Unrelished!

Unshackled and free

And yet fearing even to look out, 

Through the door you left open
Long ago for me!

In joy and sorrow
And love and pain
Of losing and finding
Again and again
Life goes by
And I remain 

Unspent! 

Bach

I don't know from which
Unseen heavens
And what unthinkable bliss
You poured out your immortal songs 

Forgive me
For after many years
I still paint my puny joys and sorrows
With the same radiant colours.

A ray of light!

Painful, like a sudden ray of light
That hits the eye
His voice as it overtook
the mountains
and spread across the sky,

Uprooting me from my slumber
Made me speechless stand
Trapped..
in the grip
Of the eternal!

And then..

Like a rainbow disappearing
Rapidly
Leaving no trace
Was lost
Into the distance

And back to the surface..

Came the voice
Of wheels and steel,
And creaking and squeaking
Of mindless machines
And machine like minds.

Invisible

Every wavering shadow
that flickers
Lights up something

Every floating cloud
That drifts aimless
Points to something

Every drop of rain
That disappears
Washes down something

Every dream
That confounds
Wakes up something

Every vacant space
That fills up
Carries something

In broad daylight
I rub my eyes
And yet I cannot see
I cannot see

As I look into your eyes
Breathing your silent smile
Each moment that slips
here from my hand

Means something!

Everything!

Still Awake!

The night stares
With a million stars
And the wind
in loud whispers
Hushes even
the lost strands
Of my thought..

..for you have slept long ago
And I sit here still,
Lost, awake and blinking!

मला दे की थोडं !

काय  ते नाही माहित,

पण मला दे कि थोडं

हा चंद्र  नको.

हा तर नेहमीचाच ,

तुला दिसलेला दे.

हि फुले नको,

तुला ज्यांनी जिंकले

तीच शोधून दे.

हे अखंड पसरलेलं नको ,

चांदणं मला फक्त ,

तुझ्या डोळ्यात साठवलेलं दे.

तुझ्या डोळ्यांआड जे लपलं

ते हरवण्याआधी,

केसातून जे झिरपलं

ते झटकण्याआधी,

तुझ्या रुसण्यातून जे पुटपुटलं

तुझ्या हसण्यातून जे उसळलं

ते तुला पण समजण्याआधी,

तुझ्या श्वासातुन  जे थरथरलं

ते स्थिरावण्याआधी,

तुझ्या मनात जे फुल्ल

ते शब्दात बांधण्याआधी,

मला दे की थोडं !

Unsaid

This moonlight that lights up..
Not for finding the way
This moonlight for getting lost..

These words not for telling
But for forgetting
what I would rather say..

This gentle breeze that came unasked
This wild fragrance that left me dumb,

I give you!

I give you this breeze,
This wild intoxicating fragrance
This drunken moon to drink..

But I can't say how it feels
To be with you!