Shajar bolta hai

When I think of you

2006-02-02T21:13:00.001-08:00

A fairy tale
the life becomes
when I think of you

Is it true?
Once in a blue moon day
dreams come true.

When my dreams,
my desire
conspire
I’m forced to sip
A heady concoction
I’ve got no option
I’ve got no clue
When I think of you

Am I half awake?
Am I half asleep?
That muffled sound
Someone walking around
with bare feet
As is trying to sync
with a strange beat
I hear it approach
I hear it retreat
Is it you?

Wrapped in a cool blue mist
Scattered moonlight
Glistening white
I hear the call,
I try to sit quiet.
But I can’t resist
The lure of love
Does there exist
A cure of love
But you?

A fairy tale
the life becomes
when I think of you
Is it true?
Once in a blue moon day
dreams come true?

~Shajar

काश

2005-07-22T01:07:00.000-07:00

ना समझ सका
मैं खुद जिसको
अधखुला राज़
अनकही बात
मैं काश़ तुम्हे समझा पाता

तेरी नज़रों के
दो सवाल
दो प्रश्नचिन्ह
जिनके जवाब
मैं काश़ कभी लौटा पाता

कच्चे धागे
इन सपनों के
उलझे उलझे
सुलगे सुलगे
मैं काश़ कभी सुलझा पाता

जुगनू बिखराती
चाँद रात
हाथों में हाथ
दो पल का साथ
मैं काश कभी दोहरा पाता

ख़्वाबों से महकी
सरज़मीं
वो दिलनशीन
कितनी हसीन
मैं काश तुम्हे दिखला पाता

वो गया मोड़
हम साथ छोड़
हैं अलग अलग
इक कड़वा सच
मैं काश इसे झुठला पाता

'शजर'

yaUÐ CoD, kr Qauna

2005-04-21T09:03:00.000-07:00

yaUÐ CoD, kr Qauna kao[- saumaQaur

Ék gayaa

ik maOM ivavaSa saa gaunagaunaata rha

saarI rat

]sa TUTo hue, CUTo hue saur kao

saunahrI

pÐ@ityaaoM ko vas~ phnaata rha

gaata rha

layabaW gait sao QaD,kta ]r

yaUÐ CoD, kr Qauna kao[- saumaQaur

Ék gayaa

ik maOM manasa kI dIvaaraoM pr

ica~ Bar

lao klpnaa kI tUilaka

AaOr Baava ko

]jalao basaMtI rMga, Barta rha

jaOsao

svaPna sao imalanao kao Aatur

yaUÐ CoD, kr Qauna kao[- saumaQaur

Ék gayaa

maOM samaya kI mau@tavalaI kao

rK pro

]nmaad nayanaaoM maoM Baro

ivastINa- naBa sao

Qara tk ZUÐZa ikyaa

Qvainasa`aot

Kaoyaa iqarkto pga ka naupur

yaUÐ CoD, kr Qauna kao[- saumaQaur

Let’s kill it!!

2005-03-26T02:25:00.000-08:00

Who injected

slow poison

In the veins of our friendship

Time? Distances? You ? Me ? We ?

Or Chance?

As it lies silent, dejected

And stunned

Watching the prospects of a premature death

With a sort of equanimity and

Nonchalance

Know not what you think

But I feel we shouldn’t have left it

To die in cold

A prolonged and ignominious death

And pretend that it’s a natural death

When it is anything but!

If you think it can’t revive

I would say it can’t survive

For God’s sake

Let’s show some mercy

Let’s kill it!!

saaocaa hO Aaja

2005-02-08T08:11:00.000-08:00

rat Bar

2005-01-19T07:35:00.000-08:00

Saba–e–tarIk maoM kao[- rat Bar saaocata rha
baat baarIk qaI kao[- rat Bar saaocata rha

savaala poSa–e–najar qao, savaala kOf–e–Asar qao
kao[- madhaoSa saa rha rat Bar saaocata rha

jara savaala qao laaij,ama jara saa vaao BaI hO Aaij,ama
jara saI baat qaI laoikna rat Bar saaocata rha

na tao iktaba maoM imalao na hI Saraba maoM imalao
javaaba Kaojata rha rat Bar saaocata rha

isataro DUbato rho saharo CUTto rho
caaÐd ÓamaaoSa saa rha rat Bar saaocata rha

sabaa zhr saI gayaI ifjaa isahr saI gayaI
Saj,ar caupcaap KD,a qaa rat Bar saaocata rha

Ót

2005-01-18T02:03:00.000-08:00

Gaaola rhI qaI rat isayaahI

kagaja AaOr [k klama ]zaš
caupko caupko Ct pr Aaš
tnahaš kI KulaI hvaa maoM
toro Pyaar nao laI AMgaD,ayaI

@yaa ilaKUÐ yao saaoca rhI qaI
Axar Axar taola rhI qaI
rat kI namaI AaOr torI kmaI
AaÐKaoM maoM AaÐsaU Bar laaš

pICo doKa dUr ixaitja pr
PaUnama ka vah caaÐd ]ga gayaa
idla sao Anaayaasa hI maoro
g,ama ka saara baaoJa hT gayaa

kalao baadla maoM caaÐdI saI
KUba caaÐdnaI GaulaI huš qaI
halaataoM ko band iklao maoM
Aasa kI iKD,kI KulaI huš qaI

@yaa ilaKtI kuC igalaa nahIM qaa
pr tU kbasao imalaa nahIM qaa
p`It kI rIt inaBaanao BaojaI
Ót maoM tuJao caaÐdnaI BaojaI

Toying around

2005-01-07T03:26:00.000-08:00

Toying around this question
for quite some time
What are the forces,
the causes,
the effects divine.
Playing with me
a game called life
but is it mine?

And how come you shine
like a star,
so near,
yet so far
that you escape
the fate,
the forces
which pull me to you
not the other way round

And where is the line
beyond which
the laws
(that scientists preach)
can't reach
As I wrestle
the gravity of your being
I question
how come you don't feel
the pull
the mutual attraction
the force
the action
the reaction

On a merry-go-round
around you
(my source of light )
my plight
seeks answers,
which don't exist.
As I resist
the temptation,
of a dream,
of a well preserved wine.

May be it's fine
it's just a game
but the question remains
Is it mine?

~Shazar

Can't view the Hindi text?

2005-01-05T05:11:00.000-08:00

Can't view the Hindi text?

I use shusha fonts for hindi. If you don't have these fonts you need to download the same from the following links

http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/abhi/shusha.ttf
http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/abhi/shus_02.ttf
http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/abhi/shus_05.ttf

2. Once these three files are on your machine, they must be placed (copied or moved) in window's font directory: C:\WINDOWS\FONTS

For other instructions
http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/installinghindi.html

Internet Explorer may not display the fonts correctly. For best results I would suggest that you use firefox browser.
www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

'Kaash' - Translated

2005-01-05T02:00:00.000-08:00

The secrets hidden and the words untold
And the couple of questions that left me cold,
But how I wished I could throughout
Pour the feelings to you out.

The mystic gaze of your eyes
The questions they seemed to raise,
I knew them all in my mind
But how I wished I could unwind

Those dreams and all the fantasy
Which are random and filled with ecstasy,
How I wished I could struggle,
To unravel this sweet tangle.

That walk on the sparkling sand
You and I, hand in hand,
Moonlit moment, Ah, so brief
How I wished I could repeat.

I longed for you forever
Full of dreams dying never,
Sad you missed the spark in my eye,
Wished we gave it a second try.

The dreams gone and paths split,
How we lay not close a bit,
That was the end of a growing tree
Wished I could change it for thee.

~ Shazar
Transalation by : Ranganathan Ramasubramanian