Sunday, October 26, 2008

Wishlist

I could use company and a few drinks.
I need a new book in my life.

(Mean)while

“मनवा में मेरे आँधी हैं उठी,
और स्तब्ध खड़ी हूँ मैं;

साँसों में बाँध अपनी ही साँस,
निः शब्द खड़ी हूँ मैं;

दुनिया से जीती, जीती ख़ुद से हारी,
बस ध्वस्त खड़ी हूँ मैं;

आईना मैं, और अक्स मैं,
मद-मस्त खड़ी हूँ मैं।”

“मन कि दशा से लड़ती मैं भिडती,
विश्वस्त खड़ी हूँ मैं;

मेरी लाज मैं हूँ, चुनर भी मैं हूँ,
चुनर पे दाग़ भी मैं।”

“मैं श्याम-श्वेत, बादल मैं रेत,
निर्जर-सी छरी हूँ मैं;

अन्ध्यारी रात दीपक में बात,
स्वप्निल-सी परी हूँ मैं;

कंचन कि काया, अपना ही साया,
बस ख़ुद से डरी हूँ मैं;

लकड़ी में गीली, थोडी सहमी सी,
थम-थम के चली हूँ मैं;

विश्वस्त खड़ी हूँ मैं,
निः शब्द खड़ी हूँ मैं,
सर्वत्र खड़ी हूँ मैं,
सर्वत्र खड़ी हूँ मैं।”

8 comments:

Sonia said...

oye ye kavita tune likhi hai?? wow! jayshree ma'am ko chitthi likhkar bhejna. vo khushi k maare ro padengi ye jaankar ki unki EMRC wali chaatra Hindi me itni dhaasu hai ;-)

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Unknown said...

Sonia meri jaan..

Insaan ki aukaat bhi koi cheez hoti hain ya nahi? :)

Its written by Swanand Kirkire. It was used in Laaga Chunari Main Daag, music by Shantanu Moitra. Look it up on youtube, its beautiful. I just coudnt stop staring at each word, I felt like it that night. Defeated.

Karn said...

to this, I'm tempted to quote (and i'm usually more original, really) the concluding remarks from a shot I've loved, that i thought rather apt :

"You think I know the first thing about how hard your life has been, how you feel, who you are, because I read Oliver Twist? Does that encapsulate you? Personally... I don't give a shit about all that, because you know what, I can't learn anything from you, I can't read in some fuckin' book. Unless you want to talk about you, who you are. Then I'm fascinated. I'm in. But you don't want to do that do you sport? You're terrified of what you might say ... Your move, chief."

ah, and raise a glass to that.

Sonia said...

sorry yar...jabse is muye college me admission liya hai mera music par GK murjha gaya hai...

anyways, i looked up the song on youtube - quite touching!

Tukki said...
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Tukki said...

Wht should i type on youtube??? I could not find anything :(

Unknown said...

@ Karn

Out of extreme curiosity, where are these lines from?

And yes, they're very apt.