Umeed.

Hay udaas buhat yay raatain
chupee hain in bay-sudh sansoon main
kayee jaan ba'lub muskurahatain
jo kisi kay anay kee muntazir hain
hain jin kee umeed say bundhee
mayri sub natawaan umeedain
kay kisi din , kisi lamhay
jub koi dastkay day ga mayray dur pe
kaisay uthain gee bay'taab nigahain
uss chara'gar kee taraf
kay jis kay anay say khil uthain gee
mayray chaman kee sub kaliyaan
kahain gay jis ko dekh kay , sub laala-o-gul
'ab aa he gaye ho , to chalay ao hum-dum
buhat musafatain kaateen hain tum nay
buhat mudataain guzaaree hain hum nay
ao , yaaraan-e-chaman kay pass bhee
jo tuktay hain tumhain , baytab nigahon say
kehtay hain sub , iss gulshan kay rehnay walay
ae umeed-e-subah, ae umeed-e-bahaar
gurchay, kiya hum nay buhat tumhara intezaar
per nahi hay, koi shikwa hamain ab koi
guzar gaye hain ab sub zard lamhay
nahi aye gee ab yahan khizaan koi'
dhoondta hoon tumhain main aye dil-afroz
kay bujh raha hay mayra dil-e-pur'soz
per hay abhi bhee , kuch ajab see umeed
kay milay gee humain bhee koi naveed
dekhain hay hum nay ...
badaltay huay wekt kay dhaaray
aaj nahi jo hum say mukhatib ...
to kul hoon gay hamaray

Shall We Not?

Are we not same , my devil!
fighting our ways through
fresh and polluted streams
of time and emotions
waging our wars on those
who dont accept us
who dont reject us, either
shall we not then shake hands?
eliminating our distrust
replacing it with some enemy
whose strings are attached to
his own self-confessed knowledge
whose dreams are hung by
his own self-constructed delusions
After all ...
neither you hold all the knowledge
nor do i...

Autumn.

in myself , i find self again
such is the vast land of existence
i stumble, i fall, as i run around
always realizing, i am earth bound
in the shadows of falling leaves
i make meadows of ever growing trees
as rain falls down on my face
i look endlessly to expanding skies
waiting for my smiles and sighs
looking for hellos...
...smiling at goodbyes