do rah ki bas zindagi si...

do rah ki bas zindagi si
kahin ruthi kahin manati si
kahin bheegi kahin hasti si
kahin dhadkan kahin khamoshi si
kahin mele kahin tanhahi si
kahin firaq kahin husn si
kahin gulab kahin chubhan si
-Chakresh & Tushar

zihaal-e-miskeen mukon ba-ranjish, bahaal-e-hijra bechara dil hai

zihaal-e-miskeen mukon ba-ranjish, bahaal-e-hijra bechara dil hai

zihaal = notice
miskeen = poor
mukon = do not
ba-ranjish = with ill will, with enimity
bahaal = fresh, recent
hijra = separation

In English:
Do not notice the poor heart with enemity...
It is still fresh with wounds of separation
In HinDi
Ye dil judaai ke gamo se abhi bhi taaza hai.
Iski bechaargi ko ba-ranjish (without enimity) dekho.
-Tushar

A response to Fizz's poem

Vinay wrote his first poem as
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YOU OWE ME YOU
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Your Eyes owe something to me
Let them see me........
Your Ears owe something to me
Let them hear my song........
Your Heart owe something to me
Let it beat little harder for me........
Your Touch owe something to me
Let it feel me........
Your Kiss owe something to me
Let it kill me........
Your Soul owe something to me
Let it love me........

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MY response...funny one( atleast I felt that ways )
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Why I owe you something
Why I should hear you sing
Why my lips are your kiss
Why my heart does not miss
Why you feel you have a flick
Why can't u get "U are sick"
:-)
whatever...these would have been a reply to this...
but the fact ...U rock in poems also...I have a competitor ... :-)

-Tushar

La pila se saakiya ... a fav gazal by pankaj udhas

See every coulpet...they are so deep...
Patti Patti gulab ho jati har kali meharkhwab ho jati
tune dali na mehfisha nazaren varna shabanam sharab ho jati

Patti Patti gulab kya hogi har kali meharkhwab ho jati
Jisane laakhon haseen dekhen ho usaki niyat kharaab kya hoti

La pila de saakiya - 2 paimana paimane ke baad
hosh ki baate karunga - 2 hosh me aane ke baad
La pila de saakiya

Dil mera lene ki khaatir minnate kya kya na ki - 2
Kaise nazaren pher li - 2 matlab nikal jaane ke baad

Waqt saari zindaji me dohi guzare hai kathin - 2
ek tere aane se pahele - 2 ek tere jaane ke baad

Surkh suru hota hai insaan thokare khaane ke baad - 2
rang lati hai heena - 2 patthar pe pis jane ke baad

Lata ji

I had a collection of songs, a pack of 5 cassettes, for Lata ji.IN that there were lot many persons who said something abt Lataji after which the songs followed.Here is one of them
Smita patil
Didi ki main bhakt hoon, har waqt unki Awaaz sunti hoon to mere Rongte khade ho jate hain.Didi ko main un Logon mein se Manti hoon jinhone is Duniya mein bahut bade kam kiye hain. Jinki awaaz ne is duniya ke logon ko dukh ke Mauken per Shanti di hai. Didi ke samne bus yahi kah sakhti hoon ki jahan Devatv ki Prachti hoti hain Uske Samne sirf apne Haath judte hain.
The song which followed this was "Saware ke raan ranchi rana ji" , a bhajan by Meerabai...still in serach of this song again

NARGIS DUTT (actress):
Lata kisi tareef ki nahin, balki parastish ke kabil hain. Unki awaaz sunne ke baad kuch aisa aalam-tari ho jata hai jise bayaan karna bada mushkil hain. Yun samajhiye jaise koi dargah ya mandir main jaye, to vahan pahunch kar ibadat ke liye khud-ba-khud sar jhuk jaata hain aur aankhon se besakhta aasoon behne lagte hain.

NOORJEHAN (singer/actress):
Log kahte hain ki Lataji tumhe Itna Manti hain, Lataji tumhe Ustad samjhti hain, tumhe Pyar karti hain. Yeh sab Main samajhti hoon unka Badapan hain kyonki Lata to Lata hain. Lataji ki tarah meri nazar mein to koi aaj tak Paida nahin hua.,
Lataji ko Allah ne awaaz di hain, Ilm unhe unke Wallid Saab se mila, Khuda ki taraf se unpar Karam hain.

REKHA (actress)
Lata Mangeshkar ek Ehsaas hain jo Mehsoos kiya jata hain Baiyan nahi.Yeh ek Naam hain jisse Sun kar mere Man mein Sukoon aur Chehre par Muskurahat aa jati hain. To me she is etherial someone from another world, larger than life, no less than a Godess a 'Devi'.
This one Name evokes a million feelings inside me. I have cold feet, weak knees, a knot in my stomach, a smile on my lips & tears in my eyes. In other words I feel 'Alive' when I hear this name Lata Mangeshkar.

Memoirs of GEISHA....

Wonderful lines from the movie "Memoirs of GEISHA"

The heart dies a slow death,
Shedding all hopes like leaves,
Until one day there are none,
No hopes
Nothing remains
She paints her face to hide her face
It is not for a Geisha to want
It is not for a Geisha to feel
Geisha is an artist of a flaunting world
She dances, she sings, she entertains you
What ever you want
And rest is secret
rest is SHADOWS...

A story like mine should never be told
For my world is as bitten as it is fragile
I certainly was not born to the life of a GEISHA
But as so much in my strange world
I was carried there by the current …


Remember Chiyo Geisha’s are not goddess
We are not wives
We sell our skill not our body
We create another secret world
Of beauty only
The very word Geisha means “artist”
And to be a Geisha is to be judged as moving work of art
….
Beatty and agony, for us, lives side by side
Your feet will suffer
Your fingers will bleed
Even sitting and sleeping will be pain

From Chakresh

Dil mian chhipe the jo chehere
Unko apne patal par ukerte hua chand
Sard raat main unke yadon se
Garmi se hahakar machata hua chand
Pighla deeya jisne dil par rakhe ke patthar ko jisne
Un ons kee boodon ko tejab sa banata hua chand
Dil ka khoon nikal deeya jin yadon ne
Us lal rang se chandani ko bhegota hua chand…

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Sath jo hota tera to duniya se larh sakta tha
Tu sath nahin to khud se bhi darta hoon..
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Dil main chhipa tha jo dard
woh aaj muskarahat bankar khil raha hian
Dil mian tha jo tufan
who aaj sannata bankar bol raha hain
Dil main tjha jo sagar
woh aaj ashq bankar bikhar raha hain
Dil main thee jo awaj
Woh aaj sahyari bankar nikal rahi hian
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Ab to yeh bhia nahin keh sakta
Teri yaad main palken bhegota hoon
Asqon ke sagar sookh gaye hain
Tere becchoh ke gam se
Ab to yeh bhi nahin keh sakta
Tere bina jee nahin sakta hoon
Tune kasam jo dee hain
Tamam umra jeene kee
Ab to yeh bhi nahin keh sakta
Darde judayee se rota rehta hoon
Daal lee hain adat
Dard main muskarane kee…
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-Chakresh

rohit's sms response : 27th Oct 2006

bayaan nahin kar sakte bekhaayali ka aalam
bas kahte hai
"mahak" us gulaboo ki ehsaaas aapka hai
-tushar

dua ibadat tab karte jab koi tammanna adhoori hoti
ab mannat kya maage jab fiza hi "mahakti" sirf "mahak" se hai
-tushar

Gulzar : again

kuch saaaye kuch parchaiyaan
kuch chahat ke sajde
kuch badaloo pe rakhi ummeedein
barastee rahi tarastee rahee
chaand aasmaan main jaade suraakh ki tarah jhaakta raha
aur raat aandhe kuan ki taraf mooh khoole haaftee rahi

raaste paav tale se sarakte rahe
na ruke na thame
na rooka na poocha
zindagi kis talash main hai

zindagi jaise thakne lagi hai
aur yeh zindagi ka judwaa uski ungali thaame sahar ki nagi sadkoo par
abhi tak
kuch doondh raha hai
kuch bin raha hai
-Gulzar

Umrao jaan: revisited

to mujhe chahe na chahe yeh tere bas main to hain
main tujhe na chaho yeh mere bas main nahin
-Umraoo Jaan

nazuki

nazuki unke labbo ki kya kahiye
phakhuddi ek gulaab ki se ...
-Umraoo Jaan

a communication

I never thought this will go so long.staeted with anshul, this communication will have inputs from me and chakresh and unbelievablly from arun too.
So I am framing every phase of it.

1)Anshul gave me a frame of his

aarzoo hai ki saja le apna ashiyhaan
mukammal karle apna har armaan
dhoonda aur chaha to bahut usko
par chota pad raha hai ye jahan
banane ke liye wo ashiyhaan

2)I responded in my way

Khawaaishyoon ki koi seema nahin
vistaar hai aasmaan se bada unka
zarorat nahin jahan ki aashiyaan ke liye
muskuraana baas kaafi hai unka Tushar

3) Chakresh wrote in response , when asked by ND

Karte hue intzar tumhara ho gayee hian sham
Yeh kaala asman kahin kala hi na raha jaye
Na aye tum to kabhi na hoga savera…
Reh jayega aise hi meri jindagi main andhera…

4) I wrote to revive him

Bemaani na samjhoo intezaar ke paaloo ko
Ehsaas unka dil ke kareeb ,un paloo se bhi hai
baithye kyon ho maayush saavere ki chah main
shamaa ki loo bhi chehra jab dekha jaate hai
-Tushar

I also made a new version of the above couplet, just for the sake of it

Bemaani na samjhoo intezaar ke paaloo ko
Ehsaas unka dil ke kareeb ,un paloo se bhi hai
baithye kyon ho maayush saavere ki chah main
shamaa main jalte parwanoo sa sabab jab tumhara bhi hai
-Tushar

5)Chakresh was not ready to give his saturine mood and went further

Jab sham ka husn ud jata hian..
Din bhi kali raat lagne lagta hain..
Unka intjar us sham tak hain..
Jo kabhi takarayegi nahin…
Pata hain who nahin ayenge
Par unke intjar main hum palken to bicchayenge
Sath the jab who to wahi sham sundar thee..
Aaj who syah rang se rangi hui…
Darati hui..satati hui..
woh sham kab ayegi..jab sath hoga unko..
woh sham ka husn fir haseen hoga..
na kabhi khatm ho who sham aa jaye..
par filhaal to bas intjar hain us shaam ka…

6) Arun , I guess bored or frustrated with these long mails, said this

Kyion hawa dete ho buji hui aag ko
Kahi koi chingari aag na laga de es jahan ko !

7) But I was in synch with chakresh and wrote this, a bit not poetic , but just wanted to frame something , did it in office so a less ryhming but was expressing me

tanha shaam nahin
channd sitare badal hai sambahale usne apne acchaal main

tanha din nahin
paatte (leaves) panchi fiza hai pale usne aapni baahoo main

to us raat-din ke saath tanha main kaise ho sakta hoon
saathi saangi pyaare jab hai mile in rahoon main
kuch mile , kuch chote ,
kuch ruke , kuch bade
par yaadyoon ki mithi misri bani hai aafsanoo main

In sab ke saath agar akela darta hoon
apne ko agar doosh deta hoon
to sahi main main kahin soo raha hoon
kuch paane ki dhoon main sab khoo raha hoon

jagna to hoga
badna to hoga

sunane kuch beete lamhe aapne ko hoge
un mitthi yaadyoon se gham dhoone to hoge

jadtha ki barf aaj todke
kaantoo ki chuban choodke
sapney kuch aur paalte hai
lahraate fiza main gaate hai

pyaar hi bas batana aasaan duniya main hai
wapas usse pane main kahin woh hi ghata hai

sirf karna chotta ek kaam hai
kissi baache ko bas hasana hai

zindagi phir maasoom ho jayege
kilkari baahoon main kai goonj jayege

to bas chalo chalte hai
haste hai aur haasate hai
humsafar bahoot hai
chalo sabko aapne khayaal sunate hai
-Tushar

Umrao Jaan

Ab tum saamne hoon to kuch bhi nahin hai yaad,
warna aapse humko kuch kehna jaroor tha
-Umrao jaan

Na jiski shakal hai koi
Na jiska naam hai koi
Ek hai shah ka kyon humme hade dil se intezaar hai
-Umrao jaan

ajanabii kaun ho tum: Song by Nida Fazli

ajanabii kaun ho tum, jabase tumhe.n dekhaa hai
saarii duniyaa merii aa.Nkho.n me.n simaT aaii hai...

tum to har giit me.n shaamil the, tarannum kii tarah
tum mile ho mujhe phuulo.n kaa tabassum banake
aisaa lagataa hai ke baraso.n se, shamaa aaj aaii hai
ajanabii kaun ho tum...

Kvaab kaa ra.Ng haqiiqat me.n nazar aayaa hai
dil me.n dha.Dakan kii tarah koii utar aayaa hai
aaj har saa.Ns me.n shahanaaiyo.n sii laharaaii hai
ajanabii kaun ho tum...

koii aahaT sii, a.ndhero.n me.n chamak jaatii hai
raat aatii hai, to tanahaaii mahak jaatii hai
tum mile ho yaa mohabbat ne Gazal gaaii hai
ajanabii kaun ho tum...

-Nida FAzli
JUst loved these lines !

excerpt

Kaun hai jo ek saaye ki tarah mere dil ko chotta hua chala jata hai,
kabhi paas se kabhie door se.
Ek awaaz ek geet bankar mere rag-2 main uttar jata hia,
kabhi paas se kabhie door se.

kaun hai jo mujhe meri tanhaayioon ka ehsaas dila jata hai,
ek khaalipan ,soonapan chod jata hai.

Kaun hai jo mere paas reh kar bhi mujse door hai.

main usse janna chati hoon,dekhna chati hoon,
ungalioon se unke chere ko chona chati hoon,

Kadmaon ki ahaat sunti hoon, palati hoon,
usse dekht hoon , khud ko bhool jaat hoon,
tasveer ban jaati hoon ,Khod ko bhool jaat hoon.
Bekhud hoon jaati hoon ...
(from movie Bazaar)

Evening

Day abandons it
Night disowns it

a poet picks it up
threads it
into a poem;
but sometimes
it is barren,
so impotent
it gives nothing,
not even to the poet

-gulzar