Teri Pyaari Pyaari Surat ko

Teri Pyaari Pyaari Surat Ko

Trying out this 1961 Classic from "Sasural"

What is more beautiful?

In the thick of New York's Times Square
On a vibrant Saturday evening we were

My wife was manoeuvring the pram of my baby
For whom, the boisterous ambience was the lullaby

Both my hands were loaded with shopping bags
Struggling to keep poise, I almost became an object of gags.

The dancing lights , to the eyes, were a treat
The flaming Neons made us feel not wanting to retreat

The beauty in Times Square was simply breath-taking
The joy and mirth in the air was no faking.

My wife and I soaked in an ethereal world
Even as my toddler in his pram curled.

Just as we were slipping into another zone
From the pram we heard a little moan.

Moan became groan, and soon into a shriek
Even as I tried to pacify him in a voice so meek.

He wouldn't budge, he wouldn't stop
Until he saw my shopping bags drop.

I picked my gen-next up in a warm embrace
And suddenly, the shrieking face became all grace.

Grimace made way for a lotus smile
That simply blew me off many a mile.

In that instant, the beauty of Times Square
The pomp and pageantry in the air

Blurred in front of this little one's grin
The Beauty contest, he surely did win!

उल्फत की ताक़त

पढ़ाई हुआ सफलता मिली तो

जिंदगी में ताक़त मिला

कमाई हुआ शोहरत आया तो

दुनियां में एक जगह मिला 

खुदा  महफूज़ जारी रखा तो

अब जन्नत का रास्ता मिला

पर पहली बार उल्फत हुआ तो

जिंदगी में सब कुछ मिला

Mother Ganga

I bow before you - O Mother Ganga
Like your son Devavratha did, for his father.
Take me away from this worldly web
Away from sorrow , farther and father.

On your lap many a poor peasant has had his last
Through the ages present and past
Reaching the Lotus feet has thus been furious and fast
Under the gentle spell that you have always cast.

Allow me to lie on your lap, one last time
In life, I see no further rhyme
Allow me to sleep forever, and cease to chime
I can't hope to have an end more sublime.

THANK YOU

Thank you – my parents

For giving a body for this soul

For teaching how to live life as a whole

Thank you – my teachers

For showing the way to academic salvation

For kindling the fire of greater materialistic aspiration

Thank you – my childhood friends

For making my day in the playground

For making sure that my childhood dreams don’t run aground

Thank you- my sweetheart in college

For nipping my romance in the bud

For bringing me back to the earth with a thud.

Thank you – my dear wife

For giving a structure to my life

For making sure that life moves on, come bliss or strife.

Thank you – my progeny

For giving me a mid-life missive

For reminding me that I also have my own life to live.

Thank you- O God

For giving life of fine elements
For filling my life with parents, teachers, friends, family and all such determinants

Thank you – my life
For filling me with incessant indictment
For making me realize that all the above are hallucinations, and, at best, transient.

Man Re Tu Kahe Na

My try at another Mohammed Rafi Classic

Chalke Teri Aankhon Se

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M2Ihu_yoixs

Trying out "Chalke Teri Aankhon Se", a Mohammed Rafi classic