Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

मैं तेनु फ़िर मिलांगी


मैं तेनु फ़िर मिलांगी
कभी एक सवाल के जवाब में उभरांगी
कभी एक खयाल की तस्वीर में उतरांगी
मैं यहीं कहीं हर कही
हर जगह तेनु मिलांगी

तेरे दिल के किसी सूखे एहसास में
या कभी तेरी रब से अरदास में
मैं तेनु फ़िर मिलांगी

तू जिन्ना मर्ज़ी छुपा तेरा मुझ से वास्ता नहीं
पर मेरे कोल रब दस्या,
तू मेरा ही रहना होर किसी दा होना नहीं 

तू झूठ बोल हज़ार, दिखा लाख तकरार
पर मेरा तुझसे मन मिलया, 
तो तक़दीर दा फ़िर किस्सा नही

मैं तो तेनु फ़िर मिलांगी

©kaveesha




यादाश्त बहुत अच्छी नहीं है मेरी, बादाम रोज़ भिगोये जाते हैं
न ही बहुत ज़्यादा किसी लेख़क, कवि की तारीफ़ करी
लेकिन कुछ नज़्में ऐसी छाप छोड़ती हैं ,कि कभी यूँ याद आजाएंगी
जैसे उनको पढ़े बिना आज खाना गले से नहीं उतरेगा


अमृता प्रीतम जी की सर्वप्रसिद्ध कविता "मैं तेनु फ़िर मिलांगी" का extension लिखा है
लिखा भी नहीं बस कलम खुद ब खुद चली | मुझे पंजाबी आती भी नहीं , पढ़ते समय वह अटपटापन आप सब पकड़ लेंगे लेकिन ये लिखते समय किसी पूर्वजन्म की अनुभूति थी शायद!

अमृता जी की यह कविता उनके अंत समय में उन्होंने लिखी, जब लौ बस टिमटिमा भर रही थी - रूमी ने भी तो यही कहा था "“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing,there is a field. I’ll meet you there."

तो क्या अंत में सारे कवि और प्रेमी एक ही सा सोचते हैं ?

क्या सब यही कहते हैं "फिर मिलेंगे"?? ?


Pasting below Amrita Ji's Epic Poem

मैं तैनू फ़िर मिलांगी
कित्थे ? किस तरह पता नई
शायद तेरे ताखियल दी चिंगारी बण के
तेरे केनवास ते उतरांगी
जा खोरे तेरे केनवास दे उत्ते
इक रह्स्म्यी लकीर बण के
खामोश तैनू तक्दी रवांगी
जा खोरे सूरज दी लौ बण के
तेरे रंगा विच घुलांगी
जा रंगा दिया बाहवां विच बैठ के
तेरे केनवास नु वलांगी
पता नही किस तरह कित्थे
पर तेनु जरुर मिलांगी
जा खोरे इक चश्मा बनी होवांगी
ते जिवें झर्नियाँ दा पानी उड्दा
मैं पानी दियां बूंदा
तेरे पिंडे ते मलांगी
ते इक ठंडक जेहि बण के
तेरी छाती दे नाल लगांगी
मैं होर कुच्छ नही जानदी
पर इणा जानदी हां
कि वक्त जो वी करेगा
एक जनम मेरे नाल तुरेगा
एह जिस्म मुक्दा है
ता सब कुछ मूक जांदा हैं
पर चेतना दे धागे
कायनती कण हुन्दे ने
मैं ओना कणा नु चुगांगी
ते तेनु फ़िर मिलांगी


Thursday, August 15, 2019

वक़्त

मैं समय हूँ
मैं कल था, मैं आज हूँ
मैं कल तेरा था,
आज उसका हूँ
मगर कल फिर से तेरा होऊँगा
मैं वक़्त हूँ

मुझे ठहरना नहीं आता ,
मुझे बस बदलना ही भाता
मैं बिगाड़ता भी हूँ, मैं ही सँवारता हूँ
कल वहाँ , तो अब यहाँ
मैं निरंतर गतिमान हूँ

मैं सिखाने आता हूँ,
सीख़ गए.. तो बुरी याद बनके चला भी जाता हूँ
गर न सीखे.. तो कुछ देर और ठहर जाता हूँ!
मैं जीवन हूँ

मैं तुम हूँ , मैं मैं हूँ
मैं ही आशा , मैं ही पश्चाताप
मैं ही भगवान , मैं ही असुर
मैं ही अच्छा और सिर्फ मैं ही बुरा
मैं ही सब कुछ हूँ

मैं समय हूँ

मैं तेरा वक़्त हूँ

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Untitled नज़्म -ऐ -ज़िन्दगी

कुछ नज़्मों के न
title नहीं हुआ करते,
क्युकी जब वो पैदा हुई
तब खुद ब खुद
खुद को कहती चली गयी..
समझ में भी नहीं आ पाया
और नज़्म बन के खड़ी हो गयी!
उसी तरह जैसे
खुद ब खुद हालात बनते जाते हैं,
और एक नयी ही ज़िन्दगी
सामने आकर खड़ी हो जाती है!
वो भी ऐसी
जो कभी सोची भी नहीं थी ..
उसी तरह ,
जैसे वो नज़्म बन जाती है ,
जिनके title नहीं हुआ करते ..!! 

Thursday, May 24, 2018

मुँह का स्वाद

मुँह का स्वाद, कुछ बिगड़ा हुआ सा है
जैसे किसी ने तार चटा दिया हो
दिल की कड़वाहट, तालु से भी लगती है क्या भला..
जीवन की इस घडी को,
जैसे किसी ने खाने में मिला दिया हो!

बहुत कोशिश की ये स्वाद लोप हो जाये;
कभी मीठा बनाया, कभी कैरी फ़ाकी;
जाने कितने लीटर पानी भी डाला..
मगर ये अजीब सा स्वाद,
जैसे जाने का नाम ही नहीं लेता!

चाशनी जो पागी थी..
उस पर अब मक्खियों का अस्थायी निवास है,
और कैरी भी..
कुछ कुछ काली पड़ने लगी है;
मगर ये मुआ मुँह का स्वाद,
सुधरने का नाम ही नहीं लेता!

तुम्हें कुछ टोटका मालूम हो तो बताना
मुझे तो लगता है..
मैंने गलती से ज़िन्दगी चख़ ली है! 

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Phases


People are just phases
In the longer phase called life
In the shorter span called phase
Each arrives and so do they pass
Giving you what it was here for
Taking from you what it was meant to
But the memories linger
For many phases to come up
Some are fragrant, some are not
Most are bitter but a few still sweet
But you got to understand
That ‘the’ phase has passed
The person is gone
Not far far away yet far away
And when you feel too happy
Remember,
People are phases
And this too shall pass!


Thursday, May 10, 2018

इन्ही बादलों में घुमड़ जाऊँ,
या इसी समंदर से लिपट जाऊँ;
संसार की साजिशें अब समझ नहीं आती
जी में आता है,
यहाँ से वापस न जाऊँ!
रंग बदलता है जीवन,
इसी समंदर के पानी जैसा ;
कहीं खुशनुमा हल्का नीला..
कहीं भयावह काला गहरा!
कभी सूरज आँख दिखाता है,
कभी यहीं पे चाँद मुस्कुराता है ;
मगर जीवन तो इस कश्ती जैसा,
अतिशय चलता जाता है..!
जी में आता है..
ये फ़लसफ़ा समझ पाऊँ!
इन्ही लहरों में सिमट जाऊँ
यहाँ से वापस न जाऊँ!


#oneweekthreecountries #voyageroftheseascruise #indianocean #may2018 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

किस तरह

किस तरह ये रात बीते
इस रात से जुड़े जस्बात बीतें
मदहोशी के बावजूद गर होश में रहना पड़े
तो किस तरह ये रात बीते
छुपाने जैसा कुछ नहीं
मगर फिर भी लगे छुपाने जैसे
ये कैसे सवालों में दिन बीतें
ये किस तरह हम ज़िन्दगी है जीते
सब कुछ मान कर भी
हर कुछ ज़ाहिर नहीं कर सकते
क्यों ऐसे बंधे हुए अलफ़ाज़ कहते
ये कैसे अंदाज़ ज़िन्दगी की
किस तरह ये लम्बी रात बीते 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

तू ज़िंदगी

तब चाहत थी माझी की
अब चाहत है किनारे की
किस रफ़्तार से बदलती है तू ज़िंदगी
क्या तुम भी हो गयी इन लहरों सी?
ये तो रुकने का नाम नहीं लेती
और तुम मुझे रुकने नहीं देती!
शिकवा नहीं इसे साझेदारी समझना
मुझे आदत है अब तुम्हारी इन हरकतों की.
तुम युहीं परेशां रहोगी इस समन्दर सी
मैं भी गिला करुँगी कभी कभी;
लेकिन तुम्ही से ऊब कर,
फिर फिर आया करुँगी..
तुम्हारे ही करीब!!

Friday, July 1, 2016

खामोश शाम

सामने बादल गहरा रहा था
मन के भीतर कुछ और;
शाम जा रही थी..
सुंसनियात बढ़ती जा रही थी!
उसके तसव्वुर की तस्वीर भी अब,
धुंधली पड़ती जा रही थी;
और ख़ामोशी तो यूँ पाँव पसार कर बैठी थी ..
मानो कभी वापस जाने का इरादा ही हो!

दिन दिन, शाम दर शाम,
मन की गिरह, शुन्य होती जा रही थी..
रात आसमान में छा रही थी या ज़िन्दगी में,
इन्ही सवालों में ज़िन्दगी बीती जा रही थी!!


एक परिंदा दिखाई दिया,
शायद घर को मुखातिब था;
यहाँ तो "घर" की तलाश में..
तलब सूखी जा रही थी!!

Monday, June 27, 2016

मुग़ालते



क्यों कर किसी मुग़ालते में रहें;
हैरत में जगें, बेगैरत में जियें ,

क्यों तवज्जो हो किसी एक शख़्स को इतनी,
के गैरहाज़िरी में हर लम्स, एक जंग सा लगे,
जज़्बात हो जाएँ हावी,
हर कशिश कैफियत ही लगे,

ज़हन को हर लम्हा सिए ,
बेसलूकी सहें, बदहवास रहें ,
क्यों किसी बेपरवाह इश्क़ की फिक्र में जियें,

क्यों नहीं रूबरू हों खुद से,
क्यूँ नहीं खुद से ही मुहब्बत करें,
न अश्क़ रहें, न ज़ख्म बहें,

क्यों कर किसी मुग़ालते में रहें?!?



Friday, June 24, 2016

Roadtrip



Life is a road trip
There are smooth stretches for a 200km/hr speed
And bumps to give mini fractures to everyone on the wheel
And there are views changing with every passing second
Scenic landscapes and mystical clouds
Moon to follow and wind to entwine with the soul
And there are also remote areas,
Barren, beaten and unkempt
Its mandatory to look at everything – it all comes in the package you know
You get down after hours of drive
Exhausted and jammed knees
Stretch yourself a bit and enjoy the round about scenery
Take a little break, give yourself a little shake
And get on the vehicle
To continue the journey
Destination is important but not more than the voyage
And then you look at your people
Sitting next to you in the car
And you make a little talk and once again get behind the wheels
But you have now learnt for the next bump and the potholes
You know that you need to slow down and you can easily avoid the jerking
And it would be so amazing before you get back on that 200km/hr track
Oh all this distress will be so worth just for that little fun
Just for that fun, you take it all
The bumps and the goosebumps and the jerks and the jacks
But you don’t stop and you don’t get scared
And you know in your heart, that’s the best bit of this adventure
You will come back a changed man filled with tales
This trip will give you pleasure as much as it gave you pain
…..
Life is such a Roadtrip
Let it come as it may!










Tuesday, May 3, 2016

The only permanent Relationship


Harvard University recently ran this survey where they asked people from different backgrounds, socials, status and demographics to figure out what brings them happiness. After quite a few years of study, they null down to the conclusion that the only real happiness came from Healthy Relationships. These relationships are not just with your spouse but with everyone around you – your neighbors, colleagues, your house help etc. etc.

Recently I also happened to meet this elderly lady, in her 50s struggling real hard to smile since her husband passed away and even after 1.5 years, she cried in the first 15mins that she met me. Her only question with life now was – “Who will I cook for now?” and that put me thinking, this lady invested her entire life serving her husband, cooking what he liked, living the way he wanted, forgot herself to be with his side and now that he is off- she is shocked, what is she going to do now, because she killed herself long back with this marriage. She doesn’t know what hobbies she might have, her interests; she wasn’t even very particular about the food that she liked herself- she was basically nobody now! She also happens to have a son who is now settled in the US and is willing to take her with him but she wants to stay in her husband’s house, dwelling upon the lost memories. She doesn’t want to move on and I feel she might not be able to – ever!

We humans, we are in a relationship even before we are born- with our moms. First person to hold us in arms is our daddy! We come home from the hospital and find there is a sibling too or a dog or a cat for that matter. We are pushed into relationships before we know what it is! And this cycle never ends – till the time we breathe our last.

Now in addition to these ‘compulsory’ relationships, we go ahead and make some on our own. Friends, colleagues,  neighbors. We also go to the extent of giving a lifetime commitment and step into ‘marriage’ thinking it will be a Happily Everafter! But does it stand true in most of the cases? No. People get separated all the time, either by their will or because of others. People cheat, people lie and why – to save another parallel relationship – Now is that one forever? Off course, that too is temporary. They know it won’t get too far but yet they continue the journey. And they spend their whole damn lives becoming the way people like them; they are in a relationship with. And all this for what? – For “Happiness” 

And they do one more blunder, they forget themselves. They forget to make the relationship most important of all –the one with themselves. They love too much – but others, they change- and for others, they dress – for others, they basically do every damn thing – everything for others. Parents die, marriages break, friends ditch, neighbors lie, colleagues steal and yet we think this is forever ever? Hell No.

The only relationship which is permanent is the one you have with yourself, Rest EVERY relationship is temporary.

The relationship you have with yourself is an affair that will last till your last. Some learned ones relate this ‘yourself’ to their faith, their God! For them their faith is everything. Some are too much in love with the art they practice and creating the artpiece will only be a love-making for them! It depends person to person what they love apart from material people and that’s exactly what I am trying to say here. Love Yourself first, people come and go, but YOU will stay till you stay!

Make out to yourself, indulge in yourself, and love yourself!

Because eventually it’s all about you






Monday, March 14, 2016

गाहे बगाहे



गाहे बगाहे
लोग मिला करते हैं आते जाते,
पूछ लिया करते हैं मेरा हाल बिना तसव्वुर किये
मैं भी सर हिला देती हूँ एक मुस्कान ओढ़ के ;
मगर जी नहीं करता हमेशा ये चादर पहनने का..
कभी कभार सब कुछ सच कहने को मन करता है!
चाहता है बोल दूँ ये वो नहीं जो दिखता है,
ये ऐसा बिलकुल नहीं...;

मगर हाल पूछने वाले ने भी इतना ख्याल किया होगा क्या,
यूँ ही हलके फुल्के मुझसे पूछने से पहले...
नहीं!
इसीलिए नहीं बताती,
बस लिख लेती हूँ
लिख के खुद के ही पास, रख लेती हूँ 

Monday, March 7, 2016

ये वो नहीं

तेरे ज़िक्र में मेरा ख़्याल नहीं
मेरे ख़्याल में तेरा ज़िक्र नहीं
किस मोड़ पे गए हाथों में हाथ लिए
एक दूसरे की फ़िक्र नहीं!
वक़्त नहीं,जस्बात नहीं
तू तू नहीं, मैं मैं नहीं;
ये वो दुनिया नहीं,
ये पहले जैसी ज़िन्दगी नहीं!!

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

लगता है सालों पुरानी बात है

तस्वीरें है कुछ मेरी तुम्हारी
अभी बस हाल फ़िलहाल की
रोज़ पलटती हूँ, हमें साथ देखने को
मगर,
लगता है सालों पुरानी बात है

लगता है जैसे अरसा गुज़र गया तुम्हें देखे हुए
कही चेहरा भूल जाऊं.. यूँ भी सोच लिया करती हूँ
तुम्हारा इंतज़ार होकर भी नहीं है
इतना लम्हा गुज़र गया तुमसे रूबरू हुए


हर दिन मानो इक साल जैसा है
बस खुद जोड़ लो कितने साल गुज़र गए;
वादे किये थे तुमने बस अभी कुछ दिन पहले
मगर,
लगता है सालों पुरानी बात है

Monday, March 16, 2015

Heartaches




If only, we could own up our own heartaches and continued loving, no matter what it takes......, how long it goes......., where it finally lands........!!


We are scared- of loving! We are scared just before sending that text full of emotions, we are scared to go out just in case the real heart matters slip out of a watery tongue, we are scared to sip coffees together coz we might talk out hearts out- and all this why? Because of “Heartaches”

Heartaches --- Ouch!  They come with every kind of love you know of! They will come and you can’t just ignore them. So should we just stop loving and having a real life? I don’t think so. Life is nothing devoid of love. Those butterflies in the stomach on a slight rub of hands accidentally, that is life; the feeling of caring for someone and getting the favor returned that is life; sharing nasty details from poop timings to how shitty the boss is, that is real life.  Should we just stop living then, just because it will, at some point of time bring heartache along? I definitely don’t think so!!

Hypothetically thinking, what if, we could just keep on loving keeping the worries at bay? Will it not bring consequences? Off course it will. You might have a hard time getting over it. You might even go on a sabbatical full of undesirable thoughts and insomniac nights. But won’t you get to think of the glorious butterflies then and smile a bit? Won’t you carry some beautiful memories forever? Then why not drop the ‘Heartache Phobia’ aside and live the moment- make the best of it!!

But wait, if you are already feeling too inspired by now, here is a little reality check. “Do it at your own risk” If you think you are man enough to deal with your heartache later on, then take the plunge because the one giving you those butterfly memories won’t be there to cry along. If you don’t think you are that kind of person- Sir, please leave right away! (But anyway it’s not going to help you, sorry to say)

Any which ways this world and our lives should never be short on love because this is the only thing which is our private yet shared. Don’t let the heartache stop you from loving. Don’t kill those butterflies just so soon!!









Friday, February 27, 2015

इबारतें (5)

इबादतें कुबूली गयी हैं कुछ,
इबारतें मगर आमादा हैं,
किस्से दर्ज़ करने पे,

मेरे हज की गलियों के नक्श,
बड़े नए नज़र आते हैं,
कच्चे रास्तों पे,
कोरी बजरी बिखेरी है शायद,

पन्ने अपनी गिनतियों में मशगूल हैं,
और इबारतें खुद को कुरेदने में,
इबादतें बेलफ़ज़ हैं,  
मगर गलियां चल रही हैं, बदल रही हैं,

इबादतें नयी उमड़ेंगी मगर,
तब इबारतें भी संजीदा होंगी,
मेरे हज की गलियों के नक्श फिर बदलेंगे,
और पन्नो की सिलवटें फिर बढ़ेंगी!!  
   

Fifth installment of my beloved IBARATEIN series is here - this time after 7 months. A lot happened in this while,  life changing decisions, those which can't be undone! But Ibaratein will go on - no matter what is going on....!!! 


इबारतें : Writing
इबादतें: Prayers
आमादा: Adamant 
नक्श:Map
बेलफ़ज़: Speechless 
मयस्सर :Available 

Thursday, February 26, 2015

असमंजस


@kaveeshaklicks #insta

असमंजस हैं बड़े,
किन धूप छांव में हम खड़े
शिकवे हैं या शिकवे होने के गिले
इतने खामोश क्यूँ हैं सिलसिले...?

कब से हुए यहीं हम ठहरे,
हम बदले तुम बदले,
फिर भी हम असमंजस में पड़े ..;

मायूसी और मुस्कुराहटें दोनों नहीं,
बस ख़ामोशी है और कुछ नहीं,
उलझे उलझे दिन हैं सादी सादी रातें,
दोनों वही हैं मगर दोनों चुप खड़े;

असमंजस हैं बड़े...!!!



Friday, December 13, 2013

If pain loves you, love it back!


Have you ever tried on a new exercise (like yoga etc.) or got a very nice body massage? Did you also feel those small lumps of pain in different parts of your body which abruptly come out and you tend to say, “OMG, I never knew I had pain in this part too”. Let me tell you something, these pains do not occur because you press the body there, they have always been there, you were just not very aware of them! But when you pressed, they started flowing out!

Doesn’t something very similar happen to us, in real lives?  We are not even aware of certain pains that exist and we go on living with them, making them a part of our lives, our personalities. We smile and laugh and do everything that looks normal to everybody everyday but when an old friend calls up randomly pressing ‘there’, the pains start to flow out, and we say, “OMG! You are talking my mind out. This is exactly what is happening with me.”

Pain is a very funny word and according to me, very creative too. ‘Funny’ because it can disappear anytime it wants, remain hidden or make you look crazy in front of others. (It’s so funny that it reminds me of “DEVDAS” – the forever sad character from Indian Bengali novelist ‘Sarat Chandra’). ‘Creative’ because it has given birth to so many masterpieces of art, literature and poetry. (I mean what percentage of artists create when they are super happy, if I am super happy I would rather go party and dance my heart out rather than write a poetry)
So something which is so funny and creative, I think it (or at least a part of it) should stay with everyone! It’s just that, we should be aware of its presence in ourselves.

Have you read of Latent heat in school? Well I have and as I remember, it spoke of a heat which remains latent (dormant) unless we create some force which evokes it. Similarly, the pain is the latent heat in all of us. Now you brood over it or turn it into a force- that depends on you!

Discover the pain in you and either USE it or remove it.

Get that great body massage often, the pain will go. Talk about that great body massage often, and the pain will make a great art piece!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Inside

Because its always good to let people know what exactly you thought originally while they make their own interpretations of your Abstract (Art)! 


You now what’s a mesh- it’s a chilman – a wall with checkered patterns giving you every glimpse of the other side of the wall but yet, closed! In Indian architectural history especially in Mughal era, the chilman has been used in profound! Take The Taj Mahal of Agra, all its beautifully marbled terraces surplusly surrounded by chilmaned railings. Go to Jaipur’s Maharaja Palace, the guide will show you a room – the common Darbar-e-aam where the king used to sit and hear the public and just besides the king’s hot seat you will find a chilman – opposite which the queen sat – from where she could see and hear everything what the pupil had to say and give her opinion to her husband, BUT the public couldn’t see her clearly and could only understand her presence via her reflection from her shadow filtered via that chilman!
Closer view: The MESH- Chilman



So that’s what a mesh is! A wall, mind you, it’s a WALL giving the pretense to be a window but a WALL, though with a difference by design and logic. I really think they had this great reason behind innovating such a beautiful pattern – the reason to be able to see everything from within and yet be hidden and away from everything. (I wonder if Film coated car window glasses were inspired from them too)




In any picture, a photograph or a painting, there are two things – basic- the object and the subject. In layman language, the subject is the living person and the objects are the materialistic things taken in use of to support the eventual meaning of that picture.

Closer view: Subject & Objects





Here the objects are simple yet lovable (read addictive)  items – the wine bottle, the coffee mug, an earthen ashtray with a few fumes of the still dying smoke inside it and a few flickering yet steady candles. And the subject, well the person finds it easier to hide behind the big fat belly of the wine bottle!









From all the detailed description above ( which I didn't really plan to), I will sum up my own comprehension of this piece in a single line-  Somebody inside a maze with everything he loves around him but yet can only enjoy a view of the outside and is trapped!

But traps aren’t always a negative word; some traps are by choice too! Do you remember any of those film stories where the mafia loses all his men and is terrified for his death and seeks shelter in a prison so that at least his life could be spared! Same!

Life is anyway a trap, a BIG BIG trap, but we all live inside it, enjoying the beautiful picture outside it via our chilmans of dreams and fascination! And off course surround ourselves with everything we love, to be able to survive till the day when the door opens and we walk out of it….!!



PS- I did not have any clue or intent as to what I will make when I started painting this one! But the bottle came on paper, then the mug, then the candles (they are actually books, though they don’t look like), the person’s half hidden face and then the rest! But it’s always interesting to add up all your scribbles to make a complete composition!

Technical PS- I used 7 different brush strokes in this picture!