ya rab na mil mujhse

ya rab na mil mujhse tu ek chehra ban ke
chehroon ki bheed mein ek ka noor ban ke

tarasta tha kabhi tere tasvaruk ko main
aur aaj nazar aata hai tu ek buott ban ke

ab kaise ibaadat karoon teri bata mujhko
jab har raat milta hai mujhko khwab ban ke

roz khwab dekhta hoon khuli aankh se main
isliye har shab dikhta hai shabnam ban ke

chuna chahoon bhi to chu nahin pata hoon
tu jo rehta hai paas mere mera aks ban ke

ab na aur tarsa mujhko aye dil nashin mere
kab se beitha Kapil tera fariyaadi ban ke

ya rab na mil mujhse tu ek chehra ban ke
chehroon ki bheed mein ek ka noor ban ke

Lost Autumn

those barren trees
and crumpled leaves
of a lost autumn
have been missed
and we long for,
for years together
in search of dime
lost precious time
now I see no trees
no crumpled leaves
no wait for winters
no hope of spring
to give life wings
and all that remains,
is dry empty land
and a searching hand
for that one dry fig
that color of twig
somewhere someplace
falling with grace
lest all is seen
dust-sand's being
swirling, falling
on roads melting
as I walk in silence
missing that essence
of crumpled leaves
from barren trees
of lost autumn
my lost autumn

kuch tanha rahe

kuch tanha rahe, kuch be_parwah rahe
aye zindagi tujhse dur jeete rahe

chand mausam sukhe, chand geele rahe
par har mausam yun_hi tanha rahe

thi kahin bheed, tha kahin ek shahar
in se dur hum be_wajah chalte rahe

thi woh ek dagar, the kai mod magar
chodd har mod bas is aur badate rahe

kuch logg mile, kai saathi chut gaye
hum ajnabi mein dost dhoondate rahe

talash kabse, talash jaane kab tak
jiske liye har dagar bhatakte rahe

ek saans li, ek saans chodi gayi
is kashmakash mein hi ulajhte rahe

na teri raha taki, na hi waqt mila
bas issi bahane ko roz japate rahe

aaj aaya hai tu, aaj pukarta hai tu,
par hum na jaane kya soochte rahe

mayoos mud chala, mayoos bad chala
aur hum bhi ashk liye rote rahe