Toote kaancho ke
Bikhare
Chhinnh Bhinnh
Raktim
Tukdon se
Kyoon karti tum
Tulna apni.
Tum kyaa jaano
Pahunch gayee
Kis parakashtha
Per itni.
Paare see ho
Nahin Kaanch see
Bhangur tum
Bikhree bikhree
Taral dhaatu
Ojasvit
Aganit
Swayam siddh
Tum
Kaumudee.
Paara nahin tootataa
Keval bhagon mein
kuchh buntt jata
Nahin chipakta kisi vastu se
Choat nahi wo pahunchata
Hurr tukda sampoorn swayam mein
Chaahe rahe akela wo
Tum bhee mujhko
Isi taraha kee hee
Tum to bus lagti ho.
Aisaa bhee sambhav ho sakta
Chamatkaar iss shrishtee mein
Mand hawa ke jhuanke se
Jub milte muddim angarey
Chamak bina khoye wo
Shayad bunn jaate hoan paare.
Jaago kholo
Chakshu kamal
Dekho ye kyaa ho chuka tumhe
Kaanch nahi ho door door tak
Paare kee sundarta tum.
Why do you compare
Yourself with
Scattered shards of
Broken glass?
Blood-Stained.
Are you even remotely aware
Of the zenith that you have
Attained?
You like Mercury
Liquid Metal
Brilliant
Beyond count
All within
Luminous like
Moonlight
In no way
Like
Shards of broken glass.
Mercury does not break
But disintegrates and
Re-integrates
Into tiny droplets
Retaining all
Individually and also ready
To merge; beautifully
You are to me
Like
Mercury.
It may also be possible
That by some miracle
Sometime
A soft breeze
Caressed the warmth of
Glowing Embers
Which got transformed into
Liquid metal.
Wake up and open your inner vision
And see what has become of you
From here to horizon
There is no glass
All flowing metal, you.