aise hi!

Yesterday I chanced upon a blog (hope I can find it again) where the blogger pulled out couplets from old songs; the two lines which made an impression - which perhaps was the crux of the whole work for him/her. 

Here is my first: 

From Shahryar's, "aise hijr ke mausam ab tab aate hain/tere alava yaad humein sab aate hain", 

kagaz ki kashti mein dariya paar kiya,

dekho humko kya kya kartab aate hain

Moments

Yesterday I dreamt

Today is a hallucination

Tomorrow it will be a fantasy

And forever, I will be disillusioned

Yesterday I desired

Today I am craving

Tomorrow I'd be discontented 

And forever I'll be frustrated

Yesterday I was attractive

Today I am beautiful

Tomorrow I will be a legend

And forever that's all I'll ever remain

Yesterday I was innocent

Today I am gullible

Tomorrow I will be a fool

And forever I will be exploited

Yesterday, I longed for today

Today, I long for tomorrow

Tomorrow, I will long forever

And forever, I'll long for yesterday 

Ghosts

Ghosts

Had I known any better,

would have become a ghost chaser.

A stroll into the reality of heart;

a turn into yet another illusion.

 

Make up a new name for us,

would play another game of love.

Be that fleeting perfection;

and then break the illusion.

 

I would fly out of that world,

be another apparition,

haunt that existence,

leave a vacuum of burden.

 

Had I known any better,

would have become a soul searcher.

A stroll into the reality of heart;

a turn into yet another illusion. 

-jm

Quotes: Feb 4, 2009

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony
which once existed between man and the universe.

- Anatole France