Khwabo ka mahal mai thor du aaj

Khwabo ka mahal mai thor du aaj
Kartabya ki rahe bulati hai
Insaniyat ka jasba aaj mujhse
Muhabbat ka balidan mangti hai

Aasuo ko mai rok lu aankho par
Jo kamjor karti hai dharkan ko
Sangram rah par nikal pari hoon
Tor moh ke har bandhan ko

Gar aaj kadmo ko na roka maine
To shayad kal kabhi naa rok payu
Yaa phir aaisa ho bhabishya main
Ki mai aatma-samman hi bhool jau

Dard tumhara to har koi sunega
Jab pukaroge tum mujhe rote rote
Sunega koun is dil ki ayaz
Jab yeh tooth jayega tumhe albida kehte

Tum to bebafaye ka ilzam dekar
Hume hamesha ke lia bhoola doge
Hume to gum bhulane ke lia
Shayad aasu bhi nasib na hoonge

Socha Tha

Socha tha ki kabhi aapkke
Paas naa hum ayenge
Socha tha ki door hi se
Bafa hum nivaenge
Aap ne jab aakar humse
Hule dil yu pooch lia
Hum aapko yeh kaise bataye
Kitna apse pyar kia

Cham si ek ayaz hui
Yeh dil jo mera tut gaya
Kisi matyale basuri se jaise
Sangeet achanat rooth gaya
Aasu mera kabhi kah na saki tumhe
Darde dil ki daasta
Mere khamoshi ne dikha diya mujhe'
Tanhaiyo ka raasta

Hoto ke jo alfaz the mere
Yoh shayad is dil ka afsana na tha
Nigaho ki zuba meri
To tumne kabhi pehchana na tha
Dil ke kisse likh diye the maine
Sawan ke patto mein bhigi bhigi
Woh patta aaj bhi sard hawa mein
Tumhare Aangan se ho kar gujarti hogi
Bejuban patta kisi khirki se
Chupke se kabhi jhakti hogi
Us khuda se tumhare lia
Salamati ki duyae mangti hogi

Mazhaab aur Insaaniyat

Khuli hai meri rahe aaj
Khali hai yeh nigahe aaj,
Bhar de inme aasu tu
Milan ki khusi mein
Gale aaj tu prem ki raag
In khamoshi mein

Bulaaye tujhko, bachpan ki masti
Barsaato mein woh kagaj ki kashti
Woh tuta khilowna, woh chuta jo saat
Woh raho mein chalna liye haatho mein haath

Na thhe tab hun hindu
Na tum Musalman
Dosti hi thhi apna Mazhab imaan
Phir kyun aaj yeh larai aur takrar
Yeh khoon ki holi
Yeh jhuta diwar

Dekho tum woh bachpan ki galiyan
Woh ped ki chao
Woh behti nadia
Inhone to hume aitraaj na kia
Yu milne se, prem ke khilne se

Prakriti ne ki to sabhi se pyar
Maa ki tarah humain dia dular
Phir kiyun hum banaaye diwar
Apne hi aangan mein
Nafrat ka kalank kiyun lagae hum
Apne hi daman mein

Tu kahe too chordu us bhagwan ko main
Jisto maine kabhi paaya hi nahi
Kya vaasta hai terah us allah se
Jo tere gum sunneh kabhi aaya hi nahi

Har taklif mein paayee main too terah hi haat
Tere sath bitaayi har gaamon ki raat
Phir puchti hoon main,- aye mere yaar
Kya kho baithi mol yoh aitbaar,
Yoh bafa, yoh niswarth pyar
Dekh mazhab ki uchi diwar

Nafrat ke saamne kya haar gayi aaj
Manushya manushya ki muhabaat
Kya choti par gayi mazhab ke saamne
Insaan ki insaaniyat.

Azad Panchi

Hu main to ek azad panchi
Urta phirta mara mara-

Na zindegi se ho koi lagaon,
Na mout ka koi khouf tanao,
Na manjil ka ho koi kinara-
Hu main to ek azad panchi
Urta phirta mara mara-

Na samaj mujhe tu aawara baadal
Atma mukti hai udeshya humara,
Aur is udeshya par nisar hai
mera apna jevan sara

Na baanu kisi ghar ka chirag main
Banu aasman ka woh sitara
Khud jalkar bhi jo karta jaae
Har ek ke jivan mein ujiwara

Gata rahu main jivan sangeet
Banu har dukhi maan ka meet
Kabita ban kar karta jaau
Har nirash insaan ko prerit

Zindagi ko main aise jeeyu
Taki zindegi ka barh jaaye shan
Mrittu se mai likhke jayu
Samay ki reth par apna nishan

Farewell, my love (voice from the heart of a soldier)

Love though ye , Oh my love
Loved in the dark and shine,
Love though ye, Oh my love
I can’t stay being thine.

When the voice of duty calls
Bind me not by love-enthralls,
Touch me not by paining words
For self is not now mine.

Love though ye , Oh my love
Loved in the dark and shine,
Love though ye, Oh my love
I can’t stay being thine.

Far across the mountains and sands
The enemy’s troop captures the land,
I’ll go there to free the Mother
Look, she beckons in sigh.

Love though ye , Oh my love
Loved in the dark and shine,
Love though ye, Oh my love
I can’t stay being thine.

Come I may, but go I must
To give the blood and quench the thirst,
Of miles long hot dry dust
Be weather foul or fine.

Love though ye , Oh my love
Loved in the dark and shine,
Love though ye, Oh my love
I can’t stay being thine.

If I come back, Oh my love with glory to the goal
You and I will forever be united by the soul,
But if I kiss death, Oh my dear
Insult not love by frustrationg tears,
For my soul will love thee always
Love in the dark and shine,
My memories will inspire thee
And always remain thine.

Let the world know, our love is not
Just an illusive infatuation,
Let the world know it is but
A perenial source of inspiration.
Which liberates the mind and illumines the soul
And inspire heart towards great goal,
Which sacrifies itself unselfishly
When called for the sake of humanity,
And thus shows the world with brilliance
Its ever-radiating sublime beauty.

Bachpan ke yoh din

Yaad ati hai mujko mere bachpan ke ke yoh din pyare
Yoh chota sa makan, yoh purane kamre
Yoh mithe rishte aur sapne sunehere
Yoh choti khwaishe, yoh suni diware
Yaad aati hai mujhko yoh din pyare.

Yoh khali kursi, yoh suna makan
Jinme the hazaro sapne, yoh hai aaj sunsan
Yaad dilati hai mujko yoh purane din
Joh aaj khamosh hai un sabke bin

Yoh aam ka ped, yoh snigdha chao
Yoh khula maidan, yoh pyara gaon
Yaad dilati hai yoh purane yaar
Zinme na the koi ved, na koi diwar

Yoh chale gaye hai aaj apne raho pe
Rah Gayi hai bas smriti in nigaho pe

Yoh masum si khusi, yoh chand bate
Chandni mein phir yoh mulakate
Unko kyon dohorae meri suni rate
Aaj un sabke bin
Yaad aati hai itni najane kyon
Mere bachpan ke woh din

Mazdoor hai hum

Mazdoor hai hum,
Shoshan aur atyachar se
Mazboor hai hum.

Apne khoon pasine se
Banate hai bari-bari Imarat
Phir bhi sar jhukane ko
Aaj bhi kutiya ki hai zaroorat.

Hamari mehnat ke daulat se
Malik karte hai jo raj
Yeha ghar mein apne hai bache rahte
Dane dane ko mahutaj.

Phasal hum hi banate hai
Jite hai sara desh
Hamare khane ke lia
Bas sukhi roti hai abshesh.

Torna hai aaj bandhan sare
Chorna hai har ek dar
Apne haato se likhenge hum
Aaj apna mukaddar.

Shoshit janata aaj ek jut ho
Annaye ke khilaf karenge pratibad
Shoshan mukt ek samaj ke lia
Shuru karna hai aaj inqalab.

Sawan ke mahine mein aaye the tum jo
Ja rahe hon yu patjhar se pehle hi
Thora sa pyar to tumne bhi kiya tha
Sari umar ka na sahi

Mout mile to aaisa mile
Taki zindegi bhi zhuk kar kare salam-
Zindegi mile to aaisa mile
Mout na ho iska aakhri mukam...

Zindegi ke raho par

Zindegi Ke un raaho par
Jinpe mera naam hai
Akela hai mujko chalna
Yahi niyati ka paigam hai-

Bandhan bankar baandh rakhe jo
Ho mujme aaisi koi chahat nahi
Isiliye aai dil mere tuhko
Pyar karne ki izaajat nahi

Alode Rays of Love

I know not how the alode rays of your love, come to me
Through some unseen unknown trackless channels
In the form of inspiration for life..
It touches deep into my soul
and flows through my veins
It surrounds me like the brilliant sunshine
And gives me a freedom illumined.

Call for a Revolution

When the heart no more could comply with the bounds
When fears could not dismay
When the chains couldn’t bind the soul
Of the fighters to proceed in the way.

Freedom, freedom was the song of the soul,
Freedom , freedom in the sky,
Struggle , struggle was the call of the day
Struggle for you and I.

One bird rose with the song of the soul
It was shot by the oppressor’s gun
But while dying his melancholy strain
Called millions to join the run.

From each drop of that fell on the soil
From the heart of the dying bird,
Another bird rose up
And the cry for liberty was heard.

Millions laid down their life
And rivers of blood flowed by,
And then finally the stars of freedom
Were found to shine in the sky.

Freedom now is in the song of the child
Freedom among youth and old,
But misconceived freedom made man reckless
And oblivious of the principles they should hold.

Corruption crept into the life blood,
Fraterity gave its way,
Once again the killings of innocent lives,
Shaded the shine of the day.

Injustice against the weak and the poor
Has culminated human rights,
Exploitation and class distinction
Has come to the limelight.

Once again is the need of a total change,
Listen to the call of a revolution,
Do the youths of today have the guts
To take up the flag of mission.

Who has the courage to take the lead,
Ready to risk the life;
To make the world a better place
For the posterity to survive?

Loneliness

As I behold the drops outside
They peep through my window panes,
Deep inside some corner of my heart
I feel intense a lonely pain.

Lonely is my home so wide
So lonely are the lanes
Far above the lonely cloud
Shed pearl drops of rains.

Lonely is the cuckoo bird
All day who flies along
No one knows what pain is stored
In the melody of her song.

Away in the sea a lonely boat
Sails in the moonlit night
By and by it meets the horizon
And is lost beyond the sight.

Lonely always is the heart of a poet
Who writes the rhyme of life
In the melody of whose music
The soul of the world survive.

Lonely forever is the night's moon
Still it shines through field and hay,
And shows the path to some lonely travellers
In the dark, who loses their way.

Gone are the days when we together
Used to dance and sing song
But when loneliness is so spread all over
How can I be alone.

Valentine's Day

Tell me, Oh my Valentine,
how do I wish thee!

When the world is full of sores and pains,
When the days are long devoid of rains,
When beside me crawl exploiters
Of cold blooded veins,
Unbound and free-
Tell me, Oh my Valentine,
How do I wish thee!

With what flowers do I tribute
When there are thorns,thorns all while,
When the child at my next door
Has forgotten her smile,
When for bread and cloth, women have
Their self- esteem to pay,
Tell me, Oh my Valentine,
How do celebrate the day!

How do I celebrate the night
With chicken roasted red,
When hungry children cry all the night
for a single piece of bread,
When a jobless brother in frustrations
Has to take the gun in hand,
Tell me, how I roam with thee
In gay hand in hand!

When the lanes of my childhood
Are devoid of bird’s song,
When drops of blood appear in the garden
Of flower and corn,
When stronger ones exploit the weak
And make them live in mourn,
Tell me, how I celebrate
The Valentine’s Day dawn!

Go, go my valentine,
Come not me near,
My life has been darkened by
My people’s grief and fear-

Perhaps in some other life,
I would be born to see,
My people free from fear and grief,
playing in the world with glee-

On that day my Valentine,
We will all laugh and enjoy,
By singing songs of liberty,
Love and joy.

Bondage

In darkness and gloom I do remain
Ignorant of world’s beauty,
Unknown of the power of knowledge
Devoid of childhood gaity.

My dreams and joys are sold by parents
Only for just a few coins,
To the group of unfortunate labour children
I am compelled to join.

Snatched from my mother’s lap
I am sent under the master’s whip,
To abide by what they dictate
And feed on what they give.

I know not what dreams are
And how does the cuckoo sing,
I know not why the children run
When the school bell does ring.

I know not the joys of sports
And glories of victory there,
In the game of life, I have been
Nothing, but a failure.

Destined to do heavy routine work
Is only my life’s goal,
Added to that is injustice
Burdened upon my soul.

No! No! No more can I
Afford this compulsion,
I want to break the bounds
And march ahead towards my destination.

I want to fly like a bird in the vast blue sky
With wide wings of freedom,
And wonder about across the world
Of village, country and kingdom.

I want to be the king of my soul
And sing with the world together,
I too want to find my place on earth
Among all the others.