Friday, March 18, 2011

The little leaf-- version 2

Came across a brilliant poem by Adi here. Couldn't resist completing the poem that I posted as a comment there.

Haan maana bahut guroor hai mujhe
Meri himmat, mere wajood par
Ke maana tumhare bina jee sakta hoon main.

Kyu na ho mujhe guroor aakhir,
Kya kabhi socha tumne
Ke har woh patta
Jo mujhse bandhkar mujhe chhod gaya
Ek hissa tha mera.

Kya kabhi socha tumne
Ki har woh dhoop ki kiran
Har woh baarish ki boond,
Tumhare sath maine bhi jee hai.

Kya kabhi socha tumne,
Ke jab tum haar kar
Yun khud ko mitaa kar chal diye
Tab mai,
Yaahan, kuch aur toota,
Kuch aur bikhraa,
Kuch aur adhuraa-sa hota chala gaya.

Tum ho ki bas
Apni kashmakash bayaan karte ho
Chand aansoo yun bahaakar
Apne tootney ka kissa bayaan karte ho.

Kya kabhi socha tumne
Ke na jaane kitne mausam
Maine bahaar ke aane tak tanhaa guzaare.

Yeh jaante hue ki
Ab patjhad door nahin.

Ke har baar maine khud ko
Kishton mein toot tey dekha hai
Har baar woh bichhadne ka dard sahaa hai
Aur har baar kuch kamzor hua hoon main.

Har mausam se ladtaa aaya hoon main,
Ke jaanta hoon
Yeh bahaar phir patjhad saath lekar ke aayegi.

Magar phir bhi
Yun ummeed baandhkar baithaa hoon
Ki haar maan na abhi tak seekha nahi maine.

Kyu na ho mujhe guroor aakhir.

4 comments:

Divesh said...

wonderful..

tum hi tum ho to kya tum ho
hum hi hum hain to kya hum hain :)

Tapasya said...

@Divs: :)
For some reason, the flow in this poem reminds me of Kabhie Kabhie...

Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayaal aata hai
Ki jaise tu mujhe chaahegi umr bhar yoohin
Uthegi meri taraf pyaar ki nazar yoohin
Main jaanta hoon ki tu gair hai magar yoohin
Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khyaal aata hai...

aditi said...

:):)
Hey it feels great to be doing this kind of stuff again!
Beautiful lines, especially liked this part

"Tum ho ki bas
Apni kashmakash bayaan karte ho
.............
Yeh jaante hue ki
Ab patjhad door nahin."

It as if neither knows what the other feels and both just end up feeling sorry for themselves.

Tapasya said...

@Adi:
Bahut badi baat keh di tune aaj....jo aaj tu keh rahi hai, woh Sahir Ludhyanwi ji 70 saal pehle keh gaye---

Kaun rotaa hai kisi aur ke khatir ae dost,
Sabko apni hi kisi baat pe ronaa aaya

Kabhi khud pe, kabhi haalaat pe ronaa aaya
Baat niklii to har ik baat pe ronaa aayaa..


It is very difficult to feel truly sorry/sad for someone else.. you can sympathize, but you can't feel their pain. To each his own.