Mere haaNste chehre paR taane kasse
duniyaa kaRe sawaal jawaab duuN kaise
Kalam siyaahi meiN dubO lii hai maine
paR ehsaas ko lafzoN ki zubaaN duuN kaise
Judaa tujh se jism hua meraa ek aRsa pehle
mahfuuz terii yaadoN ko is dil se nikaaluuN kaise
Ek umR bitaayii jin paTharoN paR tumne
tere wajuud ko in paTharoN se judaa karuuN kaise
BichaD gaye the raaste humaare tumhaare
apni nayii raahoN se tumhe milaauuN kaise
Wafaa samjh kaR bitaayi jo ek umR tanhaa humne
be.wafaai ka kafan uss umR paR chaDhaauuN kaise
Aaj bhi nazaR aate haiN tere saath bitaaye lamhe
un lamhoN ko waqt ki reit meiN dafnaauuN kaise
Ashq palkoN ki chilman meiN hai chhupe
tamaashayi iss duniyaa ko inka sabab samjhaauuN kaise
Din raat shaamo saher tera khayaal taDpaata hai
tanhaa ek auR umR guzaaruuN to guzaaruuN kaise
Tujhe bhulaa duuN kehteiN hai dost saare
bataao jism se jaan ko judaa kaR zindaa rahuuN kaise
© Saher (31st May’06)
We all are part of “Life”, so-called play
With fiction, comedy and tragedy at display
Characters exhibiting all the shades
Now and then light of hope fades
As we move along with the story
Wishing a magnificent endless glory
We see questions popping here and there
And demons of doubt smiling everywhere
Greed, envy, hatred, and defeat
Original sins unknowingly we adapt
Mimicking every action without doubt
Running after what’s unknown throughout
Different faces, different shades
Different people, different faiths
Some are geek, some are freak
Some are strong, some simply weak
Moving along, life appears so surreal
Innocent world fussing over simple deal
Little we know about this great playYet, “Life” as called, is here to stay!© Saher 18th May’06
Gulmohar tree shivers timidly
Outside my window as I view
As lightning strikes madly
Clouds sing aloud in order to woo
Moving towards my balcony
I wait for the great rendezvous
Wrapped in darkness so avidly
Like a drunken stranger on the road
Wind whistles, breaking the silence
Sand rises from the ground
Surrendering to the winds influence
A tryst of lost lovers
Greeting full of kisses and passion
With open arms they bond
Wind and Sand, dance frantically
Along comes the cloud
Creating a symphony so brilliantly
I felt it falling on my face,
As lightening strikes again and again!
It has arrived with all its grace
The much awaited, Rain!© Saher (14th May’06)
Dil mein chupi hai kai khahniya
Har khani ko dohrana aassan nahi
Is chehre par hai kai hansee
Har hansee ka matlab samjhana aassan nahi
Jaan lo,
Is dil mein dard hai
Dard ko zubaan dena aassan nahi
Andheri ratoon mein jagate hai
Kissi-ka intezar karna aassan nahi
Aksar bechain dil tadapta hai
Be-chaini ko karar dena aassan nahi
Jaan lo,
Tum ho yahan, har jagah
Tumhe bhulana aassan nahi
LabBoo ki tabbasum gum si hai
AshkoOn ko chupana aassan nahi
bheed hai har aur yahan
tanhai ki chahat aassan nahi
Jaan lo,
Hum maut ki aagosh mein chup jayengeAb aise jeena aassan nahi...© Saher
"Life is at its weakest when there's more doubts than trust, But life is at its strongest when you learn how to trust inspite of the doubts."
Someone very special once shared this quote with me, and for some unknown or un-expressible reason it stuck by me forever.
We all are forced to feel insecure at most of the times in our lives. There are many moments when we feel lost and uncared for, but that is the time when we truly come to know what life really is? It is living without judging, without questioning; Living every moment what it is worth for, for once it is gone it can never be returned!!
Human beings are the most intelligent living species (As Told!!) still we are the weakest in every possible way. We have been so busy gaining materialistic heights and collecting things that we have forgotten the pleasures that we already have. Pleasures that watching a sunset brings in, pleasure that walking bare foot on sand brings, pleasure that a kids smile bestows on us… and many more…
WE are lost in the volumes of concrete and steel around us, we have forgotten to breathe in the open air. We all want to be successful and powerful; we all want the best of ourselves in terms of wealth and power, but does really being powerful is all that life is about???
Aren’t we all trapped and wish to break out, I’m sure we all want to change the way we live in most of the ways!!! But do we really try? If you are nodding your head to say “YES” hold it right there mate. We do try but only to change our comforts, either our power, success or materialistic gains; we never try to change what we REALLY want too. And what do I think that is?? Well on a very simple note that would be “Peace”. I’m not a humanitarian wishing for world peace and all. What I’m talking about it our OWN Internal Peace.
Take out some time. Open the window of your room (If you have one) look outside. See the sky above you, look at the people around you; Just watch them!!! Watch them do all that you would have been doing too at some or the other time.
Take a glimpse at your own self through the actions of others and imagine how you would have been reacting? Try it!!! At least Once.
Why do we feel so scared at times, scared of the loneliness? Have you tried spending a Saturday night all by yourself lately? And to the worse try telling a friend that you were all by yourself sitting in your room, doing nothing. I bet 98% would start asking, why were you sick, were you working, what was wrong!!! (I BET)
And to their amaze if you answered, “Nope just like that”, you should check out the expressions!!! Worth checking out!
We doubt everything, even something as simple as sleeping an hours extra on a weekday. What’s wrong with me, how come I slept an hour extra? Drinking too much water for no reason; I must we dried inside; I’m drinking like a camel.
What the heck, you slept an hour extra; you drank more than usual…it won’t kill you or anyone else!!! Just chill, stop doubting and questioning the world for that!!!
Simplest example to prove that WE ALL are in doubt no matter what!!!
Now, changing the view to life back again. What do I really mean by the very first quote of this journal.
“Trust”, the foundation of life, and “Doubt” the knife dangling over the thread of life. We all need to learn to trust without questioning.
Try loving someone without expecting nothing in return; and I mean NOTHING!!!
Answer this – have you ever denied your feeling for someone because your fear of rejection was too hard to handle??
Again, just because we were in doubt we suppress our feelings. And this is not in relation to only Love, it happens in every transaction that we have with each other; our parents, our bosses, our friends, and even strangers. We are so overwhelmed with the excepted outcome of the transaction that most of the time we don’t even say it. We just sit back and wonder, what if?
Now answer this – Have you ever wondered which hurts the most; saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing and wishing you had?
Take a chance, life turns out to be what it is, only by the chances you take. Take a plunge without fearing about the broken bones.
Live this life to its fullest, for that’s ALL you have!!! Nothing more, nothing less!!
Remember until you do it you would never know what it could have been.Throw all the doubts away (of every moment and thought) and just live!© Saher
I lay back and drift away with the wind
Soul wanders for something it can’t find
I can see a land of mystery and dreams
Where spring whispers life in my ears
Grateful to the ambience that I see
Still, my relaxation is incomplete
Kissing the sky in blind euphoria
Debating the line of pleasure and pain
Laying my weary head on the shoulder
Of an lonely road in the rain…
Would I leave my footprints on the sand?
A question haunts me all this while
What am I rummaging around for?
Still, a mystery unresolved in my heart
One more sunset behind the shores
With a tear dying before it rolls…
Dark clouds shout every now and then
As if trying to show me the way
With no shadow to follow me
Where should I go? I question every last ray
Visions rise from an unknown shore
Like an illusion fading with the night
Stillness of the darkness embraces each lightStill, I wander for something I can’t find…© Saher
Bheege nayan sab keh gaye,
Par iss dil mein dard ab bhi baki hai
Hasta nahiN yeh dil ab
Par hasne ki Khwahish ab bhi baki hai
SahaRa mein chalte chale hai hum
Par phulooN ki manzil ab bhi baki hai
Kaii khwab marte hain har pal
Par khwabooN mein jeena ab bhi baki hai
(P)halak mein hai sitareiN hazarooN
Par ek sitara pana ab bhi baki hai
Hum-rahi koi nahi yahan
Par ek mrag-trishDa ab bhi baki hai
Andhera har moD par hai
Par ek “Saher” ki talaash ab bhi baki hai
Marna to ek din hai
Par zindagi jeena ab bhi baki hai...
© Saher
Sometimes,
I feel, I’m drunk behind the wheel
The wheel of time!
As the space of my life spins all around me
Even before I close my eyes
For I see the shadows painting my mind
Faces of imagination begging to hide
Questions wander around my soul
As I answer a smile for what I own
I follow the wrong light
A fight to prove my own point
Every dusk to dawn I cry
A wish to touch my every own sky
My fingers sense the burning pain
Fire of my desire making me insane
Driving away from the Gray past
I remember the winds that couldn’t last
Future is still unexplored
A vision still away from the open doors
This present sings my heart song
As I enjoy the trip, I wished life long
As my life flashes in front of my eyes
I wish to enjoy this journey until I die…
Traveling on the road of wonder
I wondered what lasts forever?
Innocent smile of a child?
Or the fragile flower out in the wild?
Leaves kissed by the dewdrops every dawn?
Or the sun seeking refuge under oceans lawn?
Traveling on the road of wonder
I wondered what lasts forever?
Our shadows at different hours?
Or the light emitted by tiny stars?
Sweet nectar of the untouched flower?
Or the dreams that's lost somewhere far?
Traveling on the road of wonder
I wondered what lasts forever?
False lives we live for someone's sake?
Or the entwined promises we make?
Unknown music blasting our souls?
Or the challenges of the waves on the shores?
Traveling on the road of wonder
I wondered what lasts forever?
Love that dwells in every heart?
Or the sorrows of being alone on earth?
I cried all this while to find the answer?And I learnt, Nothing lasts forever...© Saher (19th July’03)
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