that I could call my own. Right from my clothes to the house that I lived in. “ Not even the girls/women…they always belonged to others!”- I added with a naughtiness that is all my own.

He smiled once again with a certain understanding.

“ Come on Old Man, You’ve been following me since I was born and You’ve seen me grow up to become whatever I have. I don’t need to tell You anything except that I must confess You’ve been a great follower. Everytime I have looked back, there You were… like a Disciple. So Dear Friend, could You be more specific about what You want from me?”

He simply looked at me for what seemed like eternity and then said, with that eternal smile of His-“ I just got what I wanted. Thank you.”

I then offered Him my hand and He took it in His and shook it.

I winked at Him, turned and started walking again. A few steps later I turned and looked.

Yes. He was there. Following me like always.

I shook my head and resumed walking. It felt good to know I had a Follower.

The Joker

[A translation of a song written in hindustani “ Haadson ke bavan patte…”]


Fifty two cards of incidence
A few hands you lose, a few hands you win
Those who do not understand this game suffer
The wise is truly “the joker”!

True, the table never changes
But if you play the cards in your hand well enough
Then the sun will rise within
For in the darkness dreams shatter

Those who do not understand this game suffer
The wise is truly “the joker”!

Fifty two cards of incidence
Fifty two seasons of life
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
A jack, a queen and a king

Thirteen cards in your hand
There are thirteen cards in my hand
So let’s play together
With these fifty two cards

Red and black
These wonderful pack of fifty two cards
They act in such colorful ways
The heart and the spade, the club and the diamond

Those who do not understand this game suffer
The wise is truly “the joker”!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Hangover thoughts

Don’t try to hold me in your hand
I am the ocean
Please don’t burn me
When I am still alive.

The relationship existed only
In the mind
Please do not accuse the heart
For love’s failure.

You broke my heart and
I found my temple of bliss
Where the eternal lamp of pain
Burns ever so bright.

Neither can I understand
The desire of my silence
Nor the cry of my words-
How tight have you embraced me, my beloved!

I close my eyes and see
A little home
And a long road leading up to it
I should walk,let me walk, the distance.