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chalo, aaj kagaz, kalam aur dawat ho jaye..

khoye hue hai khud par paane ki chahat dekhiye
- see i am myself lost. but look at my will to succeed
hamare armaano ka jahan hai.. ya jannat sochiye
- is this a world of my dreams, or a heaven you only decide
koshish nahi karte to rooh rukshat ho jaati hai
- if i dont even try to achieve my dreams, my soul gets angry with me (and leaves me)
kishton kishton mei khud khushi ka mazaa humse poochiye
- so many times my soul has been left me that i am dying slowly

Meanings:
aaftaab: sun

abad: eternity

azhaan: sorrow

ibtidaa: commencement/beginning

itmaam: perfection

Meanings:

I looked up. The negro colored clouds were closing in and the falling drops made my welled up tears feel welcomed. Rains in Kerala were beautiful. And maybe they had been the reason, I was finally brought to a psychiatrist. I held on to the wet window bars and felt like I was in a jail. And was it not a Black hole? To be trapped inside yourself to this extent? Where all happiness, laughter, bliss was sucked into some black mass leaving me alone with tears. I looked at the water droplet forming on the bar – with rain around, it became huge and fell – not able to sustain the weight of the growing mass inside it. I let go of the tear globule forming inside me. I did not realise when he came and stood behind me. It was his hand on my shoulder that startled me. I turned around. Even he was crying. “Never give up. Remember, Be a phoenix”, he said.

koshishon mei hi rooh lut jaaye

dekhna ho mera junoon agar

aasmaan se kehdo aur uncha uth jaye

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khoye hue hai khud par paane ki chahat dekhiye

hamare armaano ka jahan hai ya jannat sochiye

koshish nahi karte to rooh rukhsat ho jaati hai

kishton kishton mei khud khushi ka mazaa humse poochiye

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koi tumse pooche agar kaun hun mai..

to kehna, “koi khaas nahi

ek dost hai kaccha pakka sa

ek jhoot hai aadha saccha sa

jajbaaton pe jo parda daal de

ek bahana hai aisa accha sa

isme aur to koi baat nahi

bas ek dost hai..koi khaas nahi”

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rula jaati hai duniya.. par hum haste hai

chalke nahi wo boond, iss koshish mei rehte hai

aankhon mei ashq to abhi bhi thehre hai

par baarish ki boondein jab chand par se behte hai

raat ke aagosh mei, hum tanhayi ko sehte hai

the smile will die down..and the dead eyes will show
and for the hundreth time.. i promise i will make them glow..

but why dont you tell me..what is it that you are going through
no matter how much you fake .. i knw what is false..and what is true…

why do you seal yourself? why hide your fears?
those eyes come and tell me.. you shed silent tears…

Come down and meet me, There’s so much to talk
Look down and you will see, Covered in blood, I walk

Bodies everywhere…….with their breathing stopped
What good did it do? Why were they slaughtered and robbed?

“Killed in the name of religion”, they say
And yes………… murderers roam free today……………..

God, Are you there? Answer my call
My heart lies bare and my feelings stall

Come down and meet me, There’s so much to ask
Clear my doubts….shed your mask

Do you, God, belong to any religion? Do you have any caste?
Do you practice different rituals? Do you also have to fast?

Does it matter to you, that we eat goats but now cows?
That we feed on chickens… but pigs we renounce?

God, Are you there? Answer my call
My heart lies bare and my feelings stall

Come down and meet me, save me from here
I am your child after all, I am your heir

When I come to you God, will you ask me how I came?
Was I buried or fed…………. or was I burnt in flames?

Will I be asked how good I have been?
Or will you want to know….how many enemies I have fleeced?

Yes…I thought he was untouchable, but help…I did give
Will you question me about all this, when I come to you?

God, Are you there? Answer my call
My heart lies bare and my feelings stall

Come down and meet me, tell me you exist
Whom else do I ask? Not sure is the priest

If you are there…..make the killings stop
Punish those who murdered…punish those who robbed

And If you are not there…..make the world aware
At least someone will stop killing…. On how to offer you prayer

Life without you, will be a barren land
Sad and unhappy, it will lack elan
Whenever you’ll call me, I’ll hold your hand
& we’ll walk together, in the sand

There’ll be times, we’ll say “Good Bye”
But,I’ll come back to you, Yes..I”try
We might never see each other,I don’t deny
But we’ll meet in my memories, just you and I

Those moments when we’ll meet, maybe very few
But if you’ll need me, my life I shall give
Destiny may make us part, but do believe
Distances don’t matter, ‘cos I will never leave

Come whatever may our hearts are bind
& We’ll work together, through roads that wind
Your smile it hides a million mysteries
Little does it reflect, your moving history

You’re my courage, my comfort, my strength
& We’ll walk together the whole length
I know, for our love, it wont be an easy ride
But we’ll be together, even if it means, turning the tide

– Ameya Mahadeswar