साया ( A shadow....)

Life's been hunky dory during these trying times, well actually it's always been like that. But for some it has become the tough times and for some, it's business as usual. Like me, I have always been in love, I am still in love and who knows if I remain like this till my last breath.

"Life is a journey, love is a path to that..."

Quiet...and now listen, can you hear a sound of someone being around you, can you feel someone close to you, so close that you can actually hear the breathing. Do you find it creepy, may be crazy sometimes? Don't worry, it's a shadow you love around you, yeah, it can be madness but madness is not to be despised and not to be feared but instead it is life.

I like my shadow, it reminds me that I exist and you too.

And this is for you and only you, no matter how far you go away, you can never get away from me, as I always feel the presence of your shadow with me. Not fair....

"Life has no rules, so does love....."

                         Pic courtesy: man in life, Location; en route Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand                         

 

"यूँ लगता है कभी 

लिपट गया है मुझसे 

तेरा साया कोई,

समां गए हो यूँ तुम 

यादों में मेरी 

जैसे गहरी साज़िशों में 

समां जाता है राज़ कोई,

सँवार जाते हो कभी ख्वाब मेरे 

जैसे आँखों में लगा देता है 

काजल कोई 

महक जाती हैं यादें मेरी 

जब दिख जाता है 

खिलता गुलाब कोई 

लौट जाती हैं यादें तुम्हारी 

जगा देता है जब नींद से कोई 

दर्द बनकर 

कुछ यूँ बहते हो तुम साँसों में मेरी 

जैसे शाँत सागर में 

टकरा जाती है 

लहरों की हूक कोई 

लिपटा रहने दो अब 

अपने इस साये को मुझसे 

जैसे बारिशों में 

बदन से लिपटी हो बूँद कोई...."

 

Translation:

 

I, sometimes feel you

around me

Like your shadow is near

and holding me,

You are so deep 

inside my heart

as if i am hiding

a secret 

You, make my dreams beautiful

as if I have used Kohl in my eyes

My memories smell good

when I see a blooming rose

Your memories run away from me

When somebody wakes me up

You run like pain inside me

when I breathe

As if some tide has 

hit the rocks

Let you leave 

your shadow around me now

Like a drop of rain

wrapped around me..."