Break me up
In ways you know
I've stayed enough
Now let me go
This time around
It's a worthless fight
Yes I give up
No wrong, no right
The scarlet hue
Of a twilight sun
Says in my ears
The end's begun
Up looms large
A night that's dark
I am damned in a sea
On a broken ark
As I look up
For your hand to hold
And tell you tales
That are still untold
Yes it pains a lot
That I've had a heart
And shreds of dreams
That were torn apart
Much far beyond
The depth of sea
Is a place where
I was meant to be
They all will say
That I've lost to core
But games they play
I can play no more
Nothingness all around
And a deepening void within
The mind goes off afar
To times where ends begin
The times to come obscure
Moments in hand give pain
Laughs of an yesterday
Weep today in vain
Nothing to grasp for life
No glimpse of hope is found
Is it worth to hold the mast
Or let the boat be drowned
It's been a while since times
Have hurt in a hundred way
It's a worthless fight with night
No worth to wait for a day
Long afar a sun
Takes a plunge in the sea
A dark and crimson gleam
Just fades away like me
कोई अनसुनी कहानी
या अधूरा सा किस्सा है
इस सफ़र के सूनेपन में
कुछ मेरा भी हिस्सा है
कोई आँच तो लगी होगी
जो यूँ आँख में नमी सी है
ये टूटना है ख्वाबों का
या ख़्वाब की कमी सी है
गुस्ताख़ कोई आंधी थी
चिराग़ जिससे हारा था
या न काबिल ही देखने को
बाकी कोई नज़ारा था
मुट्ठी भरी लकीरों में
उलझी सी ज़िन्दगानी है
न कल की आस दिखती है
न अतीत की निशानी है
कोई आज भी है हैराँ
जो है आँखों से बहता पानी
उसे क्या भला पता है
मेरी अनसुनी कहानी
The sun that shone
Was overly bright
The dried up earth
Had no respite
In blows of wind
Sheer hot and dry
A sapling stood
With a silent sigh
Her delicate being
Withered in heat
She had no more
Her covering sheath
She bore the brunt
Of a breeze unkind
Kept looking around
No one to find
Feeling quite lost
In her time of pain
She thought her life
Will vile in vain
In intense fear
Of her dream's demise
A cloud rose up
From her moistened eyes
The shade of the sky
Saw a gradual change
It turned scarlet
At a distant range
The swelled up cloud
Could no more be chained
Its heart poured out
And then it rained
I've walked along
Some paths unknown
Conversing with
My thoughts alone
The journey's tales
And reminiscence
Is all I have
As life's essence
I've had let go
What wasn't mine
For what didn't come
I have no pine
Few seeds of thought
Is all I keep
Some sprouts of hope
Is what I reap
In drifting thoughts
Of an yesterday
I've not poisoned
My time today
For a distant fear
Of a day not near
I have not missed
A moment's cheer
Till so far
I've walked along
And have done deeds
Both right and wrong
Between the spheres
Of a smile and a tear
The life lives on
Without a fear
Moist, heavy and cold
Thus the breeze blows
A drop of dew glows
Freshly fallen from an eye
Sounds of silence roar
Breakers batter the shore
The wall can take no more
Salt has eaten its core
Too much time has passed
With a load of nothings amassed
The weight that doesn't pain
But signs of hurt remain
The ghosts of yesterday
Haunt the woods today
In twisted trails of mind
Hide and seek they play
Tough to still withstand
The humble castle of sand
Crumbles upon its weight
Gives up the fight with fate
Inside the rusty clock
Times have come to a stop
A pair of sleepless eyes
Just watch the moments drop
कल मिला एक दीवाने से
वो तसव्वुर के बाज़ार में
चंद ख्वाबों की ख्वाइश लिए
अपनी नींद बेच रहा था
हाथ लिए बुझता सा चिराग़
जिसकी कालिख़ आँखों में समायी थी
रात की सियाह को टटोलता
आँधियों की फ़िराक थी उसे
थी हक़ीक़त की दुनिया कहाँ
ख्वाबों सी खूबसूरत कभी
वो दिलकशी का आशिक़ था
उसे जागने की आदत न थी
एक उफनती नदी में वो
हाथ डाले बैठा था
उसकी किस्मत ने दम तोड़ा था
वो लकीरों को बहा आया
हाँ था कुछ ऐसा दीवाना
ख्वाबों की कद्र करता था
सुला के जज़्बातों को आज
नींद बेच रहा था वो
Break me up
