बहुत नाराज़ था यह सोच के,
लोग कैसे बदल जाते हैं:
आज उनके जो पसंदीदा ख्याल हैं,
कल उनसे उन्हें नफ़रत थी।
उनकी कल की महबूब राए,
आज कचरे के डिब्बे में पड़ी है।
रंग बदलते हैं छिपकली की तरह।
कैसे कैसे लोग है?
बा उसूल बनना कौन सिखाएगा इन्हें?
सुबह जब नींद से जागा,
बिस्तर पे लेटे,
अपना माजी याद आ गया,
मेरे अपने कई ख्याल,
अपने कई यकीन,
वह नहीं हैं जो तब थे,
जिन पे मैं मर मिटता था।
कितना बदल गया हूं मैं?
ज़िन्दगी का खूबसूरत सबक सीखा:
अंदर झांक के देखो,
नींद से जागो,
अपना पराया नहीं,
पराया भी अपना है।
कुछ भी मुकम्मल झूठ नहीं,
कुछ भी हमेशा सच नहीं।
मैं भी वही हूं,
जो मैं सोचता हूं लोग हैं।
“बुरा जो देखन मैं चला,
बुरा न मिलिया कोय;
जो दिल खोजा आपनो,
मुझसे बुरा न कोय।”
मैंने देखा था एक ख्वाब,
एक सबेरा ऐसा उगेगा
सूरज के चढ़ते ही,
बीमारी और लाचारी,
ग़रीबी और बेकसी,
खौफ और मौत,
नफ़रत और बुराई,
पिघल जाएंगे
बर्फ की तरह।
हर तरफ दिखेंगे,
प्यार और प्यार
अमन और इंसानियत,
उम्मीद के चिराग।
फिर देखा:
सब यही है जहां मैं हूं,
जहां सब हैं।
किरण सूरज की ही नहीं,
लौ दिल में भी जलती है।
इसकी रौशनी सूरज से
कई गुणा ज़्यादा है।
जगने दो,
और रौशन होने दो,
दुनिया
अपनी भी और दुनियावालों की।
God made with Love His creation,
And then looked at it with elation.
Let Love be everywhere,
And be the answer to a prayer,
And be, of life, the only foundation.
Hence, there is Love in water, wind, earth and sky,
Indeed, in everything in the universe you come by.
It is in all the beings everywhere,
Not meant for possessing but to share,
And we already know that it will never die.
You may love everything and everyone,
But still your job on earth isn’t done.
You need to love the Maker or God,
And His Creation you need to applaud,
That everything, through Love, can be won.
Even God is, to our Love, a slave,
This power to everyone He freely gave:
“Just try Love and get me,
I bow to every loving devotee,
He can be a king and I can be a knave.”
In the third last message of the series I discuss with you the distinction between Love and Attachment:
Love is, we know, for us, the best emotion,
But the same of attachments is not true.
You can, towards your loved one show devotion,
But, getting too attached is not good for you.
One quality of the world is that everything is transient,
Through attachments you seek to make it permanent.
You have people and things for the time being,
In perpetuity you own nothing at all.
The Time, you know, is always fleeing,
Only for a short time your loved ones enthral.
Everybody comes from God and merges with Him,
He has, for all of us, love up to the brim.
Love your home but don’t get too attached,
You don’t own it but you have that illusion.
Even from your own people be detached,
And let me clarify one small confusion:
Love is eternal but not for body and things,
The soul will fly away one day on golden wings.
When you love someone his soul is, of his body, a tenant,
From one life to another it moves from home to home.
The soul is, on Time and Life, not dependent,
It leaves the body and is again free to roam.
Your attachment to body is thus meaningless,
Love the soul that is ageless and deathless.
One significant thing about Love I’ll tell today:
All other virtues are in it contained.
Love has everything nice that you want to say,
Every good emotion, through Love, is explained.
Honesty, empathy, decency, trust and humility,
Kindness, patience, hope, faith, and morality.
Love is a flower that blooms in trust,
As opposed to withering in suspicion.
In an atmosphere of doubt it can’t adjust,
For being in love there can’t be precondition.
You have to be with your beloved honest,
You can’t be arrogant, you have to be modest.
Love goes well with Faith and Hope,
A little patience and humility make it complete.
Indeed, the word Love has such a large scope,
Every other virtue somehow takes the backseat.
If you love you can’t help being kind,
In the one you love, the image of God you find.
Love also has in it an element of courage,
As you embark on territory almost unknown.
Let’s assume it has to result in a marriage,
Never in your life you would be alone.
And all this without any preparation,
A new experience, a new sensation.
Is Love affected by the passage of Time?
Or does it go on forever and ever?
Does the clock for Love too chime?
Or does it perish or alter never?
The answers to these are easy to find,
Just close your eyes and clear your mind.
The one between bodies is just infatuation,
True Love is always between two souls.
You can’t elevate it to Love, what is mere flirtation,
Love, on the other hand, has no loopholes.
There lies clue to whether Love is Time bound,
Evidence to the contrary can easily be found.
Souls are eternal, only bodies die.
Anything between souls is beyond limits of Time.
Same immortality then to Love would apply,
Love is like God, timeless and sublime.
Love is then beyond death,
It is linked with soul and not with breath*.
All those who actually love your soul,
Your brother, sister, parents and spouse,
Will jell with it again to become whole,
With death** this flame won’t douse.
So what if from one life to other you can’t recall?
The souls remember and that’s not something small.
*A Hindi song by Gulzar brings out this transience of breath (Jaan) clearly:
Meri jaan, mujhe jaan na kaho meri jaan,
Jaan na kaho anjaan mujhe, Jaan kahan rehti hai sadaa…
Love gives you the strength to go on,
When everything else has simply gone.
Love shines like a beacon of light,
Guiding you through the darkest night.
When everything else in your life fails,
It is Love that helps you tip the scales.
As one year of these poems nears the end,
The last few days on Love I want to spend.
I believe Love is, for God, another name,
Come to think of it, God and Love are the same.
And that’s why my focus on this theme,
The subject of Love always makes me beam.
Volumes can be written on this subject,
And yet we won’t have covered every aspect.
Tenacity of Love is the sub – theme today,
And, as you notice, I have a lot to say.
Love doesn’t fade with the fading years,
It doesn’t die when the end of your life nears.
Love is more precious than all the world’s treasures,
It gives more happiness than all other pleasures.
It doesn’t require weapons to safeguard.
The word to be used for it is ‘die-hard’.
A person of Love has God on his side,
You can’t go wrong with Him as your guide.
Why would anyone love anyone?
Is it just for frolic and fun?
How much of it is sacrifice?
What do you have to pay as price?
How do you know you are in love?
Do you get a signal from God above?
Some say it is a matter of chemistry,
But to most it still remains a mystery.
As to why just one and no one else would do,
If only someone would provide a clue.
Lovers being strangers just a moment ago,
Are suddenly closer than anyone they know.
Everyone knows Love is not a reasoned emotion,
Else, you won’t fall in love but do so in slow motion.
It affects your entire life but it overpowers you,
Without your knowing it totally showers you.
Love doesn’t give you, between several, a choice,
All you can do is to trust God and rejoice.
Love is the only one whence you fall and win,
You glow in its light outside and within.
You’re sure your loved one was born for you
And hence there is no one you can take in lieu.
You suddenly find answers to many a question,
Before long your love is your obsession.
One performance enhancing drug is legal,
It is simply called Love.
You soar in the sky like an eagle,
Though you feel more like a dove.
Love can move mountains and cross seas,
Indeed, it can do anything with ease.
In a Russian earthquake many years ago,
A mother and child, for days, were under debris.
She fed her child her own blood, so,
It could survive the quake to a great degree.
Finally when rescued they were still alive,
It was Love that made them miraculously survive.
Love can actually achieve many a great feat,
Its powers know no bound,
It hasn’t heard of anything called defeat,
It is the biggest strength to have around.
With Love, there is nothing you can’t achieve,
All that you have to do is in its power to believe.
Love is the true face of our God,
His own endless powers are in it vested.
It is something that one can truly applaud,
After making it even He rested.
Imagine sharing His own power with everyone,
He put in our hands how the world can be won.
Yes, Love is the most powerful emotion,
But, does it have healing powers too?
I believe it works like a magic potion,
More effective than any medicinal brew.
Most medicines cure you only physically,
Love also cures you mentally and spiritually.
Do you remember the time when we were small,
Cough, cold and fever would make us sick?
Mother would hug, kiss and wrap us in her shawl,
More than the medicine, her love would do the trick.
I think the only reason we became unwell,
Was so that her Love would even stronger dwell.
Let’s say there is bad blood between you and someone,
And for years it has made your lives hell.
Just try Love before the day is done,
And see how quickly things turn out well.
As a prophylactic Love keeps you from the pain,
That would have otherwise made you insane.
I recommend Love to heal many a complication,
I have tried and found it effective.
Let your soul too go through the purgation,
Suddenly for better is changed your perspective.
The best is that it has no Expiry Date,
For the healing to start, you don’t have to wait.
