Dil Chahta Hai (दिल चाहता है)
इस दौड़ती थकाती ज़िंदगी से
एक पल चुराना ये दिल चाहता है
किसी भूले से पसंदीदा एक गीत के
दो बोल गुनगुनाना ये दिल चाहता है
बिन मतलब बंध जाते थे जो
ऐसे मीत ये दिल चाहता है
बिन मौसम बेइंतहा बरसती रहे जो
ऐसी प्रीत ये दिल चाहता है
ख़र्च अपने किसी शौक़ पे कर सकें
वो फ़ुरसत ये दिल चाहता है
चल पड़ें किसी रूमानी डगर पर
ऐसी हिम्मत ये दिल चाहता है
कथनी करनी में भेद ना हो जिनमें
वो बोल बोलना ये दिल चाहता है
मर्यादा जो मनसपूर्ण और सच्ची हो
वो लेना-देना ये दिल चाहता है
चाहत में जहाँ निजी स्वार्थ न हो
वो दुनिया ये दिल चाहता है
बिन माँगे पूरी करे जो सबकी दुआ
ऐसा ख़ुदा ये दिल चाहता हैThe Night Watchman
Dense fog hangs on Rather obstinately The underlying sense of gloom Is undeniable Rays of the morning sun Battle to sneak in The air feeble in its movement Struggles to rustle a leaf The embers have braved on Valiant in their heat They beat a cold night The ashes tell their tale The steaming cup of tea Signals a new day Dutybound or subservient He salutes with a morning wish Hope and need intertwine Need saying survive another day Hope nudging and telling him This too shall pass
I Believe
Sunlight streams through my window But fails to lighten up my dark corners The corners of my vacant heart Life just passed me by While I sat making other plans A long winding highway with pain at every bend A journey spent in waiting for the next milestone Just tunnels without any light at the end Good things come to those who wait they say How much longer? How much further? No stopovers, no goodbyes No fleeting moments stolen from life Lifes just a one way track headed nowhere Hope is the fuel I run on And I still wait because I believe Yes, I believe
The Tempest
I wake up to a beautiful dawn The birds are chirping signaling morn The wispy clouds floating in the sky Give no clues of the night that went by Innocuously they had gathered Getting darker by the day The quiet before passed unnoticed Before long it started to pour The winds roared and howled all night As the clouds spat venom with all their might Trees uprooted the rivers broke bank Entire settlements without trace they sank Oh! What a tumult it caused The destruction that it left in its wake The tempest has now blown over It's time to pick up the pieces And salvage what you can Rebuild things make them better This time stronger than when we began Got to keep moving forward Ups and downs are all part of the big plan The choice is ours and so is the lesson to learn We can keep looking at the strewn leaves Or decide on which leaf to turn
A River Called Hope
There’s a river that flows eternal its called Hope From the zenith of optimism and down its mountainous slopes It runs the deepest along the valley of despair The currents dismissing obstacles like it just didn’t care Ever accommodating in its spirit It carries within it Streams of negativity, even the past Meandering along teaching you nothing lasts To opulence from penury To contentment through misery There’s a panacea for problems one can’t cope It’s a river that flows eternal and it’s called Hope
Give Change a Chance
The first drops of rain May never assure a season of plenty Scant as they maybe They most always give new life a chance Who ever knew what a new day can bring Strange how hope transcends The inevitability of the darkness to follow Why then do we dread That which we do not know Who knows an honest attempt May ring flowery promises hollow Hit a fresh note, strike a different key Swing to the rhythm of a brand new beat Even two steps forward and one step back When taken together can form a dance Go on give change a chance!