Lockdown Diaries: Kuchh band kisse

Din jaise jaise nikale,

Waise ek bandi hone ka ehsaas hua

Chaaron taraf band khidkiyaan, 

sunsaan raaste

Hawayein chal rahi thi, patte bhi gire pedon se,

Maidaano mein char rahe kuch jaanwar,

Chidiyan chehek rahe the,

Motor gaadiyon ki shor mein ghul gaye the,

Aaj sabhi jeev zinda ho gaye, 

Band darwaaze halke se khule,

Kuchh chehre kabhi jhankte huye bahar

Kahin ankhon mein aas thi, kuch mein bebasi,

Kuchh mein khushiyan bhi thi shaamil,

Khushiyan jaise garmi ki chuttiyan aa gayi

Ghar mein khel kood, FM par gaane bajana,

TV par Mahabharat aur Ramayan ka laut aana,

Wahi chutkule, wahi kehkahe, wahi masti ki leher 

Bachpan ke din laut aaye!

Jalta chirag

A tribute to Irrfan Khan
 
Lau tez thi, thodi maddhham hui,

Ek tez hawa aayi

Aur ek aur deepak bujh gaya

Roshan hota parda jab bhi woh aata,

Uski muskurahat se diye jalte,

Uski hasi se hazaaron khush hote,

Aaj ek aur deepak bujh gaya

Adakaari pe fida thi duniya, 

Pehchaan thi uske lafz, uski awaaz

Bareek shareer aur amli soch thi uski,

Aaj phir ek deepak bujh gaya!

Ishq ki Raah

Ishq ke anjaam se dara nai jaata,

Dil ki raahein hoti pathreeli,

Kuchh kaantein, kuchh kashmakash bikhri hongi.

Raah mein ek raahgir hoga, 

Mohabbat se saja gulistan bhi hoga

Haathon ko thaam lena, ae saathi,

Par darna nahi!

Kashmakash

Kisse kuchh puraane they,

Yaadein bhi puraani,

Kuchh meethi, kuchh dard-e-dil

Waqt aa gaya tha unhe mitaane ka!

Dil ne kaha: sanjoke rakh

Dimaag ne kaha: Fenk do

Dil aur dimaag ki ladaai hui

Aur fir se wahi kashmakash mein doobi woh

Kashmakash ki raah par woh chal rahi thi,

Bebas aur lachaar thi,

Zindagi ne fir do darwaaze dikhaye,

Iss baar dil jeeta, dimaag haar gaya!

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!

Rishton mein tanhai

Har pal ik tanhai sa,
Har pal thama sa, ruka sa

Har woh pal andhere sa,
Har woh pal ruaansa...
Har baar girne ka, chot khaane ka dar.

Kya rishte aise hain?

Har pal dar lage muskarane se,
Kahin agle pal gam ki barsaat na ho

Chup raho, mat chillao, dar kar jiyo,

Kya rishte aise hote hain?

Ghutte raho,
Logon se milne se katrao,
Aansu ponchkar muskurahat ka parda banao

Kya yahi pyaar hai?

Mohabbat aitbaar hai,
Aitbaar mein dhokhe nahi hote...

Phir yeh kaisa ishq hai jo pal mein roothe
Aur pal mein dam tod le?

I am me

I am me and nothing can change me,

This is the best version of me, 

Nothing can change that!

The radiance and glow may scorch some, 

it may warm some,

But this is me!

My words may hit some, warm others,

But my love is undying and unconditional,

That's me - whole, soul, pure!

My choices maybe bizarre, but they are mine.

My feelings are also mine, failures too!

But that's just me!

Ishq ke nazm...

Pyaar ki gehrai

Woh aakhri mulaaqat....