Amaavas

Ghada, ghade mein kankar,
Kankaron mein paani main.
Pal bhar ki hai zindagi,
Phir na pyaas rahegi na main.

Gagan, gagan mein baadal,
Baadalon mein ek boond main.
Ik baarish si hai zindagi,
Na saavan rahega na main.

Chehre, chehron pe nindiya
Neend mein ek sapna mein,
Bechein neend si hai zindagi,
Na sapna rahega na main.

Kadam, kadmon mein mitti
Mitti ka ik kan main.
Hava ke jhonke si hai zindagi,
Na dhool rahegi na main.

Khayaal, khayaalom mein chaandni
Chanda pe ik daag main.
Ik punam ki hai zindagi
Bas amaavas rahegi, aur main.

The Dreamers

For the creation of dreams,
Sleeping is not necessary.
What is essential however,
Is the belief that they can be,
And can be contained within the porous confines of reality.

The Dream-Maker floats in
and is swept by
Dreams
Like a fallen leaf that would have decayed into nothingness
But for the river it now rides.

Imagine, on the other hand
The sheer terror,
The agony,
That, the Dream-Maker feels
When he imagines the Dream-Watcher’s critical, furrowed gaze
Upon his creation.

The Dream-Watcher’s great power lies
In the ability to shatter the truest of spells
And return to that illusion we call Every Other Day.

Thus, the Dream-Maker always fears the Dream-Watcher.
Because dreams are fickle – they easily slip;
Leaving behind a colourless insipidity.
The fear of blandness
Fuels the dreamers’ fervour.

The Dream-Maker and the Dream-Watcher
Together form a community
That I like to call
The Dreamers.

Dreamers are always wide awake.
In their world, the world of dreams
Nothing else matters, but a pure,
Unhindered perception of the now.

Chords for Pyaar Ke Naam pe by Bombay Vikings

Couldn’t find them online anywhere, so worked them out!

What a beautiful song!

 

G                                                         D
Kabhi Phool Denaa, Manaane Ke Lene

G                                                         D
Kabhi Door Rahanaa, Sataane Ke Liye
Bm                                          G         Am                  D
Aur Kabhi Kabhi Khaamosh Baithe, Baanhon Ke Sahaare

Bm                  Am   D             G
Sooraj Bujhaa Na, Saagar Kinaare

G                                             Bm                  Am
Phir Raaton Ko Chaand Ugaanaa..

G                                 Bm           C                G                    
Vaise Pyaar Ke Naam Pe To Yaaro Sab Huaa Hai

G                                 Bm           C                G
Ab Ye Pyaar Bhi Ho Jaaye Bas, Itni Duaa Hai

D                                             G
Kabhi Raahon Mein Phirte Rehnaa

D                                             G
Binaa Kahe Bas Yun Sunte Rehnaa

D                                 G                     D                     D
Kaanon Mein Uski Saanson Se Jalte Hue Pighalte Rahnaa

G                                 D                    

[It's Only Love I Want To Hold On To

C                                 G
And For Ever Make It Stay ]-2

Rotten Arches

Gargoyles guard an old church with drool.

The bright green paint surrenders and runs,
The silent, winter rain has begun
With rosy gusts of winds that hiss.

My face betrays no trace of this -
An infant tune, as yet unwrought
Comes riding in gusts of hissing thought.

It lurks within, as yet unsung.
But music slips like raindrops flung
Off the lips of gargoyles of stone.

Through cracks on cobbled streets it’s blown,
Up the grey steps where lamps have faces
Into the church that enjoys God’s graces.

To stand beneath collossal busts
And billow out- and up-wards in gusts
Shiver, caress painted windows of glass.

Envelop the idols that carry his name
That teach us passionate penance and shame.
Music evades all shame and vices -

It lurks in the mind, in it’s purest crevices.
It yearns the day when numb domes of stone,
Will finally cave in, beaten and blown,

By hammering drops and winds that roar.
And from the rubble of what was before
Golden arches, painted windows and dreams entombed -

Will rise, as dust, an eternal tune.

France mein Desis Ke Liye Gaaliyaan

WARNING: Not for the faint hearted. Thodi gaaliyaan bhi hain. Dhyaan se.

NOTE: Agar samajh na aaye, toh zor se bol ke dekho. 

 

1. Teri merci ki taisi!
2. Tujh jaise Champs Elysees pe toh main thookta bhi nahi.
3. Eiffel hi toh baal safed nahi ho gaye, beta.
4. Zyaada bakwaas ki na, toh Gare du Nord!
5. Teri ma ki Louvre!
6. Charles Charles Charles, de Gaulle kaheen ka!
7. Tu chup hota hai ya Moulin Rouge kanpatti pe?
8. Du pere la, chaise ko main dekhta hun.
9. Beauxchamps!
10. Beta aaj tu Pompidou-ga, bahut pompidou-ga
11. Ek padega na kanpatti pe, saari Bastille nikal jaayegi.
12. Apni umar ke logon se Ben L’Oncle.
13. Chup saale Chateaux!
14. Abey Grand Marais, yaar.
15. Mera Par,is ki gaand.
16. Oye m’appelle na ja!
17. Bon soir chod!
18. Rata,touille samjha isko yaar.

Kadr Karo

Kadr karo mere us dard ki, jo seh naa paaya
Jis kadar toota hun main, jo reh na paaya.
Tum toh ro liye siskiyaan le lekar sanam
Kadr karo mere us ashq ki jo beh na paaya.

Shadows

I’m sitting in the sun,
Back turned to the light
Waiting for the shadows to offer insight.

I’m listening to screams
Whispering the death of
Every last piece of good that you can tear off.

I’m looking at what’s left
At the very center
All that remains is what I can remember.