Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Ehsaas Mein Shadeed Talatum Ke Bawjood
Chup Hoon Mujhe Sakoon Muyassar Ho Jaise

Monday, October 22, 2012

!!!

Harf-e-Tasali tu ik takalluf hai werna....
Jiska dard usi ka dard, aur baqi sub tamashai....

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Farz karo hum ahle wafa hon, farz karo deewanay hoon
Farz karo yeh dono batein jhootee hoon afsanay hoon

Farz karo yeh jee ki bipta, jee say jorh sunai ho
Farz karo abhi or ho itni, aadhi hum nay chupai ho

Farz karo tumhain khush kernay kay dhoondhay humnay bahany hoon
Farz karo yeh nain tumharay such much kay maykhanay hoon

Farz karo yeh rog ho jhoota, jhooti peet hamari ho
Farz karo is peet kay rog main sans bhi hum per bhari ho

Farz karo yeh jog bajog ka hum nay dhong rachaya ho
Farz karo bus yahi haqeeqat baqi sub kuch maya ho

_______ Ibnay Inshah______

Tuesday, March 22, 2011


I'm threading through the evening

it's later than I thought
a friend of mine is waiting
for cigarettes I brought

she smiles she seems so tired
so nothing is required

I reach into my pocket
some things she left behind
nothing really happens
in ways I can't define

loose talk of hearts and heads
of sleep in other beds
it's better left unsaid

she says that she is cold
I wish that I could hold

but no,
how can you hold a soul?
you just can't hold a soul
that shines like gold
she shines like gold

I will, I won't, I would
I've said more than I should

she leaves she goes uptown
she may not come back down
she may not come back down
she may not turn around
she may not make a sound
she may not come back down!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Kho gayi hai manzil kahin rahon mein......

Jahan mein, jahan tu,
Aur jahan, bass tere mere jazbaat hai,
Hogi jahan subah teri,
Palko ki, kirano mein,
Lori jahan chand ki,
Sune teri baahoin mein..
Jaane naa kahan wo duniya hai,
Jaane naa wo hai bhi ya nahi,
Jahan meri zindagi mujhse,
Itni khafa nahi.....
Saasein kho gayi hai kiski aahon mein,
Mein kho gayi hu jaane kiski baahon mein,
Manzilon se raahein doodhti chali,
Kho gayi hai manzil kahin rahon mein.....

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Who I am inside?


Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day
It's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

I am now
In a world where I
Have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

There's a heart that must be
Free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why

Why must we all conceal
What we think, how we feel?
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?
I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

This is my all time fav fav track. Hey Aguilera! you are the best.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Dream On!!


Everytime that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face gettin clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dust to dawn
Isn’t that the way
Everybody’s got their dues in life to pay


I know what nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know its everybody’s sin
You got to lose to know how to win


Half my life is in books written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know its true
All the things come back to you


Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, if its just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away


Dream on,
Dream yourself a dream come true

Dream until your dream come true

Dream on


Vocalist: Aerosmith

Friday, May 15, 2009

I need to hide within a storm


So have the ending come
And bring the winds that scream
And spill the fog all over town
And break through every door
And strip away the tree
And raise the rivers high
Just help me drown
And hold me in your standstill ground
I will sink down
And you'll be washed away

I really thought I was okay
I really thought I was just fine
But when I woke this time
There was nothing to take me back to sleep
To take you off my mind

And I keep saying over and over and over and over again
Let it rain, I need to hide within a storm

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Me too


"Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark."

"I do believe it's true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
If the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too"

Saturday, March 28, 2009

'Show me the meaning' by Backstreet Boys

I am not that crazy about music. But it's been 8 yrs and so, this song is still alive in my song list:

Show me the meaning of being lonely
So many words for the broken heart
It's hard to see in a crimson love
So hard to breathe
Walk with me, and maybe
Nights of light so soon become
Wild and free I could feel the sun
Your every wish will be done
They tell me

Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
There's something missing in my heart

Life goes on as it never ends
Eyes of stone observe the trends
They never say forever gaze upon me
Guilty roads to an endless love (endless love)
There's no control
Are you with me now?
Your every wish will be done
They tell me

There's nowhere to run
I have no place to go
Surrender my heart, body, and soul
How can it be
You're asking me
To feel the things you never show

You are missing in my heart
Tell me why I can't be there where you are

Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Secret Sun


Meet me by the sea again
Past the point the shoreline bends
Where the sand is soft and warm
And hangs upon your golden arm
And time won’t move at all
We were once the only ones
Who knew of the secret sun
Shining down where no one goes
In a place that no one knows
And time won’t move at all
And time won’t move at all
Many lives have come between
You and me, the secret scene
But back there in the orange light
There’ll be no fear of the night
And time won’t move at all
And time won’t move at all


I heard this song in Dear Frankie n loved it.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

I Will Survive

This is a famous song of 70’s (com ‘on I am not that old) won numerous awards. Its singer, Gloria Gaynor, is known for this all time favourite disco number. It has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment, a gay anthem (now they need an anthem, wow), and HIV/AIDS awareness. I like its lyrics:


First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

Friday, November 14, 2008

A Farewell

Peeping in every few minutes
My precious still there
The world beckons for her
And I know she cannot remain
That bed will be empty
The room for once tidy
The rituals will have to change
Her scent, though it may linger
But it too will dissipate
Last loving glance
At sleeping beauty
Suddenly she seems changed
No longer as childlike as I recall
My child nonetheless
Who will protect her
How will I tame my instincts
Fear may engulf her heart
But mine feels torn apart
How will life go on
Who will I live for
Who will I care for
Who will I worry for
The Lord giveth
And the world taketh away

(Poet:KKT)

Last walk!

But this walk
in the crown jewel
with mother and father
this path
this alley
the valley awash in green
lush
the steps so retraced
a million times
the clobber by the roadside
the signboards
the turns
the faces familiar
the shadows so known
no fear touched the heart
no fear seemed near
nothing forlorn
the garden lit outside
with myriads of hopes
beckons and calls
and I wish to cling on
to the post of my bed
and shake my head
so familiar is the floor
so dear each door
O my walk in the crown jewel
O Mother!
O Father!

(From "Iola". May Allah bless you with all you want. Yes yes I would pray for you whenever I remember you).

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Dreams

Under the mild morning sun
trying to hide behind the clouds
smell the fresh flowers that bloomed in your dreams
The musky breezes smear perfume all around your neck
and feel the leaves touching your skin making ripples on your soul
Feel the tender twigs brush your hair
and twines teasing the toes that twitch
and tremble in blushing ecstasy
With the morning drizzle dripping scandalously on your soft shoulders
rolling down your shivering back
comes the rainbow with colors trickling down your dreams.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Death Bed

The old man lay dying
He rested assured
He was on his way
To the land of the pure
He thought of his lord’s bounties
That lay for him in store
Nothing had he done that would be cause for remorse
Hadn’t he been kind to God’s creatures
Thus begetting kindness in return?
He had given alms to the poor
And freed the slaves
Night and day in the lord’s presence
He’d stood and prayed
Content in these narcissistic thoughts
By a call he was startled awake
Get up oh sinner; get up on your feet
There is much that needs to be done
You took from the world more than wealth
More than wealth you shall return
Yes day and night you prayed to save yourself
But never strived to save even your nearest ones
The wealth you leave to your kith and kin
Shall bind them, enslave them, and bring them perdition
Yet the greatest wealth will die with you
The wealth that might have won for you and them- salvation.

(courtesy http://www.buzzvines.com/get>)

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