Sadhika!

Sit beside me…

And let the black night enter your eyes…

Let it make your eye more magical…

Let me get drenched in the depth of your Black Eyes KumarKrim!

And let the night dance…

As it wishes…

This moon-less night …

It spreads like a Arabian black market…

And I place my heart near yours…

let sleep come when it can...

listening to the night...

as it hums your name...

again and again...

like a drum beat in a distant mountain...

like a veeja mantra

yet to be perceived to a sadhika... . . .

yours sadhika... 

Mukesh...

to and fro

O, who is going there!

When i call out...

The Empty Boat speaks nothing...

Quietly it moves from this shore to that shore!!

Invisible spirits play here like this all the time...

Night and day..

Never halting...

They carry feelings in their hearts...

Smuggle them for tears and smiles...

And move to and fro...

~Sunya Nauka~

Ye banate banate keise rista bana lia usne,
Milon ki duri se bandha do atma
Sabdo ki pheri- idhar se udhar...
Udhar se idhar...
Thoda sa hile dule ye sanson ka sunya nauka 
To dard se karahe do jude pran...
Kuchh likh ke bhejun...
Udhar se dardile nishwash sunai deta hai...
Ek muhn-heena insaan udhar se tarang se baat karta hai...
Gili batein baith kar in sunua nauka me at jaat hote rahte bas...

~The Spirit of the Camel Anklet ~

The distant chiming of Camel Anklet.....
Whirl in the air,
As if a nameless spirit is searching,
re-searching the home of it's previous birth...










And the Afternoon sings a gloomy song -
of a distant land,
of those thirsty cries that goes after a mirage...
Calling for water, for cloud, for rain...

The 'Chatak' starts circling the hot sky...       
 In a vain despair !
The pigeon-pair in my window pane
seems to nod their head,
As if they have read my heart...
They flap their wings,
Once, twice, but did not fly...

The distant chiming of Camel Anklet...
Comes closer now...
The nameless spirit sits beside me,
Somewhere nearby,
I can hear it's pale breathing...
and the the known silent smile...

Another Life...!

She is doing some house hold chores...

In the back yard,

Thinking of him...

The Lean One...

....

And She can hear his speeding footsteps...

yes the Brahmin is coming...

cruising through crop fields,

A child, curly haired, fare faced, kajal anointed round eyed,

sitting upon his right shoulder very conveniently..

They are approaching...

She is shy, as she is half wet 

and not decently dressed...

Still she is smiling,,,

Apprehending, how he will say give me food now...

And how he would look at her...

She touches her slightly protruding belly...

yes, another Life!!!

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Aur wo ata hai,

Ghusta hai jeise angan me,

Aur mai sarmake, daudte daudte 

angan se ghar ke andar ghusti hun ki saree gili hai mere, 

Dekhega to khaega nahi khana......

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Par wohin pahunch jata hai,

Teji se,

Patla sa jawan muhn, ek dhar ka -Mukesh!

Aur mere hairani dekh kar 

ankho me anurakti bhar ati hai uski,

Ek dant ko dabaye, 

ankho se ajeeb tarike se haste hue 

kahta hai,'le pakad ise, (bachhe ko) 

mai nahane ja raha hun...

Niche muhn kie, lajake bolti hun, han, thik hai...

To satke bolte ho, tu pet se ho jati hai, 

yehi tere problem hai/yehi baat tere hajam nahi hoti mujhko...

To mai dhakelne Ki koshish karti hun to, 

aur v khinchke dharte ho chhati me samet kar ...

aur dhire, bahut dhire bolte ho, 

mai thode na chahta hun ki tum eise ho jao... 

samjhi ki nahi...

Aur mere gile saree se 

ubhre hue dahine taraf ke nitamb par 

dhire se apne bayen hath se chat karke marta hai...

Mai chaunkti hun ...to haske bhid ke dharta hai...

Bachhe ki ujale muhn se ba..ba..ma...ma sunai padti hai...

Ashu ka rang

Ashu ka rang safed v na hua,
Gori Kanha ko dikhae to kya,
Gira aur kho gaya...

Jahan ye chhup gaya
Us kagaj ko lekar pani me dalo,
Dikhega kya...
Leke ag me seko v nahi dikhega,
Aur Shyam puchhe, kahan,
Dikha, preet ki nishaani kahan,
Rai kare v to kya, dikhae v to kya...

Isko dekhne ke lie kuchh to tarika hoga,
Ankho me apna ashu bharke dekho to
Dusre se giri ashu v dikkhega,
Ek jadui khazana dikhega...
Ye Mohan ko kaun bataega...

Holi ki Hardik Subhechha!

Rangotsav!

Prabhu Ranga khelibe kahile,

Ajhat hele…

Ki rang debi taku mu…

Sabu ranga ta nianta padila…

Kala Kanhu sabu ranga kheli sari dela…

Bahut khojili, mana lakhi ranga na milila…

Prabhu Ranga khelibe kahile,

Ajhat hele…

Ki rang debi bhabi mana-sindhuka kholi

Andalu thili rang_be-rang kete katha…

Tirchha akhire se hasi dela,

Kahila-ete khoju tu kisa pain

Ei ranga mo mana ku paila…