लपट

हर लपट मेरी अंतिम क्रीड़ा की फिर चीखे 

चीखे , माते मैं लौट यहीं फिर आऊँगा । 

तेरे ही पावन आँचल का आश्रय लूँगा 

भारत माँ, जन्म यहीं मैं फिर, फिर, फिर लूँगा । 

- SD

Sprinter

You are the fastest sprinter
and you are running at your best speed.
You have boundless energy and
will never take a rest.
You refuse to die before
you reach your destiny
If the journey seems
endless.
Then,
Enjoy the way

-SD

जीत

अगर जीना चाहते हो
तो जियो.. लड़ो मत,

तुम ज़िन्दगी को प्यार करते हो
उसे जीतने की कोशिश मत करो


-SD 

Water under the bridge

In the flow of the chasm, when the rocks kiss my boat
I’m not startled anymore, my merriment still afloat
I know this day and the one before that
Is water under the bridge, I’ll live to remember and quote.


The salt under the tongue when they whispered you were finished
The steam in the chest left of someone you cherished
That morning you woke up and found a dream had vanished

The steel of the eyes when you were near a piece of dust
That urge to yell at sky when u won when win was must
And the time someone quietly said, u will do it I fully trust.

In the flow of the chasm, when I reach a turn I could see
But not a whiff of what lies - beyond that low hanging tree
And yet I go on for there is something that grew in me
It’s on the blind turns in life, that I’ll find a piece of me


-SD

King

it was a dark night
  the king had returned from the battle
  enemies nor the friends would ever know;
  but
  the king was tired.
  it was a dark night

  His head was high
  His eyes were open
  feet firm on the ground
  and dreams intact
  standing alone in his camp
  till his last breathe
  he couldn't be otherwise;
  nobody knew he would fall any time
  dead, that is.

  the king was tired
  it was a dark night.

  then on the horizon
  just before the midnight
  a lovely star shone
  she was looking for the king
  since he was gone

  she smelled no fragrance
  but of her self
  she knew no stories
  but of her love.

  his eyes open but seeing nothing
  king didn't know
  she came running;

  and hugged him .

  who never knew of support
  would never ask for it
  would fall only if dead
  eyes still open.
  his honour in that dark cold night
  was held high.

  not by the kingdoms he built
  not by the glory he had
  not by the army he captained
  nor by the god he thought he was .

  but ,
  by a hug from his little love
  when he just needed support
  but would never hear of it.

  -SD

फिर मत कहना ...

फिर मत कहना कुछ कर न सके


जब नर तन तुम्हे निरोग मिला, सत्संगति का भी योग लिखा
फिर भी  प्रभु कृपानुभव करके, यदि भवसागर तुम तर न सके।
फिर मत.…

तुम सत्य तत्व ज्ञानी होकर, तुम सद्-धर्मी ध्यानी होकर
यदि सरल निर्-अभिमानी होकर, कामना विमुक्त विचर न सके
फिर मत.…

जग में जो कुछ भी पाओगे, सब यही छोड़ कर जाओगे
पछताओगे यदि तुम अपना, पुण्यों से जीवन भर न सके
फिर मत.…

जो सुख सम्पत्ति में फूल रहे, जो वैभव मद में मूल रहे
उनसे फिर पाप डरेंगे क्यों, जो परमेश्वर से डर न सके
फिर मत.…

जब अन्त समय आ जायेगा, तब क्या तुमसे बन पायेगा
यदि समय शक्ति के रहते ही, आचार विचार सुधर न सके
फिर मत.…

होता तब तक न सफल जीवन, है भार रूप सब तन मन धन
यदि पथिक प्रेम पथ में चलकर, अपना या पर दुःख  हर न सके

फिर मत कहना कुछ कर न सके


--------  पं. राम नाथ द्विवेदी (Grandfather)

देख लो

Came across one of the manuscripts by my Grandfather. The intellect!

(the paper was preserved religiously by my Mom)

इस जग में कितना ही तुम स्वच्छंद विचर कर देख लो

तृप्ति न होगी, फिर भी कौतुक इधर उधर के देख लो। 

जिस सुख को प्राणी अपनाता, वही ईश से विमुख बनाता 

सुख ही है सर्वत्र नचाता, सुखासक्त प्राणी दुःख पाता 

नहीं समझ में आये तो तुम भी जी भर के देख लो। 

सीखो जग में सेवा करना सीखो दुनिया के दुःख हरना 

सीखो भव से पार उतरना, सत् पथ में अब कभी न डरना

जो आया है जाएगा, यह धीरज धर के देख लो। 

 जग में जो कुछ बोया जाता कई गुना बढ़कर वह आता 

जो सुख देता वो सुख पाता मान व अपना भाग्य विधाता 

यदि तुम को विश्वास न हो तो कुछ भी कर के देख लो। 

जिसको तुमने अपना माना यहाँ किसी का नहीं ठिकाना 

निश्चित जिसका है छूट जाना फिर क्या उससे मोह बढ़ाना 

तन में रहते हुए पथिक तुम, हर राह गुजर के देख लो। 

तृप्ति न होगी, फिर भी कौतुक इधर उधर के देख लो । 

-----  पं. राम नाथ द्विवेदी

Away!

Now I out walking
The world desert,
And my shoe and my stocking
Do me no hurt.

I leave behind
Good friends in town.
Let them get well-wined
And go lie down.

Don't think I leave
For the outer dark
Like Adam and Eve
Put out of the Park.

Forget the myth.
There is no one I
Am put out with
Or put out by.

Unless I'm wrong
I but obey
The urge of a song:
I'm—bound—away!

And I may return
If dissatisfied
With what I learn
From having died.

"Away!" by Robert Frost.
One of his favorites.

तुम

इक तुम्हारी कमी ही, मटमैला सा आसमां बन

बारिश वाली रातों के, भीगे आंचल से 

दबे पांव उतरी है... जब तब।

- SD

Shelley's me

Teach me half the gladness
        That thy brain must know,
    Such harmonious madness
        From my lips would flow
The world should listen then, as I am listening now!


Lucky to have a few sincere critics around :)  they never fail to tell (as and when they get aware of) me the truth, at least their perception of it .

Getting complaints of being melancholic!
Not sure who and what to blame. Looking around for an answer..


We look before and after,
        And pine for what is not:
    Our sincerest laughter
        With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

लोग

कोई सूरत भी मुझे पूरी नज़र आती नहीं
आँख के शीशे मेरे चटके हुए है


टुकड़ों टुकड़ों में सभी लोग मिले है मुझको।

                      - गुलज़ार

मधुशाला

जितनी दिल की गहराई हो

उतना गहरा है प्याला,

जितनी मन की मादकता हो

उतनी मादक है हाला,

जितनी उर की भावुकता हो

उतना सुन्दर साक़ी है

जितना ही हो रसिक, उसे है

उतनी रसमय मधुशाला

मेरी हाला में सबने

पायी अपनी-अपनी हाला

मेरे प्याले ने सबने

पाया अपना-अपना प्याला,

मेरे साक़ी में सबने अपना

प्यारा साक़ी देखा,

जिसकी जैसी रूचि थी उसने,

वैसी देखी मधुशाला

       - बच्चन

Unknown

Will you solve a mystery for me

why things have to change
Why is life so complicated
Why can't things stay the same

I understand that people grow
And often grow apart
You have a special something
I just can't figure out!


.. dedicated to someone(unknown) who wrote it for me!

व्यथित

पागल सा मन लेकर जब आकाश व्यथित होता है,
दूर कहीं धरती का एक छोटा टुकड़ा रोता है |

-SD