Tales of despair

I was not always this ugly,
I believed in helping the needy,
once a long time back,
I gave my old shoes and jeans
to a boy in rags who was freezing,
two days after, again I met him
he was again in rags and bare foot
asked him where are the jeans
and the shoes, he did not answer me,
now I pass by everyone like i did not see..

I was not always so unfriendly,
met everyone cheerfully and gladly,
once a long time back I told
my pains and secrets to a so called friend,
next day the whole street was mocking me,
dug and found out that it was he,
and i stopped sharing my pains,
though open to cheer and glee...

And who believed in the system
and rules more than me,
but once I was standing in the
queue to apply for a college seat,
the admission officer said let him come ahead,
you go home General Category,
I appealed, I cried, stop this change it,
but they did not pay any heed to me...

And long long back I loved life,
I liked everyday of existence and living,
but than I went through the things,
which totally shocked and shook me,
I saw the invisible cracks in every relationship,
i got convinced that even my existence is burdening,
and from that day to till date I am half dying half living,
and never again i could any beauty in life see..

Science my religion, reason my God

Science my religion,
reason my God,
to uncover and unearth
the mysteries of the universe,
i search and explore...

i set aside few principles
i build upon them,
i see the reality
i explain it through them,
if they are not working
i change or discard them,
nothing is cast in stone,
Science my religion...

We revere and stand in
awe of those, who
have gone before us,
we welcome the opinions
and thoughts contradictory
without any fuss,
to us progress is more important
than maintaining the
status quo, on and on,
science my religion..

i may not yet have
all the answers,
i may not have
solved all the problems,
but for whatever i have
you can see and reason,
i do not deceive the people
that only a chosen one
can hear the universe's song,
science my religion..

for there is nothing
in universe which is perfect
and does not have limitations
i humbly accept mine,
i work hard to solve
what i could solve in my lifetime,
and to the next generations
than i pass on the baton,
science my religion..

Rabba pesh kar hun navein nzaare

Ohio chaan te ohio taare,
rabba pesh kar hun navein nzaare.

Chad da e din te painde e raat,
sadaiaan puraani ho gayi e baat,
koi taan yaar navin gall suna de,
Ohio chaan te ohio taare...

phull, boote, pashu panchi,
aadam, te jee janor ji,
sab laggde jaane pechaane,
koi navin kism upjaa de,
Ohio chaan te ohio taare...

phaad, nadiaan, jheel jharne,
jangal, maaruthal sab phir le,
koi hun navan rang jmaa de,
Ohio chaan te ohio taare...

te mere hisse vi ki,
bas do khushbooan,
kamm jaan phir kavita,
koi booti navein sungaa de,
Ohio chaan te ohio taare...

Kitna khush kismat hai samandar

Kitna khush kismat hai samandar,
khud aa gayi saara rasta tai karke nadi,

wo chaand suraj se athkehliaan karta raha,
nadi aayi jhel ke paas uske har traasdi,

usko jara sa bhi ishq mein na badalna pada,
ultaa nadi ne usmein milke mitaayi apni khudi,

na aah bhari raatein, na udaase din, na ginhone
shadyantra, na sunapan usko na sehna pada kuch bhi,

raaste mein ghane jangal, toofan aur aandhiaan,
baand ki bandishein usko na dekhna pada kuch bhi,

Kitna khush kismat hai samandar,
khud aa gayi saara rasta tai karke nadi....

Salesman - A Limerick

Once i became friend's with a man in Bangalore,
inquired his age and he was forty four,
his purpose to sell me an insurance policy,
which i denied to buy wholly,
and since that day we have not talked anymore.

Main saari fikar, main saare gam

Main saari fikar, main saare gam,
sab pareshaanian, sab uljhan,
sab se riha ho jaata hoon,
main jab un ki sohbat paata hoon.

Main ikk thake haare parinde sa,
Jo aaya ho khol darwaaja pinjre ka,
phir udne phir gaane lagta hoon,
un mansarovar ke paaniyon mein
jab nhaa aata hoon,
main saari phikar, main saare gam..

Main kisi peer ki majhaar pe hoon jaise,
main apni sarkar ke ghar hoon jaise,
ikk hajj si lagta hai ho gayi jaise,
sajjde mein jab unko sar jhukaa aata hoon,
main saari phikar, main saare gam..

Kuch paana nahin aur jagg se mujhe,
Kuch de nahin sakta aur jagg ab mujhe,
bas ab to jagg chaahe jo maang le mujhse,
itna bhara bhara sa khud ko paata hoon,
main saari phikar, main saare gam...

Mera taan shaadi ton eitbaar hi utth gaya e

Main dekheya lokin duniaa te ki gull khilaande ne,
chee ku mahine ikk dooje noon chaahnde ne,
phir lokaaan kol beh aapne saathi diaan gallan laande ne,
dekh ek meriaan taan aakhian chon neer phutt piya e,
mera taan shaadi ton eitbaar hi utth gaya e.

Nikki jihi gall hoje ikk dooje noon taahne mehne dinde ne,
ikk dooje de purkheya takk noon manda kehnde ne,
te kayi uttar aande hattha paayi te gall eni wdhaa lainde ne,
dekh ke mera taan dil hi tutt gaya e,
mera taan shaadi ton eitbaar hi utth gaya e,

te oh jihde ikk dooje ton sada layi add ho behnde,
ikk dooje noon tlaak da kagaz de ke alvida ne kehnde,
kinne kehar ch hone ohna ne bacche zinda rehnde,
iss khyaal ne taan mera chaino kraar lutt liya e,
mera taan shaadi ton eitbaar hi utth gaya e.