Images and Words

Mai akelA hi chalA thA janib-e-manzil magar,
log sAth Ate gaye kArawA.n banatA gayA.

(By Majrooh SultanPuri, I guess, somebody confirm)
(Image: Prasoon in Goa, 2002)

go hAth ko jumbish nahee.n Ankho mei.n to dam hai
rahane do abhee sAGar-o-meenA mere Age
[jumbish = motion/energy] [sAGar-o-meenA = glass of wine]

(By Ghalib)
(Image: From one of my birthday treats, probably 2002, in SP Powai)

mai neer bhari dukh ki badali,

spandan mei.n chir nispand basA,
krandan mei.n Ahat vishwa hansA.
nayano.n mei.n deepak se jalate,
palako.n mei.n nirjharani machali.

mai neer bhari dukh ki badali.

(By Mahadevi Verma)
(Image: Vivian Tragante do Ó, thanks for allowing me to put it here)

Ankh ka Ansu dhalakatA dekha-kar,
jee tadap kar-ke hamArA reh gayA.

kyA gayA moti kisi kA hai bikhar,
yA hua paidA ratan koi nayA.

(By Ayodhya Singh Upadhyaya `Hariaudh’)
(Image: Niagara, taken by Navneet Loiwal, sorry for not asking you Navneet)

hotA hai nihA.n gard me seharA mere hote,
ghistA hai zabee.n khAk pe dariyA mere Age.

[nihA.N = hidden] [gard = dust]
[seharA = desert] [zabee.n = forehead]

(By Ghalib)
(Image: Vihar lake on a summer evening, taken by Sandy)

hui mar ke hum jo rusva, hue kyon na gark-e-dariya
na kabhi janaazaa uthta, na kahin mazaar hota.

[rusva==infamous, gark-e-dariya==grit of a river]

(By Ghaalib)
(Image: sand bed of river ganga at rishikesh, 2003)

I miss a place where I’ve never been, and I don’t know where it is. I miss a person I’ve never met.

(By anonymous, I took this one from some orkut profile, I dont know whom to thank for this)
(Image: at my cousins marriage in Nagpur, 2004)