Aqsa

Stuck!
Now and always
Suffocating, helpless, desperate
Struggling to escape
To be free
To fly away
To the red planet
Away, somewhere…
Just anywhere…
All efforts… in vain
Alas!
There is a dearth of wings
Wings, strong wings
Not Daedalus’ wings
Breaking through all shackles
Tugging at those
Innumerable chains that bind
Some, thin like the charkha’s cotton thread
Broken with ease
Some like those that bind a convict
To the executioner’s chair
Impossible to break lose
Myself… writhing in pain
No matter what I do
How hard I try
I know I can’t
Destiny, fate, determine it all!
My thoughts, my actions
Deeds
All predetermined!
They stand stagnant still grubby
Rotting dead
Flee I must
I don’t know where
May be… just anywhere
Perhaps… to the red planet
Or may be in the deep dark woods
To hide inside a bush
Now and always
Depressed, disillusioned, at the doldrums I stand
Now convinced that
All is fake
Nothing exists that seems to exist
Flee I must
Away from all maladies
Somewhere
Just anywhere

-Sudipta Mukherji
(Adapted from the annual magazine “Hans� of Hans Raj College)

kahan aake rukne the raaste
kahan mod tha usse bhool ja
woh jo mill gaya usse yaad rakh
woh jo na mila usse bhool ja
tujhe chand banke mila tha jo
tere saahilon pe khila tha jo
woh tha ik dariya visaal ka
so utar gaya usse bhool ja
woh tere naseeb ki jo thi barishen
woh kisi aur chhatt pe utar gayi
ab toh ae dil e berehem
usse bhool ja usse bhool ja usse bhool ja

-Anon.

dost ban kar bhii nahin saath nibhaanevaalaa

vahii andaaz hai zaalim kaa zamaanevaalaa  

ab ise log samajhate hain giraftaar meraa 

saKht nadim hai mujhe daam mein laanevaalaa  

kyaa kahen kitne maraasim the hamaare is se 

vo jo ik shaKhs hai muuh pher ke jaanevaalaa  

tere hote hue aa jaatii thii saarii duniyaa 

aaj tanhaa hun to koi nahin aanevaalaa  

muntazir kis kaa hun Tutii hui dahaliiz pe main 

kaun aayegaa yahan kaun hai aanevaalaa  

main ne dekhaa hai bahaaron mein chaman ko jalate 

hai koi Khvaab kii taabiir bataanevaalaa  

kyaa Khabar thii jo merii jaan mein ghulaa hai itanaa 

hai vahii mujh ko sar-e-daar bhii laane vaalaa  

tum taqalluf ko bhii ikhalaas samajhate ho ‘Faraz’ 

dost hotaa nahin har haath milaanevaalaa

-Ahmad Faraz.

 

kuch door hamare saath chalo
hum saari kahani keh denge
samjhe na jise tum aankho se
woh baat zubani keh denge
phoolon ki tarah jab hoton par
ik shokh tabassum bikhre ga
dheere se tumhare kano main
ik baat purani keh denge
izhare wafa tum kya samjho
ikrare wafa tum kya jaano
hum zikr karenge gairon ka
AUR APNI KAHANI KEH DENGE
mausam to bada hi zalim hai
tufaan uthata rehta hai
kuch log magar is hulchal ko
badmast jawaani keh denge
kuch der humare saath chalo..

baat karnii mujhe mushkil kabhii aisii to na thii
jaisii ab hai terii mehfil kabhii aisii to na thii
le gayaa chhiin ke kaun aaj teraa sabr-o-qarar
beqaraarii tujhe ai dil kabhii aisii to na thii
chashm-e-qaatil merii dushman thii hameshaa lekin
jaise ab ho gaii qaatil kabhii aisii to na thii
un kii aankhon ne Khudaa jaane kiyaa kya jaaduu
ke tabiiyat merii maail kabhii aisii to na thii
aks-e-ruKh-e-yaar ne kis se hai tujhe chamakaayaa
taab tujh mein maah-e-kaamil kabhii aisii to na thii
kyaa sabab tuu jo bigadtaa hai “Zafar” se har baar
Khuu terii huur-e-shamaail kabhii aisii to na thii

-Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Why do I smile at the sound of your voice?
Why do I let you take over me as if I had no choice?
Why do I like to have you around so much?

Why do I feel like I could live forever like this?
Why do I put my heart in your hands?
Why do I answer to your every demand?

Why do I tell you leaving me is not your wrong?
Why do I let you know with out you I’m not quite as strong?
Why do I take you back even though I know it’s not right?
Why do I feel like I should please you by not putting up a fight?

Why do I care about you even though you hurt me?
Why do I turn my head from what’s plain reality?
Why do I try to hide from what is true?
Why do I still have these feelings for you.

-Anon.

Let the rain fall
Let seasons change
Cause never again
Will I be the same

Let the tide come
Let the current turn
For I already passed
The point of no return

Let the sun die
Let the moon rise
I am finally through
With midnight cries

Let the grass grow
Let the flowers bloom
One final breath
For my lungs to consume

Let the soul free
Let the heart break
In peace I’ll rest
Never to wake

-Anon.

koii ummiid bar nahiin aatii
koii suurat nazar nahiin aatii   

maut kaa ek din mu’ayyan hai
niind kyon raat bhar nahiin aatii  

aage aatii thii haal-e-dil pe hansii
ab kisii baat par nahiin aatii

hai kuchh aisii hii baat jo chup hun
varna kyaa baat kar nahiin aatii

kyon na chiikhun ki yaad karate hain
merii aavaaz gar nahiin aatii

ham vahaan hain jahaan se ham ko bhii
kuchh hamaarii Khabar nahiin aatii

marate hain aarazuu mein marane kii
maut aatii hai par nahiin aatii

ab ke ham bichhde to shaayad kabhii Khvaabon mein milen 

jis tarah suukhe hue phuul kitaabon mein milen 

Dhuundh ujade hue logon mein vafaa ke motii 

ye Khazaane tujhe mumkin hai Kharaabon mein milen 

tuu Khudaa hai na meraa ishq farishton jaisaa 

dono.n insaan hain to kyon itane hijaabon mein milen 

Gam-e-duniyaa bhii Gam-e-yaar mein shaamil kar lo 

nashaa badtaa hai sharaben jo sharaabon mein milen 

aaj ham daar pe khenche gaye jin baaton par 

kyaa ajab kal vo zamaane ko nisaabon mein milen 

ab na vo mai.n hun na tu hai na vo maazii hai `Faraaz’,

jaise do shaKhs tamannaa ke saraabon mein milen