Showing posts with label journey of love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journey of love. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Ye kaisa Ishq hai!


तुम आए थे जैसे कोई दुआ
बिना माँगे, बिना आवाज़ किए—
और मेरे दिल में जगह बना ली
एक हल्की-सी मुस्कान की तरह।

तेरी बातों में एक सुकून था,
तेरे आने से घर जैसा महसूस हुआ।
हर शाम तेरी, हर सुबह तेरी—
मानो मेरी पूरी दुनिया तुमसे शुरू होकर
तुम पर ही खत्म होती थी।

पर प्यार भी कभी-कभी थक जाता है,
बिना वजह, बिना किसी शोर के।
हमारे बीच जो धड़कनें थीं
वो एक दिन चुपचाप धीमी पड़ गईं।

तुम दूर होने लगे,
और मैं हर दिन टूटता रहा—
ये समझते हुए कि पकड़ना
हम दोनों को और दर्द देगा।

आज तुम नहीं हो,
पर मेरी छाती में एक जगह
अब भी तुम्हारे नाम की धड़कती है।
कभी-कभी यादों के दरवाज़े खोलकर
मैं तुम्हें चुपचाप देख लेता हूँ—
बिना शिकायत, बिना सवाल।

क्योंकि जो प्यार सच्चा होता है,
वो खत्म नहीं होता—
बस एक कोने में बैठकर
हमेशा-हमेशा रोशनी देता रहता है।


Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Malaal-e-Ishq

Maloom hai ki tu mujhse ishq nahi karta,
Maloom hai ki tu mujhse ishq nahi karta,
Lekin ye malaal bhi nahi,
Ki sirf main tujhse ishq karti hoon.

Jab bhi baat karti hoon tujhse, 
Tere khayalon mein doob jaati hoon.
Tu saamne hote huye bhi,
Tere baare mein sochti hoon. 

Kehne ko toh tune haami bhar di,
Kehne ko toh tune haami bhar di,
Rishte ko nibha bhi raha hai tu,
Fir bhi jaane kyun,
Tu door sa lagta hai mujhse yun. 

Tujhe khone ka darr sa laga rehta hai,
Tujhe khone ka darr sa laga rehta hai,
Jaane ye khayaal kab aya mujhe,
Fir bhi lagta hai ki tujhe main riha kar doon! 

Laazmi hai ki tujhe main riha kar doon,
Par iss dil ka kya karoon,
Jo tujhse riha hona nahi chahta!

Friday, 14 April 2023

Truant Thy Love

 She looked for it everywhere.

A mirage appeared wherever she went.

Each lane, each corner had love stamped on it.

“Where art thou, love”, she wondered.

But love played truant.


Love’s many forms, she was unable to see.

There was only one for her: 

her lost love.


Love played games with her,

Cupid was no less.


Both truant!


Tired, she stopped walking,

Sitting under a tree, she spots a mirror. 

An image she did not recognize:

worn-out clothes, disheveled hair, dark circles under her eyes,

cracked toenails, chipped fingernails.


Unrecognizable, she was distraught.


Who am I? Where did I come from?

Questions haunted her like a tyrant spirit.


She got up, walked on.

A tiny path to a house, a cobblestone road,

A small brook, birds chirping in the woods,

Familiar smells of a time gone by,

Memories enveloped her in a warm embrace.


An old photograph, a diary, few clothes, cluttered stationery,

Bits of paper, yellowing books, old letters, doodles and scribbles,

Remnants of her past in a box.


Crouched on her haunches, 

Aroma from an opened box filled her senses.


She turned the pages of her diary,

Each word spoke to her,

Told tales of the yore.


Grainy photographs had tons to tell,

Familiar old faces, moments captured random, 

Tingling sensations of butterflies in her tummy,

Memories of an old crush, first love lingered.

With a teardrop glistening in her eyes, she smiled!



Thursday, 1 April 2021

Dil ki baatein...kuchh alfaaz (Couplets)

Tha wo anjaan nahi, 
Tha wo dost bhi nahi,
Fir bhi ek kashish thi jo kheench leti uski taraf!
Khushboo zehan se na gayi,
Reh gayi uski muskurahat,
Khilkhilata hua chehra,
Jo dil mein reh gaya!

Duaon mein hamne tumhe yaad kiya,
Khush raho, yahi dua denge tumhe, 
Raaste hamare na takraaye bas yahi dua karna
Nahi toh 206 haddiyan hai, 
Kahi wo bhi gum na ho jaayein!


Pooch hi lete wo sawaal,
Aisa bhi kya sharmaana,
Ya toh haami hoti ya toh inkaar!


Shukriya karte karte, wo nikal gayi,
Bas reh gaye wo lafz, jo dil ko chhu gaye
Khayaal unka aya, yaadein bhi hui taaza,
Bas zubaan pe unka naam na aaya!


Kuch apna gham, kuch zamaane ne diye gham,
Bas kalam se lafz nikle, 
Aur kuchh dil ki awaaz nikli!


Aaj mehfil jami hai doston ki,
Arsa hua ki dil ki baatein hui,
Kuchh keh kahe aur kuchh kisse nirale,
Kuch thahakon mein mehfil jam gayi!

Aao dil ki baatein karein,
Haal-e-dil bayaan karein,
Aise hi mehfil jami rahein!

Khoobsurat ye lafz aapke,
Fida ho jaaye koi aap pe
Nazron ki kya zarurat,
Aapke lafz hi dil chura le!

Gulaab par pair toh rakho,
Kannte khud ba khud bikhar jayengi
Bas pair rakhne ki der hai!


Izzat dena koi aapse seekhe,
Maano itr gire ho labon se
aur gulaabon ki barsaat hui ho!

Dil ki ye tamanna hai 
Aaj koi dil ka izhar kare
Ek haath mein ho gulaab,
Aur sanitizer dusre haath mein!


Aaj kisi ko propose karne ka man ho raha hai...
Par Corona ne bola: aaj Karo na🤪

Monday, 15 June 2020

Afsaana

Afsaana thi ya koi bala,
Ishq ho gaya hamein usse,
Chahat ban gayi thi woh.

Khoobsoorat the nain-naksh,
Dil par chhap gayi thi woh

Bas ek khata hui dil-e-nadaan se,
Aur ishq na kar saki woh

Monday, 23 March 2020

Deewana

Gar koi hasaaye tumhe,
Gar koi rulaaye tumhe,
Sambhal jao, dil thaam lo,
Yahi wo deewana hai jiski talaash thi tumhe...
Dil ki kashmakash 
ko mita kar,
Haath thaam lo deewane ka!

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Adhure Ishq ki dastaan


Woh waqt bhi aur tha 
Woh daur bhi aur tha
Khwahishein poori hongi, yeh vishwaas tha

Tasveeron ka kaafila aankhon ke saamne se guzar gaya
Yaadein slideshow bankar guzri.

Har frame mein ek-ek pal tham sa gya
Kuchh pal dil bhi thama

Usme ek chehra saamne aaya

Yaadon ki baadh aayi aur main beh gayi 
unhi haseen lamhon mein

Lamhe bade meethe the, kuchh namkeen,
Yaadon ki baadh mein main beh gayi usme

Woh lamha hai ab bhi qaid!
Aankhon ko ab bhi hain sukoon hai deta,
Jab bhi yaad aata hai woh pehla lamha jab hum mile
Woh shirt ki khushboo, woh mehek, woh muskurahat,
Wo ankhon ka pehli baar milna,
Jaise kuchh bayaan kar rahe the.

Woh thame hue se kuchh pal,
Wo har muskurahat par dhadkano ka ruk jaana,
Baar-baar dil ishaare de raha tha: kuchh toh baat hai usme!

Milne ke hamare wo silsile,
Wo haseen afsaane, 
Wo bheege pal,
Lamhe yunhi tham gaye mere liye.

Waqt guzarta gaya, 
Sheher badal gaye, 
Dooriyan bhi aa gayi.

Par wo coffee shop, wo saanjh, 
wo baatein, wo raatein wahi tham gayi.

Bas reh gayi hain unn dino ki yaadein, 
Wo khaas lamhe, wo ehsaas, 
kuch ankahe lafz, kuchh adhuri baatein,

Aur Hum!