Monday, 27 February 2012

Love has taken flight off me...


Don’t boil me
Don’t boil me
Love has turned me cold

A beggar on the snowy road
A morning on the rainy street

Don’t call me
Don’t call me
Love has left me alone

An apple in the blistering desert
A thumb of the hungry child

Don’t hold me
Don’t hold me
Love has left me weak

A castle on the wild shore
A leaf on the autumn tree

Don’t love me
Don’t love me
Love has taken flight off me

Love has taken flight off me...

Tumhe yaad na aaonga


Mai gir gaya to
Uthana na mujhe

Mai chala gaya to
Apni yadon ka boojh
Mere kandhon pe hi rakh dena

Mai musafir hun
Magar
Raasta na dikhana mujhe

Bohot lambi hai jo
Hijr ki raatain
Apne aansoaon se
Naapna na inhe

Mai lauton ga nahi
Lut jane walon mai se hun
Lut jane dena mujhe

Apni sooni hatheliyon pe
Mera naam likh kar
Aanso’on se bigona na mujhe

Mai tere muhabbat mai
Chaand ban gaya hun
Roshni sooraj se udhaar leta hun
Dil na lagan mujhse
Sooraj ko apne
Maathey pe saja lena

Aur phir tumhari muhabbat ki dhoop mai
Mai bhi hijr ka chaand ban kar
Ghat te ghat te kho jaonga
Tumhe yaad na aaonga
                                               
                                               Tumhe yaad na aaonga...

Sunday, 5 February 2012

I carry you in my bucket


I carry you in my bucket
Because I found you
In the deepest well of my soul

I am all dried up
Wilting in the desert of my soul
You water me with your eyes and lips
So I carry you in my bucket
Because I found you
In the deepest well of my soul

Kitni door chaley gaye ho!


Kitni door chaley gaye ho!
Koi meri khabar ab bhi aati hai wahan?

Tumhari yadon ki zameenon pe
Merey kadmon ka
Koi nishaan ab bhi hai?

Tumhare hansi key kheeton mai
Mere honton se chakha hua
Koi phal ab bhi hai?

Tumhari tanhai ki rasoi mai
Mere haathon se gissa hua
Koi bartan ab bhi hai?

Kitni door chaley gaye ho…

Tumhare awaazon key shaher mai
Koi naam mere jaisa ab bhi hai?

Tumhare muhabbat ke baagon mai
Koi paed key tanney pe
Tumhara aur mera naam
Ab bhi khuda hai?

Kitni door chaley gaye ho…

Tumhare sapno key daryaon mai
Mere tumhare naam se
Koi kagaz ki naav ab bhi bahti hai?

Tumhare nazron key station pe
Intizaar ki thand mai
Umeed ki aag jalaye
Mere liye
Koi ab bhi intizaar karta hai?

Kitni door chaley gaye ho…

Tumhare aarizo key mandiron mai
Koi meri aawaz mai
Lagan ki anginath ghantiyan
Baja baja ke
Ab bhi prarthna karta hai?

Ya ishq ki masjid mai
Aansaon se wazu bana key
Koi mere haajat bhare haath
Ab bhi uthata hai?

Kitni door chaley gaye ho…

Par meri jaan
Mujhe yaqeen hai
Ye sab hota hoga
Jab jab tumne
Khud ko
Apne wajood key
Muqadus tanhai key
Hisaar mai paya hoga
Tumne ye sab kiya hoga

Maine bhi ye sab kiya hai.