Ab Nahin
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Pyaar tha, ab nahin
Inkaar tha, ab nahin.
Zillat thi, ab nahin.
Raunak thi, ab nahin.
Mazaak tha, ab nahin.
Daag tha, kab nahin.
Phool the, ab nahin.
Veeraana tha, ab nahin.
Phool hain, ab yahin.
Kante the, ab nahin.
Divali thi, ab yahin.
Maatam tha, ab nahin.
Ghazal hai, ab yahin.
Shor tha, ab nahin
Hum the, ab nahin.
Main thi, ab bhi yahin
May 16, 2012
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Jaane Do
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do,
Woh pyaar ke nagme, woh raaton ke afsaane,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do...
Kab hum mile, kab hum bichde,
Kab hum mile, kab hum bichde,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do...
Kis din hum dost the, kis din pyaar bane,
Jaane do un sab baaton ko jaane do...
Kaise hum ek rang ke libaaz pehente the,
Jaane do un sab baaton ko jaane do...
Kaise hanste, kaise jagadhte,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do...
Ab wo khat, wo kavitaayein sab kal hain,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do...
Kya yaadein humari, kya sapne humare,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do....
Kaun kiska tha, kaun na apna saka,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do,
Ek bahaar thi uske saath ek saawan tha,
Ek subah thi uske saath ek shyam thi,
Jaane do, un sab baaton ko jaane do...
May 19, 2012
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Zaroorat waali chaahat vyapaar hai, pyaar nahin,
Majboori waali chaahat jism hai, dil nahin...
Chaahat woh jo len-den se oonchi ho,
Chaahat woh jo jism pe hansti ho,
Chaahat cheez hai aisi aye dost,
Rishte dekhti hai dil ke woh
Rishte banaati hai rooh se woh...
Kisi ko majboor karna, zarooratmand banaana,
Ye to kamzori hai, taakat ki shakl nahin,
Chaahat agar kamzor banati hai
Samajh lo wo dono ko giraati hai...
Lata Jagtiani
May 23, 2012
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Dardbhare nagme sunke zindagi guzaar di maine,
Kitne saawan aake chale gaye intezaar mein tere...
Lata Jagtiani
May 23, 2012
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Moving On.
Lata Jagtiani
I wept and I wept
Lata Jagtiani
I wept and I wept
The broken shards of my cup
With butterflies and hearts and trees
Had dropped to the floor
Then someone entered
Saw my tears and wondered
And in that unguarded moment
Stepped on the broken pieces
Breaking them the more.
I turned and left
Cried alone,
And then returned there
Where the powder lay
And stepped on it hard
Turned my spiked heel on it,
It was done.
We were the same now,
My face too, ash grey.
May 27, 2012
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