Kagaz ki bisaat

Baitha hai jo kohre mein lipat kar
Beghar se ghar ka pata poochte ho
Mala mein goonthe, chadar mein taanke
Phoolon se unki kaba poochte hai
Chand kagzon pe mohar laga kar
Meri watan se wafa tolte ho
Kaun ho tum, tumhari hasti hi kya hai
Kyun itna tum bewajah bolte ho
Itrate phirte ho tum jiske dam per
Mud jayegi woh lahar dekh lena
Jo aaj mujh per tum dha rahe ho
Lautega tum pe kahar dekh Lena.. 

Bol Gar Lab Azad Hain Tere...

Bol gar lab azad hain tere,
keh jo zabaan ab tak teri hai...
Ab bhi na kaha
to Dafn ho jayenge hum
jinda kabr mein
Aur hamari nasl e nau
is goongi maut ka
matam bhi na manayegi
Ab bhi chup rahe
to khoon barf sa jam jayega
Nabz ruk jayegi
aur saans ghut jayegi
Ab to bolo ke
hadd toot chuki hai sari
Hukramon ki faseelon se
kahar hai jaari
Khoon behta hai sadak per
Paaon fisalte hain
Jin hathon mein kalam thhi
Unme Sang dikhte hain
Ab to cheekho
ke behri saltanat sun le
Ab to cheekho ke
khoon ki siyasat dole
Chup rehna ab gaddari hai
Bol jo tujhme khuddari hai
Bol gar zabaan ab tak teri hai

Surrender

Surrender, they say
don’t fight,
accept.
Don’t be deceived
by tricks of mind,
reach inside
find
a self
go delve
as do I
in questions unanswered.
How can one abandon
the quest?
Answers elude
Questions chase
How can I seclude
or, erase
the seismic trigger
for bigger
universal divinity?
Infinity, is what I see
in what they call
transient.
Am I not meant
to strive, to prove
worth of every breath?
There’s no death
you say, for soul
roll the dice -
fate, karma or,
mundane everyday race-
I face
each moment
with zeal
I feel
I see
I hear
Fear,
is just as universal
as love
or peace
or empathy.
Humanity fights
to survive,
and then,
to thrive.
I fight
to be
what I am
destined to be.
If not victory, peace.
I raise the white flag
is this what is seen
as surrender?

Sahmi Eid

Rupahale eid ke chand ne dekha badal paar
Sahma sahma tha nagar, Bujha bujha tyohaar
Bujha bujha tyohaar, lagi sab phiki raunak
Saathi sakha purane, lagaye nayi si ainak

Azad Parinde

Kyunkar bandhan bandhoon tumse
Bandhan mein girhein hoti hain
Ho ummeed ki ya ulftat ki
Dori mein uljhan hoti hai
Jeene ki hasrat rakhti hoon
Kaise tum pe mar jaaoon
Ba-hosh mohabbat karti hoon main
Kyun deewani kehlaoon
Yeh lufzon ke pher hain saare
Sab suni sunayi baatein hain
Hum tum do azad parinde
Chalo sang udd jate hain.

Hichki

Mehfil mein mera zikr nahi
kisi ko meri fikr nahi
Mayoos sa main rukhsat jo hua
Ik hichki ne mujhko rok liya

Aaj Ki Tasveer

Har raat ki subah hoti hai
Har sahar ki shaam hoti hai
Har Ram ki shaan rakhne ko
Sita badnaam hoti hai
Jo chup chup se rehte hain yahan
Woh saare bezubaan nahi
Per apni baat jo keh den to
Har maa pareshan hoti hai...
Is kaha-suni ke daur mein ab
Tehrir kahan taqrir kahan
Zaban se khoon tapakta hai
Talwon mein shaan hoti hai..