कट गयी कुछ रात...!! (#eternallove #unconditionalstate #dreamingforever #silentnight #beingwithyou #loveforever #staywithme #binsar )

Don't be afraid, he murmured slowly, we are together and always will be. We belong to each other.
I was overwhelmed by these words. This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it. He was with me, very much with me, in this very moment, holding on to my hand, listening to my breathe in this silence.

It felt like everything around us was telling me, this is it, this is what I was seeking for, this is what I needed, this is perfect.

"Forever," indeed.

"Stay with me, always...even if its in the dreams...!!"

Image by: Man in Life. Location: Binsar, Uttarakhand. Year: 2021

 

"कट गयी कुछ रात, तेरे साथ, करते बात साथी

कट गयी कुछ रात

रह गयी फिर भी ह्रदय में ह्रदय की बात साथी

कट गयी कुछ रात

मैं नहीं पहचान पायी, प्यार के संसार का सुख

एक क्षण को भी,

मिलन के तार की झंकार का सुख

मैं सदा से ही विरह की राह में चलती रही हूँ

स्वप्न में भी मैं नहीं छू पायी, प्रथम अभिसार का सुख

आंसुओं में ढल गयी मेरी सुनहरी रात साथी

कट गयी कुछ रात

रह गयी फिर भी ह्रदय में ह्रदय की बात साथी

चाहते हो मैं तुम्हारे प्यार की दुनिया बसाऊं

चिर विदाई के क्षणों में, मधु मिलन के गीत गाउँ

तड़प की आँधियों में स्नेह का दीपक जलाऊँ

मन सदा रोता रहे, पर मैं निरंतर मुस्कुराऊँ

अग्नि से उत्पन्न हो सकता नहीं जलजात, साथी

कट गयी कुछ रात

रह गयी फिर भी ह्रदय में ह्रदय की बात साथी

तृप्ति की दो बूँद पाने के लिए दिन रैन रोकर

स्वाति की रसा लगाए थी कि जो सुख चैन खोकर

याचना पर था जिसे अपनी अटल विश्वास कल तक

आज बैठा रह गया मन का पपीहा मौन होकर

जब हुआ यह ज्ञात

प्यासी है स्वयं बरसात साथी

कट गयी कुछ रात

रह गयी फिर भी ह्रदय में ह्रदय की बात साथी..."

 

कोई क्या करे...!!! #bestloveaffair #besttrips #loveforever #serenity #Binsar

It doesn't matter where you are going, or who is besides you, whether you are alone or in the crowd, what matters most is who you are in love with, who's in the heart. 

I have always been confused, it's "Love, which makes the journey beautiful or is it the Journey, which keeps the love afresh". 

"The best trips are like best Love affairs, they never end..." 

 

Pic Courtesy: Man in Life, Location: Pine jungles Binsar, Uttarakhand, Year: 2021

 रास्ता चलते किसी से प्यार हो जाये
तो कोई क्या करे
जवानी चीज़ वह है
जो पहाड़ों को हिला डाले
मगर मंज़िल किसी की राह में दीवार हो जाये
तो कोई क्या करे,
मर्ज़ जितने हैं
दवाएं भी सभी की हैं मगर
कोई अगर हुस्न का बीमार हो जाये
तो कोई क्या करे,
नाँव तूफ़ान में
किनारे पर लगाना है नहीं दुश्वार
मगर साइल अगर खुद
आप ही मंझधार हो जाये
तो कोई क्या करे,
रास्ता चलते किसी से प्यार हो जाए
तो कोई क्या करे... "

Translation:

"What to do,
If you fall in love with someone
While you are on the way
Youth is something
Which can move mountains
But, what if
The destination itself
turns into the roadblock,
There's always a medicine
for every illness
But, if one falls for a Belle
So, what does one do?
It's not arduous
To bring the boat
from tranquil shore
But, if storm itself
becomes the midstream
So what does one do?
If you fall in love with someone
While you are on the way...
So what does one do...."

 

ख्वाहिश.... (#aspire #loveforever #amour )

Tears, they flow from our eyes but come from heart and never from brain!! We, love playing with feelings, our own feelings, somebody else's feelings but we play with them all the time. I never knew that I could be so much in pain and yet so much in love. Yvonne Woon once wrote, time seemed to stand still around me; the mornings just as cloudy and dark as the evenings, as if the sun had never decided to rise. There is no wind, like the world is holding its breath along with me, waiting for him to return.” And this sound so true to me all the time, like its happening with me.

"I love you, you whispered in my ear..." but sometimes it feels that I was destined to forever fall in love with people I couldn't have.

Down Memory Lane, Year 2002,Jal Mahal, Jaipur, Rajasthan

 

"जाने क्यों तुमसे मिलने की, आशा है,

विश्वास नहीं है

जीवन की निस्तब्ध निशा में, अस्त हुआ दिन का कोलाहल

नीरवता में बदल चुकी है, यौवन के सागर की हलचल ,

मेरे जीवन के उपवन में, पतझर है, मधुमास नहीं है

जाने क्यों तुमसे मिलने की, आशा है,

विश्वास नहीं है

रूप कटोरों में भर भर कर, सुरभि सुरा के पीने वाले

और बहुत हैं उन्हें पिला दो, जो युग युग से अब तक प्यासे

मुझको सुरापान करने का, अनुभव है, अभ्यास नहीं है

जाने क्यों तुमसे मिलने की, आशा है,

विश्वास नहीं है...."

 

Translation: 

 

I don't know, why I am always 

hopeful to see you,

though I know it won't happen

In the dull moment of life

Whilst the day has come to an end

 The ocean of youth has silenced

In the yard of my life

There's always autumn, 

never a period of love

I don't know, why I am always 

hopeful to see you,

though I don't believe it

All who drink the aromatic liquor

Give it to'em

Who are thirsty for centuries

I have experience to drink but

I have not practiced it

I don't know, why I am always 

hopeful to see you,

though I don't believe it..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

वो सुबह कभी तो आएगी...(#newbeginning, #newdawn, #newday, #hope)

There is always a fresh start, nobody and nothing can ever stop you from letting go and starting over. When things go negative, when we see sad faces around, when people have dark thoughts, when every soul is hurt, all we look for is "HOPE". 

Their is nothing wrong in Failing, each time we fail, we should get up and start over, there is always a new beginning, for everything.

"Life is hard, the only way around is through...!!!"

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth… not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha

Keep Hope, Keep Trust!!!

Image credit: Man in life, Location: Silisarh Lake, Alwar (Rajasthan)

  

"एक आस लगी थी

बड़े दुःख की घड़ी थी

साँसें चल रही थी कुछ ऐसे

ग़म के बादल छाये हो जैसे

कुछ अपने छूट रहे थे सफर में

कश्तियाँ डूब रही थीं भंवर में

सब अपने खोल में सिमट रहे थे

साँसों के मोल लग रहे थे

मौत अपने संग ले जाएगी या

ज़िन्दगी बच जाएगी??

खोल किवाड़ पलकों के

फिर एक नयी अलख जगा

होंठों पर मुस्कान लिए

गिरे हुए को तू उठा

ग़म के बादल तो

धुआँ बन उड़ जायेंगे

चंचल पंछी ,अधीर खग

नीड़ छोड़ निकल जायेंगे 

अडिग रहना तुम;

अडिग, रहना तुम

अंधेरों से डरना नहीं

राह आगे की मिल ही जाएगी

वो सुबह कभी तो आएगी

वो सुबह कभी तो आएगी..."

"उस ने पूछा और उसने कहा था ..." ( She...who asked and He...who answered)

Year 1951, a Hindi writer, who wrote a total of 3 stories and became famous with his third story to an extent that not only it is said to be the best love story but it is included in top 10 Hindi stories ever. The great author, Shri Chandradhar Sharma "Guleri" wrote his most famous work, "Usne kaha tha" (उसने कहा था) immediately after first world war.

An era, in which no lover in India (at least) celebrated Valentine Day, exchange of rose, celebration of love on a particular day of the week/month, no promises were made, no commitments were done but even then it was and is the best love story I ever read.

Why am I talking about it today, because my new blog title is inspired by this story. Today I am going to write about two lovers, She...who asked and He...who answered.

Pic courtesy : Man in life, Location: Pokhran, en route to Jaiselmer , Year 2008

 

 

वो पूछ रही थी...

 

"मैं बैठी थी आज भी, छज्जे पर अपने

और देख रही थी तुमको जाते हुए,

तुम्हारी तपिश पिघल रही थी सोने सी,

सुरमई चमक तुम्हारी,

उतर रही थी मेरी आँखों में,

मुझे अब बेसब्री से इंतज़ार है,

अपने चाँद का...

जानती हूँ, तुम जाओगे;

तभी तो झांकेगा, खिड़की से मेरी चाँद,

तुम से मिलना रोज़,

कितना आवश्यक हो गया है,

तुम्हारी दिनचर्या.से ही होता है,

जीवन गतिशील मेरा,

बोलो ना!! क्या तुम रोज़ यूँ ही आओगे...??"

 

उसने कहा:

 

हाँ, मैं चाँद हूँ
रोजाना आऊंगा
हरी दूब सी घास पर

चांदनी बन छिटक जाऊँगा 
चांदनी बरसाऊँगा
तुम्हें उल्झाऊंगा
सपने दिखाऊंगा
मुस्कुराऊंगा.....
तारों की आतिशबाजी पूरे आसमान में होगी
उनकी झिलमिलाहट से तुम्हारा दामन भर जाऊँगा
और सुबह
ये चाँद रात, सूरज की सुनहरी किरणों मैं बदल जाएगी
तुम्हारे संग रहेगी एक गर्माहट ले कर
हर आहट दस्तक देगी मेरे आने की
और मैं 

हर दिन, हर रात

तुम्हारे लिए, 

फ़िर आऊँगा..." 

 

Translation:

 

She asked:

 

As always

I was again sitting on my terrace today

Watching you leave

The light of the melting sun

Descending in my eyes,

I am now eagerly waiting

For my Moon

I know, you will leave

Only then, my moon will

Peep through my window

How important it has become

Meeting you every day

Your routine adds

some more breath to me

Will you come to meet me, everyday...?

 

He said:

 

"Oh yes, I am your moon

I will visit you every night

On fresh green grass

I will spread like moonlight

My light will sparkle everything

I will play with you

Show you dreams

Will make you smile,

The night

Full of shining stars

Will sparkle like fireworks

All over the sky

Their flicker, will fill your life

In morning

This moon night

Will change into

The golden sparkling rays of the sun

Will stay with you as warmth

Every sound

will let you know

That I am around

And Me

I will visit you

Every day and every night

Only for you..."

 

 

 

तेरी निकम्मी बातें ....(#nonsensicaltalks, #crazytalks #crazylove)

Long back, once a Psychiatrist friend told me, I was crazy; and all I could think was, I wanted a second opinion. Life is full of crazy ideas, crazy feelings, crazy friends, crazy moments, crazy talks. Sometimes these crazy talks are all one is left with.

I can't make out who I hate more, you for walking away or myself for still loving you. Love is so crazy and annoying and so frustrating but it is one of the thing to keep people going, to live, to have hope in life, to trust, to have #crazyfriends.

Sometimes i think, you are a loser and sometimes a lover, sometimes you are wonderful and sometimes you are not. Sometimes I date you and sometimes I hate you #crazylove 

So you decided to walk away because you thought we were over, but we were not, we won't ever. If you think not talking to me will shield off your feelings for me, you are wrong, I tried that and there wasn't a day that went by where I was not wishing it were our nonsensical talks, we being together #crazytalks.

#crazyfriends #crazylove #crazytalks #crazylife

Pic credit: Man in life, Location: Home, Period: Year 2003

"जब से मुझको ज्ञात हुआ

तुझ नकचढ़े से प्यार हुआ

उन निरि निकम्मी बातों में

अलग नशे का खुमार हुआ

नींद चैन सब चला गया

तेरी भोली सी बातों में

हर वक़्त खोयी रहती हूँ

जहाँ नहीं तू

वहां भी तुझको देखा करती हूँ

सुन लो तुम सब ऐ दुनिया वालों

मेरे अंदर कुछ जाग उठा है

वो जैसा है, जो भी है

पास है या फिर नहीं भी है

उसको सोचने भर से

एक ख़ुशी सी होने लगती है

सरगम के सात सुरों सी

हवा महकने लगती है

जानती हूँ

न होगा अब कभी दीदार तेरा

है इंतज़ार करना बेकार तेरा

जाने क्यों तुझ से दिल लगाए बैठी हूँ

दिल की वीरान दुनिया में

एक दीप जलाये बैठी हूँ

काली वीरान रातों में

तेरी निकम्मी बातों को

आज भी सीने से लगाए बैठी हूँ..."

 

Translation:

"Since the time, I realized

I am in love with finicky you

But those nonsensical talks

were no less than addiction

I am at loss of sleep and peace of mind

Always lost in your naive thoughts

I see you where you are not

I feel you everywhere

Its for you'll to know

I am awake

I am in love

Whoever he is

However he is

Near or far

When I think of him

I feel happiness all around

Wind is all so aromatic, when it blows

Just like a musical note 

I know,

You won't show up ever again

It's not worthy to wait

I don't know

Why I am still in love with you 

My heart is deserted

Still your love is lit 

Deep inside my broken heart

In such dark, lonely nights

Only thing close to my heart are

 your nonsensical talks..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

अकेलेपन का सहारा था...(Recourse...!!)

 Whenever my mind wanders, i find you. Every #lifestory has a sad part and mine is that I may end up loving you more without you being in my life. Not that I am not hurt; I am, but #loveneverchange and few may find it strange but love is in no way relative to the amount of time you have known someone, instead it's just love, which someone may have felt in a second and would have lived with that for a #lifetime.

Never imagined a life without you, but here I am, without you and in more love than ever.

"Sometimes we don't even know that we feel in a certain way because we have changed or because you have stopped loving..."

There is a whole world out there, full of people who will hurt you, give you pain, scar you forever, may be throw you out of your life but the real strength  of love is in finding someone that is worth the pain.

"There are days when you have to let go and let be, may be you'd find yourself in a better place. Stop running away from your failures.."

Open your heart to those who always loved you...!!!

 

Pic credit: Myself ;-) , Location; Our Home, Period: Year 2020

"तुम,

पहले प्रेम बन दिल में उतर गए

फिर ना जाने क्यों , तुम बदल गए

लगा था कभी, साथ रहोगे तुम

हम अकेले थे और अकेले रह गए

आसमान मिल रहा था

धरती के किनारे से

क्या अद्भुत, विहंगम नज़ारा था

कहीं दूर उस किनारे तुम थे

और इस किनारे मैं

क्या पता उस क्षण

प्यार हमारा था

या दर्द हमारा था

सूनी पड़ी थीं यादें

बस अकेलेपन का सहारा था...."

 

Translation:

 

 

"You, got into my heart as love

And, then you changed for no reasons

There was a time, when

I thought you will stay with me

But then, I was alone and left alone,

It was such a wonderful sight

The Sky and earth were meeting

It was you

standing somewhere far away

on that side, and Me here

Who knows,

if pain was our in that moment or love

All I had were the memories

It was just the recourse

to my loneliness..."

 

  

फ़ाग के दस्तूर.... (Way of love...!!!)

Colors....colors of innocence, colors of happiness, colors of spring, colors of fall, colors of love or colors of pain, all such things make our lives so colorful. Life is so colorful always, sometimes bright and sometimes dark but love always colors it like a rainbow.

"Love paints our canvass like mosaic..."

Love can never be defines by any single distinct color. It only takes the colors of the heart. The pure and honest the love is, the more bright and colorful is relationship.

" You brought colors into my life...!!!"

 

Image courtesy: man in life. Location: Jaiselmer, Rajasthan. 

"लाल पीली चूड़ी चढ़ी

खनक रहा बाजूबंद

अधरों से जो अधर मिलें तो

कपोल चढ़े पलाशी रंग

बिखर रहा है पीला टेसू

जैसे हल्दी चढ़ी हर अंग,

गेंदे से कभी गुलाब से

छेड़े तू मोहे आज

धड़कनों में बज रहा

जैसे कोई साज

मैं कसक रही तेरी बाहों में

जैसे आधी बीती रात

इधर कश्मक़श प्रेम की

उधर तू मगरूर

जो भीगे इस प्यार में

वो जाने फ़ाग के दस्तूर...."

एक चुम्बन .... (A kiss...!!!)

Kisses are sweeter than wine....no two doubts about this. The best kiss is the one which has been exchanged umpteen times between the eyes, before it reaches to the lips. We all have enjoyed kisses right from the moment we are born, a mothers kiss is different from the grandmother's kiss, a kiss from an elder sibling is different from the kisses of the best friends, come adulthood, we all search for that one special kiss, which makes its place in our hearts forever.

There is nothing in this world that makes me felt the way I did, when you kissed me the first time.

The sunlight claps the earth and the moonbeams kiss the sea, what these moments are worth of, you won't come to know, unless you miss me.

I wish I was kissing you instead of missing you...!!!

Image courtesy : man in life, Location: Jaipur , Period : Year 2001

 

क्यों मौन धारण कर लिया है तुमने

क्या है जो खो गया है

तुम ही तो हो जा साथ रहते थे

तो फिर अब क्यों

ये शून्यता साथ है

ये अनुभूति, अनुबोध, अनुभव, अंतर्मन

ये कैसा स्वयं से संवाद है ?

हरा देती थीं जब कठिनाईयाँ मुझे

तुम्हारा एक आलिंगन

देता था आगे बढ़ने का सम्बल मुझे

तो फिर अब क्यों

ये अलगाव है

ये मिथ्या, मृषा ,अनृत , असत्य

ये कैसा स्वयं से संवाद है?

न हर्ष है , न कोई शोक

न रिश्ता है न कोई नाता

न जीवन की चाह है

न मृत्यु का भय

वो तुम्हारा मेरे होठों पर एक चुम्बन

वो अकेला चुम्बन

आज भी मेरे साथ है... 

 

translation: 

 "Why are you silent

What is it which is lost

You were the one

who was with me always

then why is this

nothingness with us now 

This feeling, cognition, experience, inner

why is this dialogue with oneself...?

When tough times use to beat me

 You embracing me in your arms

was always more than anything

to give me strength to move ahead

Then why this isolation now

This is untrue, false, erroneous, incorrect

why is this dialogue with oneself...?

There is no joy, no mourning

Not any relationship

 Neither wish life

Nor fear of death

That one kiss of yours

On my lips

That kiss is with me

even today..." 

 

 

तुम कल भी मुझको प्यार करो......(Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours...!!!)

 What is the greatest adventure in life? Well, one can say life itself is an adventure but I feel "What lies ahead is the greatest adventure". It is often unknown, what lies ahead, but one should keep walking, keep hoping, keep alive to seek, to find, to know more.

Its pretty simple, all you need to do is to keep putting your one foot in front of the other...See it's so simple. What we have today, we may not have tomorrow but the hope to get it again someday is the key to keep moving ahead in life.

There is no sponsor, no guarantee for anything in life, someone who is your friend today, may not be your friend tomorrow; someone who love you today; may not love you tomorrow, someone you love most; may not mean anything tomorrow.....in a nutshell, time changes everything.

"To experience my good ol' days, I will keep moving ahead...!!!"

 

Picture courtesy : man in life, Location : our home, Period : Year 2010

 

"बोलो ये ही क्या निश्चित है , तुम कल भी मुझको प्यार करो

मेरी दुर्दिनमय दुनिया में मत वैभव से संसार भरो

यह भी संभव है जीवन की लघुता लिखकर तुम इतराओ

यह भी संभव है जीवन की कटुता चखकर तुम घबराओ

अज्ञात अँधेरे जीवन में, मत आशा का दीपक लेकर

तुम और अँधेरा करने को पल भर को ज्योति बिम्ब जलाओ

मुझ निराधार को मत अपनी आशाओं का आधार करो

बोलो ये ही क्या निश्चित है , तुम कल भी मुझको प्यार करो... 

तुम तो वैभव के राजा हो , मैं कंगलों की एक दासी 

तुम तो आशाओं की उड़न , मेरे सपनों में भी उदासी

तुम तो कलियों की चटखन हो , तुम तो उषा का मधुरंग

जल रहा ह्रदय की ज्वाला से मेरे अंतर  का खालीपन

फिर जान बूझ कर क्यों तुम अंगारे अंगीकार करो

बोलो ये ही क्या निश्चित है , तुम कल भी मुझको प्यार करो...

मेरे अंतर में रखी है निष्ठुरता की आधारशिला

फिर मुझको याद न करने का है व्यर्थ तुम्हारा प्यार गिला

कितने लोचन मुझ तक अपने मधुघर छलकाते आते हैं

होठों को छूने से पहले सब ही खाली हो जाते हैं

ये श्राप न मेरा छीनो तुम, इतनी विनती मेरी स्वीकार करो

बोलो ये ही क्या निश्चित है , तुम कल भी मुझको प्यार करो..."

 

Translation:

 

"Can you promise me, that you will love me tomorrow

Don't fill the world with glory , I am in my unfortunate world

It is also possible to write the shortness of my life

It is also possible that you may get scared

Tasting the harsh realities of life

Don't lit the lamp of hope, in my dark unknown life

 My life get more dark, do not lit the lamp for moments

Don't base your hopes on me  

Can you promise me, that you will love me tomorrow...

 

You, are the king of splendor, I, the maid of the poor

You, a ray of hope, I am sad even in my dreams 

You, the sparkling bud, You, the color of daybreak

The emptiness inside, is burning my heart

Why do you wish to embrace my burning heart?

Can you promise me, that you will love me tomorrow...

 

I am empty and ruthless from inside,  

You do not wish to remember me,

My love is lost in vain

Many eyes me, wish to spill the tavern 

to Reach me

But they all are empty to me and can't enter my heart

Do not take my curse off you, accept this as my behest

Can you promise me, that you will love me tomorrow...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blessings....(तुम में मेरे प्राण बसे हैं )

Our time is limited, we should not waste it living someone else's life. Go ahead, make choices, take risks, take decisions, do not run away instead when the world says, " give up" , trust your instincts and " try it one more time".

"There is always light, despite all of the darkness"

When the love becomes bigger than the fear , we know that we have found our purpose in life.

Image courtesy: man in life, Location: Nainital, Uttarakhand

"कण कण में भगवान् बसे हैं 

 युग बीते जब उजड़  चुकी है 

शमशानों में बदल चुकी है 

मेरी दुनिया अरमानों की 

शोक नहीं कुछ अभिशापों का 

चाह नहीं कुछ वरदानों की 

अनचाहे अभिशापों में ही 

मुँह मांगे वरदान मिले हैं 

घर घर में इंसान बसे हैं 

कण कण में भगवान् बसे हैं 

तुम्हें कदाचित ज्ञात नहीं है 

तुम में मेरे प्राण बसे हैं..."