This blog completes another year, life takes another year, and we keep running in our quest to score some bauble or the other. This year, these past months, those who know me know that I’ve been running more than most. Thankfully, tomorrow, that project ends: and you will all see the results on one of the biggest stages out there!

Before this madness begun, however, I’d taken a small vacation. It was my first visit to Goa, and, during the stay, I found myself on a small property in South Goa. There, beside a small stream, I saw a night sky akin to the image you see above. There was complete silence, the only sounds of crickets chirping somewhere amidst the woods and weeds, and a soothing wind.

In that silence, by a river, sung to by the breeze – I found a moment of rest. Elusive as it is in this day and age, it brought me a realisation. And that brings you this poem. Do read, and let me know what it brings you!


ठहराव

आओ ज़रा ठहराव दें ज़िंदगी को,
कुछ पल ज़रा साँसों को थाम लें,
न तुम पुकारो मुझे न मैं तुमसे कुछ कहूँ,
गर बातें करें तो बस निगाहों से काम लें,

आओ बैठ इस दरिया किनारे तारे गिनें,
और दोनों एक दूजे को इनमें तराशें,
बड़े कह गए हैं इनमें तक़दीरें बसती हैं,
चलो आते उफान, आती उड़ानें तलाशें,

आओ लाइट्स बंद कर चराग जलाएँ,
सिर्फ़ रोशनी ही नहीं उजाला भी हो,
चेहरों और सायों दोनों से तार्रूफ बना रहे,
कोई मन चमका भी हो, कोई साँवला भी हो,

आओ कुछ घड़ियों को वक़्त भूल जाएँ,
और लम्हें नहीं हम धड़कनें नापें,
लोट-पोट हों, ठहाके लगाएँ, गुदगुदाएँ,
बेसुध बेफ़िकर हँसें की रो पड़ें, हाँफें,

आओ, अब आ भी जाओ, थोड़ा रुक लें,
दुनिया की समझ छोड़ मन की मूरखता अपनायें,
गरमी में प्याज़ के पकोड़ों का ज़ायक़ा लें,
और जाड़ों की रात नदी में नहाएँ,

आओ, क्यूँकि राह असीम, अनंत है,
और जितनी भी हो व्यर्थ ही रफ़्तार है,
सो ठहरो, ज़रा साँस लो, झाँको ज़िंदगी की ओर,
संग लिए उन्हें जिनसे प्यार है…


Still here? I’m humbled. Thank you!

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This blog completes another year, life takes another year, and we keep running in our quest to score some bauble or the other. This year, these past months, those who know me know that I’ve been running more than most. Thankfully, tomorrow, that project ends: and you will all see the results on one of…

2 responses to “ठहराव”

  1. Shayad yaad hun... Avatar
    Shayad yaad hun…

    Aao in chand lamhon me ek arse ki pyas bujhayein,
    Jo ankahi si reh gayi har woh baat ek dooje ko batlayein….
    Aao raaton ko jaagein, chandni tale sapne bunte jayein…
    Chiraagon ke ujiyale se man ke andhere mitaayein, ek nayi si dhun gungunaayein…

    Adding rhyme to a beautiful peace of writing.. Happy Birthday janaab-e-gulzar
    Na

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    1. Shayad yaad hun... Avatar
      Shayad yaad hun…

      Aao in chand lamhon me ek arse ki pyas bujhayein,
      Jo ankahi si reh gayi har woh baat ek dooje ko batlayein….
      Aao raaton ko jaagein, chandni tale sapne bunte jayein…
      Chiraagon ke ujiyale se man ke andhere mitaayein, ek nayi si dhun gungunaayein…

      Adding rhyme to a beautiful peace of writing.. Happy Birthday janaab-e-gulzar!

      Aaj aapko umr aapko…

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