Tuesday, April 21, 2020

मेरे गीत तुम्हारे पास सहारा पाने आएँगे - दुष्यंत कुमार


मेरे गीत तुम्हारे पास सहारा पाने आएँगे
मेरे बाद तुम्हें ये मेरी याद दिलाने आएँगे

हौले—हौले पाँव हिलाओ,जल सोया है छेड़ो मत
हम सब अपने—अपने दीपक यहीं सिराने आएँगे

थोड़ी आँच बची रहने दो, थोड़ा धुआँ निकलने दो
कल देखोगी कई मुसाफ़िर इसी बहाने आएँगे

उनको क्या मालूम विरूपित इस सिकता पर क्या बीती
वे आये तो यहाँ शंख-सीपियाँ उठाने आएँगे

रह—रह आँखों में चुभती है पथ की निर्जन दोपहरी
आगे और बढ़ें तो शायद दृश्य सुहाने आएँगे

मेले में भटके होते तो कोई घर पहुँचा जाता
हम घर में भटके हैं कैसे ठौर-ठिकाने आएँगे

हम क्या बोलें इस आँधी में कई घरौंदे टूट गए
इन असफल निर्मितियों के शव कल पहचाने जाएँगे.


Thursday, April 24, 2014

I Can't Make You Love Me


Turn down the lights;
Turn down the bed.
Turn down these voices
Inside my head.

Lay down with me;
Tell me no lies.
Just hold me close;
Don't patronize.

Don't patronize me.

'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.
You can't make your heart feel
Something it won't.
Here in the dark
In these final hours,
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power;
But you won't.
No, you won't.
'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.

I'll close my eyes,
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me.

Morning will come,
And I'll do what's right;
Just give me till then
To give up this fight.

And I will give up this fight.

- Raj

Thursday, November 28, 2013

I can't smile without you

You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you

You came along just like a song
And brighten my day
Who would have believed that you where part of a dream
Now it all seems light years away

And now you know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile

Now some people say happiness takes so very long to find
Well, I'm finding it hard leaving your love behind me

And you see I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel glad when you're glad
I feel sad when you're sad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you



- Raj

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Feeling like Expendable

One can't understand what makes one feel like Expendable unsless he/she remembers a scene from the movie Rambo II. Rambo (played by Sylvester Stallone) and Co Bao (played by Julia Nickson) are discussing about their lives.

Co Bao: Why did they pick you? Because you like to fight?
Rambo: I'm expendable.
Co Bao: What mean expendable?
Rambo: It's like someone invites you to a party and you don't show up. It doesn't really matter. 

Its life, difficult to say, how to still love it....

- Raj