River Satluj _ The Link

_cutting through the farozpur(India) - Kasur(Pakistan) Border, the river enters in to Pakistan, at the site of Hussaini Headworks, Satluj.....

s'raay aaina ~ p'saay aaina

...aks!

...dhoop kinarey...

jab tairee samander aankhoan mein...

.....

...yeh dhoop kinara, shaam dhaley

miltey hain donoan waqt jahaan

jo raat na din, jo aaj na kal

pal bher ko amer, pal bher mein dhuaan

is dhoop kinarey, pal dou pal

hontoan ki lapuk

banhoan ki chanuk

yeh meil hamara, jhoot na sach

kyun zaar karo, kyun dosh dharo

kis kaarun jhooti baat karo

jab tairee samander aankhoan mein

is shaam ka sooraj doobey ga

sukh soain gey gher der waley

...aur rahi apni rah le ga

_Faiz Ahmad Faiz_(London)_1963

...derya kinaarey...

Spring In My Yard!

the spring has set in!..it was the first week of february, though a little cloudy, but the sweet change was in the air, new buds, flowers, n dead leaves all together. just before the basant festival, it was a fine morning then. while strolling around, i took up some snaps of this early spring in my garden...that refreshed some memories n my soul :)

baghoan mein parey jhooley

tum bhool gaye hum ko

hum tum ko nahin bholey :)

There were times, not long ago, when we , me n sis, all cold n wet played in the rain. Swinging n dancing the whole time. :D

n there were times too, when wali , bb n me spent the whole evenings on this very swing, fighting over "turns" and "nana mee cookies" .....

the seasons changing. some repair work had been going on in our house. Still they havent cleaned up the mess. We also wanted then to make some alterations in the construction, but seems like they'r not seriously considering it, or they'r thinking that its funny. so I guess its gonna be here for some while, till they figure out what they'r gonna do about our humble request.

...some leftover scrap

...some more dump in a corner

...some newly painted planters

...ready to be used

...kuch tootey bert'un _ kuch kachi yadein

...kuch sookhey pattey _ kuch rookhee batein

...khwaab basera

...

shakhon mein khayaloan k ghaney pedh ki shayad

ab aa k karey ga na koi khwaab basaira

ik bair, na ik mehr, na ik rabt na rishta

taira koi apna, na paraya koi mera

_Faiz_

...posing buds

...fresh leaves

...early spring

...the wild flowers are my sisters

they dwell in lane n lee

with faces fair n sweet n rare

they nod n smile at me

...the green earth is my mother

gently she becons me

till on her breast, i sink to rest

and slumber peacefully

...hamarey gher ki deevaroan peh nasir!...

...happy basantee

...the newly wed!

...thirteen oclock

...raushan kahin bahaar k imkaan hoay tou hain

gulshan mein chaak chand garebaan hoay tou hain

_Faiz_

...mein aur meree tanhai...

aaj tanhai kisee hamdam-e-derein ki terha

kerney aayee hai mree saqee garee shaam dhaley

muntazir baithey hain hum donoan k mehtaab ubhrey

aur tera aks jhalakney lagey her saye taley

_Faiz_

rasm-e-mohabbat yaad nahin

__

manzil k nishaan, miltay bhi nahin

wo hain jo kahaan, ab yaad nahin

__

aankhon ki thakan, ab yaad hai bas

wo dil ki lagan, ab yaad nahin

__

bhoolay se dharhak jata hai kabhi

go, rasm-e-mohabbat, yaad nain

__

dou qadm sahi, per saath chalay

phir saath ho ya, ho saath nahin

__

phir rahro ho, ya rahzan ho

haathoan mein wo, ik haath nahin

__

wo toofan, jis mein gherq hoee

bastee ab tak, aabad nahin

__

hasil, lahasil mein beitee

ab raaton mein, koi raat nahin

__

baitaab thee jo, honay ko ba labb

kaisee wo th'mee, k baat nahin

__

(_flick_)

reply to the stranger...

yOu have a price,

yOur nOt a sOul

yOur just a "mOuth"

yOur just a "hOle"!

_____

sOuls are but "light"

"shadOws Of devine"

...as I in yOu.....

...and yOu in mine...

_____

we need nO trade,

we need nO gOld.

we have Our Own!!!

...as I a m tOld.

(by me_02/04/2005 00:46_orkut)

a strangers reply to my plea: dO nOt uSe me!

Bring me your Sweets

Bring me your Gold

I can be Bought

I can be Sold

I can be won

So i am told

I am just a soul

That was left unsold

(by_Yousaf_02/03/2005 12:13_orkut)

just a few more wishes! :D

...the silent wish! :)

Happy Birthday tO mE!

Oh!!! Im just born!

...HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! =P~ ...hmm...forgot my own...8 though it was the 19th Feb, n today is the 24th !.....24th ...hun! ;) :))

So what the heck! ...it was the first birthday of my life when I dint feel so good : though...there wasnt anything that bad about it and no apparent reason of feeling that way...but probably this figure 24 haunts me...
Its like Im just over the hill, at 23 I was on top of it, enthusiastic, n at 22 I was below it, careless. Three years of awakening from the teen dreams...
though i never really had those "teen" teens but still I was nieve, n vulnerable even more than I had thought...I had thought of the world in black n white, was scared of getting lost, so strongly held to the more tangibles_my principles n my values that were infact my default settings_the imprints...I was more concerned to have my feet on the ground then to hold up my head high in the sky, open my eyes, see ,experience n explore the world around. I was living in a box.
.....(may be continued...)

dil tou hai dil

so... it is perfectly normal afterall!...skips a beat everynow n then...n then again... picks up ..... so i guess its just doin fine.. :)

manzil k nishaan...
miltey bhi nahin...
...dikhtey bhi nahin...

bhooley se dharak jata hai kabhi,
go rasm-e-mohabbat yaad nahin.

pairoan ki dukhan...
aankhoan ki thakan ab yaad hai bas!
...wo dil ki lagan ab yaad nahin