do you understand me?

do you truly understand
what it is to be me?

have you survived the
ups and downs of a life similar to mine?

can you look me in the face
and tell me, if I know who you are?

can you pinpoint everything
that invokes some kind of emotion in me?

do you have any words or phrases
that are the very definition of me?

can you list everything in my life that I hold valuable?

do you know my values?
do you know my goals?
do you know my beliefs?

can you tell me what I want out of life?
can you tell me what I have gone through?
can you tell me what kind of person I want to be?
can you tell me how I feel in any given scenario?

I already know the answer.
you don’t have a clue who I am.

you have never spent a single minute in my place,
haven’t spent a day in my exact position.

yet you talk about me as if
you know the most intimate details of my life.

you have barely scratched the surface of who I am,
yet you act like you have infinite knowledge of me.

you take what little you have seen or heard from me
and you distort it and pass it off as something ‘credible.’

you lie...
you cheat me out of any kind of friendship.
you make a fool out of me and everyone else.

are you proud of the destruction you have caused?

one day, your little game will end,
and since what goes up must come down,
you will find yourself in a similar position.

the high horse you rode so proudly
will buck you off and into the mud.
any kind of respect and recognition you had
will be gone with the wind.

kantoon ke saath guzari humne apni puri zindgani

mere ghum ka fsana mere dil ki kahani,
woh aaj sun lein aake meri zubaani,

hum ne unke ghum ko dil mein chupa ke rakh liya,
keh ghair ki yeh aata nahi hai apnon ki mehrbani,

log pouchte hain ke raaj kya huwa
in anshuon mein haye beh gayi meri jawaani,

kash! zindagi mein ek pathar hi phenk dete,
kyun aaj mere pit-piche kerte hain gulfshani,

tum hi kaho duniya walo,
main phool nahi tu kya hoon,
kantoon ke saath guzari humne apni puri zindgani.

mujhe bhi milega kya mukamal-janha kabhi

main ek smander ki sahil ki rait ka zarra hoon,
har pal ek nayi laher ke sath bhaita hoon,

kabhi unse kahta hoon kabhi unki sunta hoon,
kabhi khamoosh sa rahta hoon,

kabhi unki bandagi karta hoon,
kabhi unki darindagi sehta hoon.

kabhi un par hassta hoon,
kabhi unke sath roota hoon,

kabhi un par jeeta hoon,
kabhi unke sath marta hoon,

main ek smander ke sahil ki rait ka zarra hoon,
har pal ek nayi laher ke sath behta hoon,

le jati hai woh mujh ko door kahi,
phir chord jati hai woh mujh ko yehi,

lamba safar ye kat-ta hi nahi,
koshish karne se kuch hota nahi,

sochta hoon tannhai mein yehi ki
mujhe bhi milega kya mukamal-janha kabhi,

ya bhatakta rahoonga har pal
ek nayi laher ke sath sada yunhi..

my soul mourns at my own grief

drenching in showers of pain
with hopes shattered by the cold winds,

I weep on the banks of a river
maturing sun casts its magic on me,

adamant in chasing away my fears
to bestow me from darkness to light,

sky along side the dark clouds conspire
plucking away the felicity of my soul,

leaving me in solitude with a lot to ponder
hopes have turned in to a nightmare,

as I mistook for a desert to be a mirage
my soul mourns at my own grief..!!

zholi mein kuch hai baki to gazal hai meri

zholi mein kuch hai baki to gazal hai meri,
mera roop, meri pehchaan gazal hai meri,

koi puche kya hai mazhab tera,
shayari hai imaan, dharm gazal hai meri,

kya sukoon ismein oos ki boondon ki tarah,
zindagi ke liye muskaan gazal hai meri,

zaalim zamana zakhm chahe jitne bhi de de mujhe,
dil ke har dard ka marham gazal hai meri,

koi lamha, koi ehsaas, ek naya khayal,
mere zinda rehne ki wajah gazal hai meri,

ishq ke len-den mein raaj barda kamjoor hai,
faida gar hai koi to gazal hai meri,

zholi mein kuch hai baki to gazal hai meri,
mera roop, meri pehchaan gazal hai meri...

yun khamoshi ka zeher piye ja rahe hain

yun khamoshi ka zeher piye ja rahe hain,
mat puch kiski khatir zindagi jiye ja rahe hain,

kisi ne ghumon ka taufa saja ker diya hai,
ussi ki khushi mein chup chaap anshu piye ja rahe hain,

jab chaha hansa diya jab chaha rula diya,
yun kuch hum par ehsaaan kiye ja rahe hain,

unhein hum ne phulon ka bister de diya hai,
apne zakhmon ko hum kaanton se siye ja rahe hain,

to kya jo zamana bereham hua hai
hum to afsaaane mein khud ko jiye ja rahe hain,

apni khatir jeena to duniya walon ka dastur hai,
hum iss duniya ki khatir khud ko mita ker jiye ja rahe hain.

yeh unn dino ki baat thi

yeh unn dino ki baat thi,
kya kahoon woh kaise din the
aur woh kaisi raatein,
yeh unn dino ki baat thi...

woh mere saath thi
main us ke saath tha,

woh us ka kehna,
woh mera sunna,
mere dil ki kwahish,
jaise uske laboon ki baat thi...

woh samander ki lehrein,
woh hawaoon ki thandak,
jaise mere bhi pas thi...

us ke sansoon ki aahat,
mere dil ki dhardkan,
jaise saath saath thi...

chand bhi tehra tha kahi,
chandni bhi humraaz thi,
ab aur karun kya bayan
yeh unn dino ki baat thi...!!