A smile to remember

we had goldfish and they circled around and around

in the bowl on the table near the heavy drapes

covering the picture window and

my mother, always smiling, wanting us all

to be happy, told me, "be happy Henry!"

and she was right: it's better to be happy if you can

but my father continued to beat her and me several times a week while

raging inside his 6-foot-two frame because he couldn't

understand what was attacking him from within.

my mother, poor fish,

wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times a

week, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile!

why don't you ever smile?"

and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the

saddest smile I ever saw

one day the goldfish died, all five of them,

they floated on the water, on their sides, their

eyes still open,

and when my father got home he threw them to the cat

there on the kitchen floor and we watched as my mother

smiled.

Sach hai mahaj sangharsh hi

Sach hum nahin, sach tum nahin,
Sach hai mahaj sangarsh hi!

Sangarsh se hat kar jiye to kya jiye ki hum ya tum,
Jo nat hua wo mrit hua jyon vrind se jarhkar kusum,
Jo laksya bhool ruka nahin,
Jo haar dekh jhukha nahin,
Jisne pranay path maana hai jeet usi ki hui,
Sach hum nahin, sach tum nahin,
Sach hai mahaj sangarsh hi!

Aisa karon jisse na praanon me kahin jadta rahen,
Jo hai jaha chupchaap apne aap se ladta rahen,
Jo bhi preesthethiya mile,
kaante chube kaliya khile
Haaren na insaan kabhi, hai sandesh jeevan ka yahin,
Sach hum nahin, sach tum nahin,
Sach hai mahaj sangarsh hi!

Humne racha aaon humhi abb tod se iss pyaar ko,
Ye milan bhi kya milan, jo mod de majhdaar ko,
Jo saath phoolon ke chalen,
Jo daal paate hi dale,
Wo jindgi bhi kya jindgi, jo sirf paani si bahin,
Sach hum nahin, sach tum nahin,
Sach hai mahaj sangarsh hi!

Sansaar saara aadmi ki chaal dekh hua chakit,
Par jaakhkar dekhon drigon me sabhi hai pyaase thakit,
Jab tak bandhi hai chetna,
Jab tak hridya dukh se ghana,
Tab tak na maanoonga kabhi iss raah ko mai sahin,
Sach hum nahin, sach tum nahin,
Sach hai mahaj sangarsh hi!

Apne hridya ka satya apne aap humkon khojna,
Apne nayan ka neer apne aap humkon poochhna,
Aakaash sukh denga nahin,
Dharti paseeji hai kahin,
Jisse hridya ko bal milen,
Hai dhyay apna to wohin,
Sach hum nahin, sach tum nahin,
Sach hai mahaj sangarsh hi!!

Paon se lahoo ko dho daalo

Faiz Ahmed Faiz


Hum kya karte kis reh chalte
Har raah mein kaante bikhre the
Un rishton ke jo chhoot gaye
Un sadiyon ke yaranon key
Jo ik-ik karke toot gaye.

Jis raah chale jist simt gaye
Yun paon lahoo-luhan hue
Sab dekhne vaale kahte the
Ye kaisi reet rachai hai
Ye mehndi kyon lagvai hai
Vo kehte the, kyon kahat-e-vapha
Ka nahak charcha karte ho
Paon se lahoo ko dho dalo

Ye raatein jab kat jayengi
Sau raste in se phootenge
Tum dil ko sambholo jismein abhi
Sau tarah ke nashtar tootenge.

I Miss Your Smile ....... And Mine too

I told you I love you but that was not enough. I told you that I want you but you didn’t listen. I would have spent my nights listening to your heartbeat but you didn’t care .You were pretty busy in finding love in arms of people who love none but themselves. That night you told me that you were going home and I was not strong enough to tell you that your real home is my heart and that’s where you should be instead, I told you it will not last and they’ll betray you but maybe you didn’t understand that. All men betray at some point or another, in real or in thoughts they do , I know that coz I am a man and I knew you wont be able to handle that coz I know you and I love you and with every breath I take my love keeps increasing but you were always too blinded to see that .And then I heard that he left you , I had seen this coming and have told you already but you told me that you can take care of yourself and I murmured “But who will take care of me when I’ll see u shattered”, but may be I was too low for you to hear. And now I am shattered to hear that you didn’t take that too well. Kiddo all the moments we shared of love and warmth will be lost one day like tears in rain and what will remain would be just an internal happiness or sorrow and I want you to be happy.

Sweetheart I miss your smile and I miss my smile.

Make me smile once again and smile for me once again coz that’s the only thing that can save us from drowning in this river of sorrow, betrayal, pain and loneliness. May be that’s the only right thing that we can do in our lives and make our lives worth living , I know you no longer believe in love but believe in me coz there is nothing more beautiful in this world than your smile and I wanna see you smile once again .

Why does the sun go on shining-Carpenters

Why does the sun go on shining?

Why does the sea rush to shore?

Don't they know it's the end of the world

'Cause you don't love me anymore?



Why do the birds go on singing?

Why do the stars glow above?

Don't they know it's the end of the world

It ended when I lost your love



I wake up in the morning and I wonder

Why ev'rything is the same as it was

I can't understand, no, I can't understand

How life goes on the way it does!



Why does my heart go on beating?

Why do these eyes of mine cry?

Don't they know it's the end of the world?

It ended when you said goodbye



Don't they know It's the end of the world?

It ended when you said goodbye