Kya Mausam Hai

क्या मौसम है, ऐ दीवाने दिल.
अरे चल कहीं दूर निकल जायें.

And now her eyes- glazed-blue- singing-dancing-swaying.
And now her nose-smiling-teasing . I take her hand and we
jump into the pages of a book. And now we are in a cartoon dream.
Running-running with Happy in the blood-running to the........

And now we are caught in a tornado-In Dorothy's dream we rise toward the clouds
Rotating upward in quenching embrace....

कोई हम्दम है, चाहत के काबिल...
किसलिए हम संभल जायें...

And now we swing and skip into the valley,
Descending gently on one foot in the middle
of an ice lake. Skaters whiz past....
We float and slide...angel feet above
the ice. Cold radiation on feet and
wind on face...nose cutting through
icy ether like knife separating the world
into left and right and now the ice melts-
sunshine-birds-red-apple-trees-butterfly
guiding us to huge-yellow-sunflower.
Hold my hand and leap. Slide along musky
yellow, landing in pollen and sneezing-laughing....
jumping.....falling.......falling....falling.....
Through the flower stem to the other end
space....floating...floating........
floating through space towards light
and hope of meaning...


खोए से हम, खोई सी मंजिल
अच्छा है संभल जायें