Kuch ajab khel...

Drift away
This is a promise
Of generations

Kuch ajab khel kartar ke
Mor-e-saieen ghareeb banwaaj ke

From the streets we sat across
And the cafes we skipped




Aik ko deen-o-mulk tha janay

Aik bheekari anaaj ke

There is this little Parisian desire...
To sit amidst
Folded hands
And reserved words and looks


Aik ko deen-o-hath main kaasa

Aik pehnaway taaj re

Your promise felt a little easier
When you were around

It came easier.

Milke bhi na milna
Kuch ajab khail kartaar ke





Dard ka silna
More saaieen ghareeb-banwaj ke

Saari raat jo guzaari teri fikar wich
Dil na thaama sahil koi
O te phirta Raanjha koi
O di ajab firaak hoi




Tere naam di umar
Mere sawaalon mein phansi
Tere yaar di fiqar
Mere jawaabon ko chubhi

Through the harsh clouds
And the salty rains
I see your face
And it all makes sense




Aaj latha naeeo
Ankhiyaan da chaar
Tu thodi der hor theher jaa

Say it again
And say it without the wink.




Tu thodi der hor theher jaa

Hold the world at ransom

Tera takna e ankhiyaan ne raar
Tu thodi der hor theher jaa

It is where we started
It is where we stand now

Time moments seconds hours weeks
Gasps of breath
Hollows of nights

Raat na aaye lange maahiya
Paavein mukh jaavaan main
Naave tere laaeeyaan
Ik ik saavaan main

Dhola ik vaari meri man jaa
Tu thodi der hor theher jaa

Jal mein kahin

So jaane do

Ruk jaane do

Leheron mein kahin

Doob jaane do

An innocent heart full of images

Mujh se kahe

Ek Jalpari

Doob jaane do

Jal mein kahin

She looks at the open skies

And it all looks possible

Waves come crashing

And it is a perfect world

A world at chaos

A world at peace

A world at love

A world at war

Shadows chase the sun

The sun takes a break

More piya

O piya

Kehta jiya

My soul is out there somewhere

Jal mein kahin

Tu hai kahaan

Main hoon yahaan

Jal mein kahin

There is that little worry

Of how it all always comes true

And there is that little look in your eyes

The one that took us this far

Piya gham diya

Gham mein ek sukoon

Delight in pain

Pain in delight

Ages later we would see

Jal mein kahin

The spark that stayed

Over the horizon

And slowly it took turns

And the spark turned wide

Across the waves

Piya re piya re

A blithe spirit

An innocent charm

Paavein jaan jaan maine tere te maan

Kar lai pehchaan

Do zind de jaan

Paavein jaan jaan maine tere te maan

Kar lai pehchaan

Tu hi zind te jaan

Dil majboor

Mera ki kusoor

Jaane huzoor mere huzoor

Sehni ni judaai

Meri au kamaai

Jaane khudaai

Ankh tere na laai

Tu mera dil

Tu meri jaan

Jaane jaan

Meherbaan

Saamne tu baitha rave

Har vele main taqdi revaan

For your eyes

And that spark

That entered a life

And a life

That entered the spark

O re piya

Kehta jiya

Tu hai kahaan

Main hoon yahaan

Jal mein kahin…

The Red Bus & The Missing Ticket

If you want to do it, then we can arrange some stars
There might be a shortage of dreaminess...




But we will make up for the clumsy resistance between your worries and mine.



And sometimes it was the angry mystique traveler
And sometimes his lack of aggression



But I was thinking yet not thinking as yet thinking yet to come



Not to say it had me miss the spot once again



There came these two
Bearded with glorious time, and smoked in gentle pause
And they handed over the anonymous child.
It had a name.