AlpViram

Subah abhi hui nahi, kuch samay baaki hai,
Abhi to wo soya hai, jiski neend ab saaki hai,
zindagi ke nashe se choor hokar hokar jo soya hai,
thoda sa hansa tha, thoda sa roya hai,
aaj zara aur sone do use jisne ek sapna boya hai.

Abhi na jagao use, abhi na chedo use,
der tak jaaga tha wo, abhi to soya hai,
na jaane in gardishon mein kab se wo khoya hai,
thoda sa hansa kabhi, thoda sa roya hai,
maile pade apne chehre ko ansuon se dhoya hai,
muddaton baad usne,ek sapna sajoya hai,
aaj zara aur sone do use jisne ek sapna boya hai. 

Thoda aur sone do

Sab kuch khona hai agar to kuch paa to lene do,

Ek din rukna hai agar to aaj zara chalne do,

Honi hi hai raat agar to shama to jaalane do,

Hona hi hai andhera agar to thoda to use pighalne do,

Agar kal uthna hi hai mujhko to thoda aur sone do.

Subah uthna hi hai agar to zara khwabon ko to sajaane do,

Ki jab main kal sone jaaun to mujhe phir wo khwab mile,

Meri yaadon se bhari hui wahi sunahri kitaab mile,

Jis kitaab ke kuch panne maine bade pyaar sajaye hain,

Jin zindagi ki kore panno pe kuch nishaan banaaye hain,

Kal agar jaana hi hai agar to aaj kuch panne to kholne do,

Samay ka paimana agar bhar hi chuka to zara use tatolne do,  

Agar maut  khoj hi legi mujhe to aaj zindagi mein khone do,

Agar kal uthna hi hai mujhko to thoda aur sone do.

A candle for you : HAPPY DIWALI

When I entered my long dark dorm,

After my share of life’s endless storm,

I felt like a mile though I moved a few feet,

Thump after thump, the melancholy beat,

But the world aside was so new,

Blowing afresh my day now flew,

I rushed for match and soon luminance drew,

When I lit a candle for you.

I looked at the candle, yellow so bright,

Countering darkness with flaming might,

With swarming bugs who joggled as if prayed, 

As the grandma’s mystic fables, the flames swayed,

Sweet as sugar, tiny and true,

 When I lit a candle for you.

Nani maa

Nani maa

In the memory of my late grandmother who completed her journey of life today.

I wish that stars shine forever as you do,

I wish every day and night blossom with you,

I wish every dream, every fable you told comes true,

I wish if the sweet memories we had could slue,

I wish to find neverland where the dreams accrue,

I wish if I could hide in the hue of you,

I wish I remember the things as you told me to do,

I wish if I could see life as new as a drop of dew,

I wish if I could talk to you for a second or two,

I wish you could look at me today as you always do,

I wish I could regain the time which I mistakenly threw,

I wish I could greet you ‘adieu’ when you went to ‘dieu’,

I wish every grandmother could be like you.