Reserve

I wish I could say 

Those things to you

Which would wake the pain

Which are also true

I wish I could do

Something for you

Which would make you happy

And not be blue

I wish I could feel 

What you have felt

How bravely you stood there

Alone, everything you dealt

I wish I could give

What you truly deserve 

I wish to keep it safe

In my hearts' reserve!

Here with me!

When you are here with me

And you are ready to be

Things are not what they are

Long past are the ages that were dark

When you are here with me

When you are ready to see

There is a hope around me

There is a feeling called glee

When you are here with me

When you are the root of this tree

When the relationship is weak

All the right answers you seek

When you are here with me

When you make more than we

When the language doesn't suffice

When my whole world you entice!

You will find me

In between those old pages of the book

In the creaking doors of that old house

In the moving curtains hanging on the rods

In the light passing through them

You will find me

In the cover of the cracked jar

In the smell of the cooked fish

In stitches of the torn cushion covers

In the unmatched color of that thread

You will find me

In the roads going to the market

In the roads, the pits and puddles of mud

In the season of winters and rain

and on the souls of your chappal

You will find me

तनहाइया

उसके दीदार में जैसे सदियाँ बीत गयी 

वक़्त ठहरा रहा

और हम भी रुकते से चलते से

उसके इंतज़ार में

कही वो क़ाफ़िला गुज़रा

तो हमने पलट के देखा

सोचा दो घड़ी निहार लें

वो तो चला ही जाएगा

खेलता, नाचता, खिलखिलाता 

एक बालक की तरह

उड़ता हुआ सा

और दो पल में ग़ायब

और फिर समय रुक सा गया

फिर यादें सन्न सीं

फिर लम्हा बीता सा

फिर तनहाइया पुकारती सीं।

Touchwood

While I thought

I'm compromising 

You've given me the love

That's mesmerising 

While I didn't know 

What is best

When you came to my life

You put all the doubts to rest!

While I thought

You ain't that good

You are the best my love,

Touchwood!!