Samay

Samay - time is an interesting concept. There have been some incredible literature on this concept: "Paradise Lost" and "The Time Machine" are the two examples that come to my mind again and again. I'm especially intrigued by some lines from Paradise Lost - they are simply incredible!

This poem in Hindi is a modest attempt to express the way I feel about time, which i once read out in front of my friends during a farewell party:

Samay ek paheli si hai
Ek kinaron pe chalne wala saya sa hai
Mere yah samajhne se pehlehi ki 
Mai hi use karta hu majhboor
Bar bar chalne pe mere sath sath
Usne bola: ek minute thehar ja;
hamesha tu ujale ki Khoj me bhatakta hai!
Ae burbak ... Khirki khol de, hath me diya lekar khadi hai Teri piya!

Yah kya gazab ho Gaya
Mai to majak samajh raha tha
Palak japaktehi majak majak me aapke yeha pahuch Gaya! 
Ek anhoni si yah kahani honi honisi kaise ho gayi
Ek anjani si rah yunhi jani pehchani si ban gayi
Maine socha tha mujhe pattharon se pyaar hai
Aapke saath chalte chalte yah pattharon ka bagicha
Gulista si ban gayi

Yaha aisehi din gujarta hai, yaha aisehi hoti hai raat
Kuch thakehare kuch manchale aksar aate hai yaha
Aur sitaaron ko dekhte dekhte gujaarte hai raat!
Main to ek ghayal tha,
Shabd ne zabd kiya tha mera din
Shabd ke kaid me thi meri raat
Din aur raat ke isi uljhan me aapne kaha: 
Shabdon se daro mat, use istemaal karon
Tabse se lekar aajtak, din se leke raat tak
Maine ek shabdo ka jaal buna hai
Uss jaal ke har ek kone se 
abhi mujhe kuch sitaare dikhte hai
Unhi sitaaron ke chamak me mujhe
Ab har waqt har jagah aapki chhabi dikhti hai

Samay ek paheli si hai
Kinaron pe chalne wala ek saya sa hai
Main aur mere saaye ki is nirantar bhraman me 
Kabhi agar mujhe rukna pada to mud ke dekhunga zaroor!
Kuch yaadon ke sahare, kuch shabdon ke bandhan se Maine Jo jaal buna hai
Usme phir se jhankne ke liye mudke dekhunga zaroor!
Isi liye alvida nahi kahoonga doston!
Bas ek pal ke liye chalte rahunga doston!