લહરાતી ડાળો

લહરાતી ડાળો
નાચે બિન્ધાસ્ત, તાક્યા કરૂં,
હૂં મુક-બધિર

મુશ્તાક

(Swaying branches keep
dancing without a care,
I stare, deaf-and-dumb.

- Max)

ख़ामोशी

ख़ुदाया, ताक़त दे मुझे अपनों की ख़ामोशी झेलने की,
बीच गर्मियों के, बर्फ़बारी सही नहीं जाती

- मुश्ताक़

ભટકતો બાળક

સમુદ્ર તટ પર ભટકતો બાળક છૂં,
સ્મૃતિ પટ પર અફળાતો તારક છૂં,
છૂં પછો મૃદુ સહિષ્ણુ 'ને સાળસ પણ,
જીવન તટને ધમધમાવતો ત્રાતક છૂં

- મુશ્તાક

(Am a child wandering on the seashore,
Am a star head-banging on memory-plains,
In addition, am soft, tolerant and likeable,
Am a wizard's spell causing quakes in life-plains

- Max)

Life

Sometimes life
pours with a wild
frenzy like the
Cherrapunji rains of
the Khasi hills.
Sometimes it
drips reluctantly as
in the dry farmlands
of Rajasthan.

And sometimes
life flows unihibitedly,
with no set path,
serenely like the
ancient river
Brahmaputra.

- Nuzhat

Short

I have seen, the shorter
they come, the denser,
meaner power they pack.

- Max

On Waking

I wake up
screaming, wild-eyed
and shuddering.
limbs paralyzed,
heart racing and
tongue in a yogic tangle.
it takes a while
to realize
your silence asphyxiates.

- Max

Titanic

Titanic - a
metallurgical disaster
due to ignorance.

- Max