TUM KUCH NAHI
YOU ARE NOTHING

Tu kuch nahi,
Phir bhi kyu itna lagta hai
Tere sang mai nahi
Lekin kyu sang mere lagta hai

 Khule aasman ki tarha,
Sabhi ko aanchal mein lapete hue
Tu itna kyu muje
Apne sang lapete chale jata hai

Mein seemao mein khadi
Mujhe assem na bana
Mein talashtee hoon jise
Use tu khud ko na bana

 

Tera bharpoor bahav
Hawa ke naram zhoonko sa nahi
Ek umadta hua jharna
Jo kuch kehte hue kuch na kehta hai

 

Mere soonepan mein
Tu itna lagaav na daal
Apni saree duniya ko mujhe mai
Yuh iss tarah ulzaa na daal

Tu  hai khule gagan ka panchi
Kabhi iss daar, kabhi uss
Mein woh hoon jo na udna chaaoon
Na hi udd paaaoon, mujhe na bula

 

Tera jeevan khooli chaadar
Jo aye use apne aanchal mein lapete
Mein hoon jo ek chadar odhe
Naahi hi woh khuli, na auroon ko lapete

 

Per tu hai, aur hai bhi nahi
Yeh mujhe mallom nahi
Ki tu hai kaun, kya, kidhar se aya
Per tu hai aur hai bhi nahi
 

You mean nothing

Yet why do you seem to mean so much,

I am not with you

But then, why do you seem to be with me

 

Just like the open expanses of the skies

That enfolds one and all,

Why do you

Continue to enfold me to yourself;

 

I stand still, bound within my boundaries

Do not erase my boundaries,

That ONE I seek

Do not make yourself that him;

 

Your unending flow

Is not like the soft breeze that courses

But it is more like the rippling stream

That sings while seemingly not singing;

 

Oh do not infuse so much

Affection in to my loneliness,

Do not pour your entire world

Into mine and entangle it so

 

You are like a free bird in the open skies

Flying free wherever you would

I am one that has no desire to fly

Nor would I be able to… so do not call me

 

Your world is like an unfurled wrap

That sweeps one and all into its warmth

I wear just one garment

Which is non inviting and invites none

 

And yet, you are there and not:

It is all beyond my comprehension

Who, what and whence you come from

But, still you remain, and remain not

 

  ~ Chandi~

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