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हर्फ़ की क्या बात करें, हर्फ़ तो बस खुद से वफ़ा करते हैं,
मायने तो बयाँ करते हैं, कहाँ अन्दाज-ए-बयाँ बयाँ करते हैं।

लिख तो दें हज़ारों परीशाँ अपने इस सफ़र-ए-रहगुजर पे,
लफ़्ज कहाँ, यह अफ़साना तो बस हमसफ़र ही बयाँ करते हैं।

तमाम वाक्ये लिख दें या कुछ को खाक हो जाने दें,
चंद रंग ही तो हैं जो असल तस्वीर बनाया करते हैं।

जो हुआ सो हुआ, किसि से शिकवा नहीं ’बरसी’,
खाना-बदोश तो यूँ ही बिन सुराग कूच कर जाया करते हैं।

Bollywood ishtyle

I know I am not the big expert on bollywood music as the chaturvedis and that I am branded dyslexic when it comes to music but I know when it is not right. This song for example. I was listening to arbit kishore da's songs when I came across this. I knew the lyrics alright but did not have the entire song by heart. But what followed made me fall to the floor laughing. Alright, alright I was a little drunk too.

Here are the lyrics, verbatim.

hum bewafa hargiz na the,
par hum wafa kar na sake
humko mili uski saza hum jo khata kar na sake
hum bewafa hargiz na the
par hum wafa kar na sake

aabu gachu kaba chabu kusu vaacha,
aabu kusuku vasuku vaani aacha,
jhingalala hmmm jhingalala hmmm jhigalala hmm,
hurrr hurrrr
tsch tsch tsch,
ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaaahhhh,
turrrrrrrrrrrrrr turrrrrrrrrrrrr turrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,
turrrrrrrrrrrrrr turrrrrrrrrrrrr turrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,

kitni akeli thi wo rahein hum jinpe ab tak akele chalte rahe,
tujhse bichhad ke bhi o bekhabar tere hi gum mein jalte rahe
tune kiya jo shikwa hum wo gila kar na sake,

hum bewafa hargiz na the,
aabu gachu kaba chabu kusu vaacha,
par hum wafa kar na sake,
aabu kusuku vasuku vaani aacha,
jhingalala hmmm jhingalala hmmm jhigalala hmm.

(The author bangs his head on the floor laughing and is unconscious now)

wtf, mate?

Alive

parched throat, blistering feet,
throbbing pulse, rotting heat,
hand webbings cut by paper,
hangin's doubtful, shootin's safer.

Oh! I feel alive.

no more missing the bearer of scythe,
wish for a long life, a collection of plithe.
I feel the life-worm wriggling inside,
a lung's missing, heart on a roller-coaster ride.

Oh! I feel alive.

bonds severed and later retied,
when I hid the truth, should have better lied.
A burning rash at the back of the neck,
tire in a moment, drop like a sack.

Oh! I feel alive.

Dreadful dreams, sleep is a sin,
when running alone, you always win.
shaking limbs, swollen tongue, gums are sore,
bliss's waiting, can't open the door

Oh! I do feel alive.