Javed Akhtar

A thing that still hasn’t come up to my lips and only peeks through my eyes,

So that it can wear those words and come to the lips,And so that it could be embraced by words..But this thing is actually a feeling…only a feeling,It’s like a fragrance floating in the air,Fragrance, which has no voice…and about which you know and I know too.It is not hidden from the world, what kind…

Whenever the clouds of pain and sadness loomed,

Whenever this lonely heart got scared,I told my heart, Oh Heart, why do you cry?This is what happens in this world…This deep silence…the world has distributed it to everyone,Some sadness is a part of everyone’s life,Some sunshine is a part of everyone’s life,Your eyes are wet without any reason,Every second is a new season,Why do…

हम तो बचपन में भी अकेले थे

एक तरफ़ मोर्चे थे पलकों केएक तरफ़ आँसूओं के रेले थेथीं सजी हसरतें दूकानों परज़िन्दगी के अजीब मेले थेआज ज़ेहन-ओ-दिल भूखों मरते हैंउन दिनों फ़ाके भी हमने झेले थेख़ुदकुशी क्या ग़मों का हल बनतीमौत के अपने भी सौ झमेले थे