Laakad

Was listening to this song from Omkara, penned down by Gulzaar, and it leaves no doubts why he is the best........
wish I could write like this

Laakad jal ke koyla hoye jaaye
koyla ho jaaye khaak
jiya jale to kuch na hoye re
na dhuaan na raakh
jiya na jalaiyo re
jiya na jalaiyo re
jiya na lagaiyo re

Baraf pighal ke paani hoye jaaye re
badal ban ud jaaye
peed jiya main aisi baithi re baithi
aisi baithi re baithi
na pighle na jaayere
nadi kinaare behte sahare
naav na lagaiyo re
na lagaiyo re
jiya na lagaiyo re
jiya na jalaiyo re

jhoote vachan saari baatein
jhoote vachan sab saari baatein
rut bharkha ka paani
garaj baras sab beh jaave re
jee ne jitni maani
sawan se ye na bhujne ki
jaan na jalaiyo re
jiya na jalaiyo re
jiya na jalaiyo re

--
~asto' ma sat gamaya

Resurrection

some moments overwhelm so much,
that it is difficult to breath,
one such moment,
when i held my breath
for, i don't know how long,
It seemed I had passed away
had left the mortal me behind
there was nothing I wanted
nothing that I longed for
I was complete, a whole

when i am tired
and lie next to you
let my head rest
on your shoulders
and let me go
to the land of nod
where everything is magical
where everything is warm
let me rise again from slumber
and see me smile
a content smile
let me be complete, a whole

when I have lost everything
when I have lost my soul
take me into your arms then
and let me sob
let me wash away all the hurt
let me wail and let me mourn
and when I am spent
see the calm on my face
a content calm
let me have that calm
let me be complete, a whole

when i turn to ashes
take the urn
to the top of a cliff
and let me fall
let me mingle with the air
let me mix with water
let me be lost in elements
let the nature resurrect me
I would be content once again
I would be complete, a whole

Death

All things that have a beginning have an end too, then why is it that we cannot accept the end? We question it like crazy, we want to stop it from ending, we want to run back into time and salvage whatever is left of it. But we forget that it has to end. That is what life is all about.
Everything has to end one day or other.
Still we weep
still we mourn

Death is supposed to be mourned
and mourn I will................

--
~asto' ma sat gamaya