Bhram

Kabhi kabhi tejabi raate hoti hain...

Jab phulo ke rang os me dhul jate hain...

Daghdaar dil khud ko chand samajh baithta hai,

Par suraj ke bina bas amavas hi ban pata hai

Chirag khud ko tare maan lete hain,

Bhool jate hain magar aandhi se ladna unke bas ka nahi

Aur timtimate tare badal se haar kar,

Chup kho jate hain raat me kahi.

Wahin andhere ki agosh me kho kar,

Tute patte me simti ik bund khud ko sagar samajhti hai

... raste me pada paththar,

Himalaya hone ke khwab dekhta hai

Par agli subah dhoop sare bhed khol deti hai...

Aur din ka miraj, raat ke bhram se alag hota hai.

Cobwebs...

A mesh of cobwebs entangles my soul,

cant believe these fine silk like threads can hold up years of longing…

And what was wished for forever

Seems like a distant dream…

Cobwebs… the spiders are all around.

Are they too hard at work, or am I too lazy to remove them in time…

Or is it my comfort zone which is stopping me from venturing out.

I did not bid her adieu

I did not bid her adieu…

She left in such a hurry

Now I wonder how far she must have gone

For neither my voice, nor my thoughts reach

That world which she calls home now

I don't know where it is...

No accolades no tear drenched speeches

No promises of meeting again

She came like a lightening

And flew like a bird

To lands far away...

The human form lost long ago

She lives like the feeling for November sun

Strong and pleasant… everyone’s friend

Only to fade away in the winter fog

She said something about a spring

When ships may cross by again

Would she remember I passed by her

And have looked for her all the way

It is no tragedy, just life

A poem or a song I heard

A short story which had to end

A post script in me she left…

A silent commemoration

A quite tribute I pay...

And later I may write memoirs...

If from me to her

Memories had a way.

Ik tanha chirag dhundhti hun

Jo jalte hue doston ki ummed na kare

Akeli raat ke andhere samete khud me

Par ujalo ke humsafar ke aane ki raah na take

Ye sheher jo kabhi mera humasaya tha

Aaj ajnabee nazar aata hai

Agar ujale ke badle

Chirag jaane pehchane chehre mangne lage

Kaha dhundungi...

Humsafar andhere ke

Chand ki Mehfil

Meri dehliz pe kyo chand utar aata hai
main rokti hu use phir bhi idhar aata hai
wo janta hai uski mehfile chubhti hai mujhe
mujhe chidhane ko har roz magar aata hai

main dhue se kar k parda nazar churati hun
wo magar cheer k parde pukarta hai mujhe
kaisi yaari hai ki marzi hai uski mera kya
meri bato ko ansuna sa karta jata hai

uski zid hai ki kuch to arz karu uski nazar
ye jaan k ki khamoshi ke naam raat likhi
phir bhi ladta hai roz roop naye dharta hai
aankh pe rukta nahi dil me aa utarta hai

main hansu ya ki rou zid pe aa k baitha hai
ek masoom si ada hai, na kahu kaise
do lafaz bol du ki behle aur so jaye
wo magar puri ghazal ki zid pakadta hai

jeeta hai chaand ya khamoshi meri hansti hai
jane kyo aaj yaha chandani chahakti hai...
Meri gali me dhoop chao ke khel ke baad
aksar chup chap chand ki mehfil jamti hai...

Khwab se

Raat ki tanha talash ka tukra

Ek akela sa khwab hu main...

Adhura bojh lagu to bhi

Nazaro se girana nahi...

Thak bhi jayo agar meri tabeer ki talash me,

mere saath chalna, khayal jaan k bhulana nahi.

Na dekhi dhup na tare gine,

Na os ki chadar chhui, na dhundh ki shawl buni...

Anjani duniya hai tere aankho ke aage ki

Anjan meri nasamjhi se tum kahi chidh jana nahi.

Koi raah mere kadmo se judi nahi ab tak

Na kisi aur ke raste pe chalna sikha hai...

Tum agar dhundhte ho pairo k nishan mere kahi

Na mile to bhi dhundhna... thak jana nahi...

Mere naam ki koi shakal nahi hai ab tak

Mera wajood to hai... pehchaan abhi mili nahi

Koi mere bare me pooche, aur samajh na paaye

To bas khamosh ho jana... Samjhana nahi...

Mai teri chhaya hun ya tu mera humsaya hai

Kuch to hai ek sa hum me ki hum jude hai kahi

Tune ji aankho se duniya hai dekhi ab tak ki...

Main unhi aankho se kal ki shakal ko dekh aayi...

Tumhe jo ik jhalak dikhlau us kal ki apne

Sach janna usko...

Jhuth samajh hansi me udana nahi.

Barish ke baad...

Bundo ki ruh jaise fiza me udti si hai...

Barish k baad ka ye dhua

lamppost se latka

hawa me atka...

Dhundhla thanda...

Ankho k aage os k parde sa...

Chhup nahi sakte iski ot me

chhu nahi sakte

ankho ki galti ya samajh ka pher bhi ho sakta hai ...

khoye pyar ki yaad sa...

na hoke bhi kahi gale me atka

koi dekhe koi dekh k bhi na dekh paaye

samajh k pare ek ehsas sa

sagar k beech kashti me pyaas sa

badalo ke khoye tukre sote hue zami pe

kisi shayar ki aankh me bhare jasbaat sa...

Bundo ki ruh hai,

barish phir se aayegi, to dhul jayegi...

Warna subah ki dhup ke saath

phir bund ban k

peshani pe utar aayegi...

By Anjali Ojha

Inteha

Ik inteha hai yeh bhi ki ab tak intezar hai,

is rah ki waise to manzil kahi nahi...

Ankhe thake bhi haar k sapne nahi thakte,

din ki kasauti pe inki kimat yun kuch nahi.

Hatho se dhanpte hai ankhe chand se chupne...

Chubhti hai ankho me teri tasveer chand me.

Jalte charago ko bujha khud ko jalaya hai...

Yun to ujalo se bhi ab ummed kuch nahi.

Photo by: Anjali Ojha

Koi khushbu nahi faza me magar...

Tere tasavvur se mehki raat me soye kaise...

Meri tanhalyi ka sabab teri yade hi to hai...

Teri yado se saji raat me soye kaise....

Aise kitni jalayi raate kitne din khoye....

Rakh me sulgi hui raat me soye kaise.

Udte badal me bawandar hai chupa bund nahi ...

Jaante hai hum ye baat to soye kaise.

Jite to hain magar gin paye na apni sanse...

Aise uljhe hue halat me soye kaise...

Khoyi aankho se pata subah ka puchche kaise...

Besabab behte hai jsbat hum soye kaise...

Ik khayal k jhoke me

Teri yaad hai adhuri...

Udti khushbu si,

Maujud har taraf,

Par hasil kuch nahi...

Mogre ki safed jhalak...

Ya gulmuhar ki lali...

Kohre me lipti sham si

Ek shakh patjhad si...

Puchti hu khud se kabhi kabhi

Umeed kyo na ho?

Tu guzra waqt to nahi ki mud k aa nahi sakta

Raat

jane kyo raat mujhe din jaisi lagti hai...

thanke hue sab musafir apne apne ghar gaye...

panchi bhi so gaye, raste bhi so gaye

thak kar chupa hai chand bi, badal bhi so gaye

phir taro ki ungli pakad ke tanha hum chale...

na unch neech na dharam, na bhed dikhte hai...

raat ki aaghosh me sab ek dikhte hai

patthar ki chadar pe bhi sapne aate reshami,

aur band aankho me bhi aksar din utarta hai...

par jalti hui aankhe, kaise chain ki chadar odhe....

raat din se haseen hai, iska daman kaise chore....

Sab bhool jaye to bhi ik baat ya bhi hai...

Ye raat dilruba nahi par humsafar to hai.

saaye

Maine ghabra ke sayo se, jab din ko chune ki khoshish ki…

Apni hi parchayi raat ke andhere se ghani samne khadi mili

Haath badha ke chune ki koshish ki suraj ko,

ungliya jail… aur roshni bhi nahi mili…

akele khud ko apni baho me samete, main raat dhallne ki raah dekhti rahi,

subah aayi, leking koi kiran meri khidki pe nahi utar payi…

aur phir intezar me ek boond dhoop ke, meri aankhe khsitij ko dhundhne lagi…

par na asman aur na hi zamin mere ankho ko mil sake…

aur raaten kat-ti rahi bekhabar si…

dhundhte hue asman ko nazre mili samne guzarti sadak se…

khidki se ek ungli bahar nikal ke, bahut der baithi rahi

shayad kai din, shayad kai saal…

ek ummid ki koi ungli pakdega,

aur main usse poochungi roshni ke ghar ka pata

magar badhawas sadko se, bas cheekhti tanhayee guzarti nazar aayi...

phir kaano ko hantho se band kar ke,

aankho ko zor se meech liya…

(band aankhe subah aur raat me fark nahi dekh pati…)

aur phir, barso se khoyi hansi, palko ke kinare utar aayi.

Thake hatho se kaise khat tumhare naam pe likhe..

Likhe jazbat ya k bas khayalato pe khat likhe.

Marasim me sach ko dhundhti tanha teri aankhe,

likhe un ankho pe ya k marasim pe ye khat likhe...

Ya wo likhe jo tera sang me lamhe guzare the,

ya phir wo dard likhe jo nazar tujhko kiye maine...

Likhhe mausam ke naam pe ya haale dil pe khat lilkhe,

sheher ke shor pe ya phir ki tanha man pe khat likhe...

Tumhara haal kya puche kaha sach bolte ho tum,

na tumne poocha hi ki haal pe apne hi khat likhe...

Jo teri khair rakhte hai, tu unki fikar rakh lena,

tumhare naam pe alfaz itne se hi bas likhe

Kaise kahe tanha ujala dhundhte hai hum,

ye raat dilruba nahi par humsafar to hai...

Ik dard hi sahi koi apna to hai magar,

duniya me teri yun to akele hi sab chale.

Insan jo kuch nahi hai gume ishq ke bina,

wo ishq ke dago ko kaise dagh bhi kahe.

Hasart hai dekhne ki magar milne ki nahi,

kyo ho shikayat wo nazar chura k jo chale.

Hai shauk ik ye bhi ki khelte hain khud se hum,

tum ruthte ho kyo tumse to nahi khele...

Sach aur bharam me mere ik khwab ki lakir,

sapno ki yari hai zara mehfil to ab chale...