To love or not to love -- In retrospect

Kya khata thi ishq karne waale ki
Ya khata thi uski jo samajh na saka
Jo agar dewaana begaana hee rehta
To kya khabar hoti shama ko parwaane ki

Written by: Nipun Jaiswal

Kabhi Kabhi

Yeh teergi jo meri zeest ka muqaddar hai
le jaati hai mujhe anjaani rahguzaaron se

Muheeb saaye meri simt badhte aate hai
Hayaat-o-maut ke pur-haul khaar-zaaron se

Na koi raah na manzil na roshani ka suraag
Bhatak rahi hai khalaaon mein zindagi meri
Inheen khalaaon mein rah jaoonga kabhi khokar

Ajab na hota ke main begaana-e-alam rehta
Aur na Pukaarteen mujhe yeh talkhiyan zamane ki
yun hee kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai

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Teergi - Darkness
Rahguzaaron - Paths

Muheeb - Dreadful
Simt - Direction
Hayaat-o-maut - Life and death
Pur-haul - Full of terror
khaar-zaaron - Small trees with many thorns

khalaon - vaccum

Begana-e-alam - Alien to sadness/grief
Talkhiyan – Bitterness’s


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-- A 'remix' rendition of a Sahir Ludhianvi masterpiece -- "Kabhi Kabhi" (From the original nazm)
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Where am i ?

Perhaps, in the farthest corner of an unknown realm,

Where there is no corner,
Where there is no boundary,
and where there is no end,
I ask myself that could it be more scorner ?
Could it be a fortunate mystery ?
Or is it something that i should dread ?

Yet, I stand there at the helm,
Languishing .... languishing in all my glory !

--Nipun Jaiswal