To The Other Hemiaphere

The road has so much to say,
So much of its tale..
The main pull is its non-ending stretch..
The more You go..the more is there.. ahead of the sight...
The soft call...come on...one step and then the other,
That comes from its soul is iressistible...

The road. ..its always on...never asleep..may be lying. ..
Once the footsteps are upon it, the song is on...
Yes, the road sings too..of something...very fresh...
Are you ready, it calls...
Lets go a long way...may be to the other hemisphere. ..

Are you tired..the road teases..
But I ve so much to offer..
So much from the unknown...
Aren't you interested ...
Yes, but I m tired says the itinerant...
For the night, don't you open up
a motel or a resting house
for my aching legs and the exhausted body...

Why to stop...
see the winter night....
It has a bright half moon
and a canopy of burning stars...
the road speaks softly...
Don't stop now..
In the night lampposts will play with you,
Will bring you messages from faraway land,
The soil will be alive...everything has so much to say, listen and walk on...
There is nothing here for you to stop...
Surprises are awaiting in each bend..,don't stop...

Yes, you are right..,
I should not stop, says the traveller...
There is so much to see and feel..
You are like life..,you are on, I m on...
But tonight... I want to travel vertically..
Towards moon, to touch those stars...
Can you unwind-skywards...
O road, let's go moonwards....
And the road smiled...

Listening...

In the desert,
There is none but the legs
The ever-trusting & protecting camel
Is also lost in the desert typhoon.

The life is in the throat
Begging to be released sooner
Mrigatrishna no more lies ahead
Calling, come...come...
It's too gone out of sight
It was the false cause of going..

The deity of the desert smiles
As the prayers are heard
It's anklet tinkle sometimes
Its wooden shoes makes cacophony..
It's a she and a he
Both!
And is listening..

8.30
27.7,2016

Man k Pàtálî gufå me ek pakshi rahta hai

Man ki patali gufa me,
Ek Kabutar, safed, udta hai,
Uski pankh phad-phadahat se
Kahta hai,
Han, yahan v Koi rah sakta hai!
Man k patali gufa me Koi rahta hai!

Gufa me mandir bhi hai,
Kabhi Kabutar bayen tarf jae,
Wahan k roshandan me beithe;
Likhe-1.11

kabhi dayen taraf jaye,

Wahan k dhuan-bikherti hui jharokha me beithe
Ude,
Pankh phad phad kare,
Kahe, yahan v Koi rahta hai
Itne bhitar bhi patali Ganga bahti h...

Man ki patali nagari...
Halka ujla, halka andhera kahne beithi hai,
Sannata Payal hai,
Nirjanata kangan ,
Chhat ki chuda se roshani ki ek dhar barasti hai
Kabutar is roshan-dhar ko pie,
Patali Ganga me nahae..
Yahan k jhilmil kamron me kuchh khole,
Fir pa jaye to aram farmaye,
Na pakad me aye, na kahin aur jae,
Puchhne par-"Kaun hai!"
Kahe- "Mai hun"!
Yahan k thandak bhaati hai,
Yahan k sukun man-bhavan hai,
Is patali mandir se uthe hue
Prarthan ki anu-punj k geet, pasand hai.

Man ki Patali gufa me Koi rahta hai
Rishani k kalam se kuchh likhte hai,
Dhuan se agarbatti banata hai,
Kya mandir me Koi Devta hai,
Iska khoj padtal karta h..
Man k Paatali nagari me ek pakshi rahta h
Ise pata nahi,
Yehi yahan ka Devta h,
Wo apneap ko khojta hai...

Entangled

You are my Sanctuary!
I love me,
When You love me,
O Beloved,
I knew you without knowing...
There is no Truth other than this,
There is no heaven but your heart
There is no God but your soul...
I shelter you in all my Finality,
Collect me, fast, I am shredding...

Lovers in death
so entangled, so very together...

Death is the name of separation of body from soul!
But this separation theory also does not work with them.
They are so engrossed in each other, contemplative...
That they could not hear the footfalls of death!
Even death is scared n in loss here!
Lovers!!
They do beat every Truth of this universe and claim the Ultimate Truth- Bliss!
In Your Company n shelter O dear, i find everything from Heaven to God!

Entangled

You are my Sanctuary!
I love me,
When You love me,
O Beloved,
I knew you without knowing...
There is no Truth other than this,
There is no heaven but your heart
There is no God but your soul...
I shelter you in all my Finality,
Collect me, fast, I am shredding...

Lovers in death
so entangled, so very together...

Death is the name of separation of body from soul!
But this separation theory also does not work with them.
They are so engrossed in each other, contemplative...
That they could not hear the footfalls of death!
Even death is scared n in loss here!
Lovers!!
They do beat every Truth of this universe and claim the Ultimate Truth- Bliss!
In Your Company n shelter O dear, i find everything from Heaven to God!

Jhola

Ek Vanik raah chalte hue ek Raahgir se takraya
Dono sath beithe,
Raat ka waqt tha,
Aur Vanik ne apna bhari hui jhola khola
Heere jawaharat se bhara tha,
Wo roya...
Raahgir ne puchha kyun ro rahe ho?
Itne dhan to hai Tumhare pash,
Aur khane ko v majedar jaike?
Vanik ne kaha,
Ye jawaharat bech nahi sakta, mere Patni k hain!
Uski yaadein, Sath lie chalta hun,
Darta hun, Koi lut na le,
Jayega to do- dhan aur yadein!

Raahgir tab apna jhola khola-
Kuchh dhuan nikle aur upar ud gaye,
Chandi k badal!- vanik ne puchha!
Raahgir bola, han, par ye barsenge nahi!
Kuchh nahi h inke andar, na yadein na dhan!
Tu sach me Maldar nikla,
Kyun na kuchh Kissa Tu Suna
Apne daulatgaar ka...

* *
Raat jam gai,
Aur Vanik bolta gaya...
Dhan daulat k khajana khulta dikhai pada,
Ek ek...
Aur bich me Raahgir chillata rahta,
Arae, lagta h, dekha kahin Isko,
Ye jebar, jani suni lagti h, Dost!

Entangled

You are my Sanctuary!
I love me,
When You love me,
O Beloved,
I knew you without knowing...
There is no Truth other than this,
There is no heaven but your heart
There is no God but your soul...
I shelter you in all my Finality,
Collect me, fast, I am shredding...

Lovers in death
so entangled, so very together...

Death is the name of separation of body from soul!
But this separation theory also does not work with them.
They are so engrossed in each other, contemplative...
That they could not hear the footfalls of death!
Even death is scared n in loss here!
Lovers!!
They do beat every Truth of this universe and claim the Ultimate Truth- Bliss!
In Your Company n shelter O dear, i find everything from Heaven to God!