Tuesday, January 06, 2009

The poet that I was...

It was one of those quiet evenings (from what I vaguely remember) and I was listening to some melodious Rafi's pieces on "Coney" tape. I have no idea what came over me and well here's the result of one of those zany creative moments.
Btw this one is dated December 4, 2000.

unki yaad mein..

subah mein suraj , raath ki jhilmil sithare..
aaj kal lagthe hain thode aur bhi pyaaren
phoolon ki gulshan, hawa ki hulchul
na jaane kyon meethi hai har pal

bhool tho nahi sakthi hun us din ko main panchi
usi ka asar hai muj par , ki aaj mein badli ithni
chulbuli bhavrein jaise , shararath bachi jaisi
baathein aur vaadein karthi , ab na jaane yeh badlaav kaisi

kator samajthi thi apne aapko
pyaar ki kaabil kabhi nahin
is kator dil ko bhi phigal diya hai
ab khud ko kho diya hun kahi

dil jhoom utthi hai, unhe dekhkar
unki woh aankhen, unki woh muskurahat
nazar se nazar milkar dho shabdh kahna
isi se hotha hai man mein gabrahat

dimag kahtha na , man kahtha hai kah dena
ab tho na rah sakthi aapke bina

bathein tho karthi hun unse
pagli jaisi duhrathi hun sab kuch
man ki bathein kahne se darthi
diwana hai yeh mohabbath sach much

dar hai mujhe us pal ki
jab denge mere pyaar ki jawab woh
na kah dethe , tho maan lo
ek aur kshan nahi jeena hai mujko

kya karoon panchi ? main kya kahoon?
Kya ab aasi hi haalath hogi
Pyaar,ishq,mohabbath
Kya inke jawaab waqth hi deghi ??

PS: I'd really appreciate if people would ignore the Ka, Ki and Ke "ki" maathras!
And thx shank for hunting down this one for me! :)

2 comments:

Globe Trotter said...

:) Remember this one vividly..

BTW, what is a 'Coney' tape ?

Archana said...

@ Globe Trotter: 'Coney' was this brand of audio tape back in the 80's- they were these distinct black and yellow colored audio cassettes. I think that's what they were called. Btw- I am sorry- But I dont exactly recognize this ID - and your profile wouldn't show up either. Care to reveal your identity? :)