tum ho pooja,tumhi aarti ho
tum ho seeta,tumhI bhaarti ho
kaise apne kaleje ko khud hi
itni bedard ho maarti ho
chand tukdon mein ghayal padi hu
ankahi daastaan ki kadi hu
teri aankh se jo ban na paayi
aansuon ki main aisi ladi hu
khoon ke khwaab kal raat dekhe
dekhna main kahi darr na jaoon
tej khanjar chalana na mujh par
maa tumhari kasam mar na jaoon
ho gaya tan-badan tukde-tukde
ek mann, do nayan ukhde-ukhde
dil tha nanha dhadkan bhi choti
chote chote sapane, hue tukde-tukde
duniya waalon ye tufaan lekar
kis diye ko bujhane chale ho
bin dhara ke ye aakaash lekar
kaisi duniya basane chale ho?
Koi mujhe katil samajhta samjhe koi deewana
Dil me kya hai dard samaye kisi ne na jana
Duniya ki aapa dhapi me kho diya astitva
Shayad kismat me tha mere pagal kehlana
Kyu meri har koshish mujhe paagal karaar kar deti hai
Is ghayal man me aur zakhm bhar deti hai
Batein wo purani ho gayi jinme tha hasna hasana
Shayad kismat me tha mere paagal kehlana
Zindgi ne mujhe maine zindgi ko chhoda
Apne naye sathi maut se naata joda
Gum hai ki ASHQ ko kisi ne na pehchana
Shayad kismat me tha mere paagal kehlana
Aaj bhi zindgi hai usi tarah
Par aaj wo kal ki baat nahi
Kuch armaan aaj bhi hai
Par hath me unka hata nahi
Sajte hai sawarte hai
Chehre par wo baat nahi
Chand to aaj ki raat bhi hai
Par purnima ki wo raat nahi
Chalak rahe hai paimane ab bhi
Sath me unka sath nahi
Kuch boonde hi bachi hai ab
Ashqo ki barsaat nahi
I look up
as a tear rolls slowly
down my cheek
I think about better days
and wonder if I’ll feel that way again
you look at me
with those eyes I know so well
always serious, so deep and insightful
as though you’re always in control
But not today
not now
Now you look so scared
like for once you don’t have the answer
I gaze at you
looking deep into those hazel eyes
Hoping to understand
why you’ve said those things you did
I wonder for a moment
if this is all a dream
if I shall wake in the morning
and be relieved
you look at me
with a confusion I have never seen
slowly pull me towards you
and wipe the tears from my cheek
