Jai Ho

A small gesture can make a big difference,
A reply from a person of influence,
can bring this sense of joy to someone,
who may be known to almost none!
and in turn get inspired to practice and preach,
to every person that he can reach,
that instead of a thank you my friend,
you could help the society mend.

Go help three people and ask them to help three more,
till the time this practice to the whole world is known.
And who knows, we might be able to create a land,
where to pick a fallen person, there are atleast 3 hands. 

उनमें हम, हममें वो

कुछ ऐसी अदा से उन्होंने हमें देखा,
कि उन्हें मैं बस देखता ही रहा...
कब दिन से रात और रात से दिन हुआ,
यह भी लगा जैसे एक जुआ...
कब वो गए, कब वो लौट के सामने बैठे,
कैसे बताएं? वोह अब हमारी आँखों में हैं रह्ते…

उनकी हंसी ने फिर हमें ऐसे आके छुआ,
लगा जैसे उसने मानली हमारी अनकही दुआ...
शरमाते हुए, वोह ज़मीन की ओर देखने  लगे,
वोह संगेमरमर के टुकड़े भी मानो जैसे आईने बन गए,
उनकी मुस्कराहट को हम तक पहुंचा ही दिया…
फिर भी हमसे एक कदम आगे न लिया गया…
उस दुनिया से अनजान, मासूम नज़ारे को देख,
हमने खुदा से बोला, हमारी सांस बस अभी तू ले…

इस पल से ज़यादा ख़ुशी का पल,
फिर शायद न आये कल…
इस पल को अपने ज़हन में कैद करे,
उनकी रौशनी को अपने में भरे,
आज आने दे तेरे पास,
अब नहीं बची कोई आस…
उसे पा लें या तुझे पा लें,
दोनों के साथ में ही तो जन्नत है…

नक़ाब-ए-परदा

इस दुनिया में सभी ने ऐसा नक़ाब पहना है,
कि सच और झूट का अंतर आखिर किसे पता है?
इस सवाल का जवाब जो ढूंढ़ने जाओगे अरूण,
बस सवाल के जवाब को ही ढूँढ़ते रेह जाओगे
आओ ज़रा तशरीफ़ रखो हमारी भी महफ़िल में,
आज इस प्याले के परदे में छिपे जवाब को ही सच मानलो…

या एक बात हमसे भी सुनते जाओ बरखुरदार,
के चाहे सब छुपा लोगे तूम इस नक़ाब-ए-परदे में,
यह निगाहें सच बोल जाएँगी…

Defining Love I See

How does one define love?
Love between a boy and a girl,
Love between a man and a woman...

People just able to talk in messages,
Sent on the latest smartphone
Gifted by their loved one...
But whom they cant stand,
Even for a second...

Or perhaps something I see in this couple,
Something that always stays young,
Young in the eyes of the two...
Who as they grow older together,
Get younger at heart...
Are rich with their smiles of love,
And don't mind a worn-out shoe or dirty jeans...
                 
As long as the two are together.
They have the world with them.

Heybeliada

Sitting in the forest, looking at the setting sun,
With no humans around, not even one,
I see the sky and sea merge into each other,
So far from each other, but still together.

In this cacophony of seagulls and dogs barking,
and the surroundings darkening,
I wish I could be here forever
and this moment, oh mother nature!
Pauses, and never comes to an end.
Oh, if only this time cycle I could mend!

Everyone here seems to be at peace with each other,
A proof that we are all from the same mother.
If only it could be like this in the world outside,
And everything on the exterior is just like inside,
I wouldn't have to come so far away,
searching for a place where I could stay.

Story in their Eyes

The story said by their eyes,
are the mirror to the truth and the lies.
Fear, anger, pain, hope, forgiveness,
In what to others looks like mess.

Living in a world of their own,
Only seldom are they captured or shown.
What to others may seem as the worst possible life,
Is how these people for perfection strive.
These eyes which seem, for long have not had rest,
Are infact perfectly relaxed in their nest.
This nest of solitude and supreme inner knowledge,
which is on the earth's other extreme edge.
Where you and I can never reach.
So let us learn what their eyes teach.

"Even if it feels the world regrets our presence,
To forgive every such thought is the essence.
Where we are today, may seem like the 'worst materialistic end',
That is a lie, we unfortunately can't mend.
We now go back in to our cocoon,
Hoping that you will join us soon."

The Endless Walk

I was on this road I didn't know,
Couldn't say who was a friend or a foe.
Dozens of people around me kept talking,
But I, I just kept walking.
                                               
This road I walk on seems endless,
Since I am born, I am walking, no rest.
I see a few people there mocking,
But I, I just keep walking.

The road ahead seems to be trying,
Yes I am little scared, am not lying.
Others might think I will sit here rotting,
But I, I will just keep walking.