SHAMA
THE FLAME

Shama se puccho...
          Jalne ka maza kya hota hai
                     Jalne ka nasha bhi kya hota hai
          Jalne ka andaaz kya hota hai
                     Jalne ka dard bhi kya hota hai
         

          Shama shermati lajati jalti rahee
                      Perwana dekh dekh pagal hota raha
          Dewaangi ki hadein jab paar huin
                      Shama ki hi aagosh mein woh parwan charda
         

          Shama ka parwana baan ke yun na jalon
                      Shama ka dewaana baan ke kyun tum pagal huyei
          Shama ki hi aggosh mein phir kyun marne chalei
                      Shama ko yun bhi badnaam na karo
          Shama to badnaam hui so hui
                      Woh khud bhi to jal ke khaak hui
         

Ask the flame...
          What is the joy in this burning
                     What is being intoxicated with this burning
          What is the style of this burning
                     What is the pain of this burning

The flame shyly simply kept burning away
                      The moth, like you watched  and was swept away
          When the craziness over took you
                      You too jumped into the flame to burn away

Don't burn yourself like that dear
                      Don't go crazy watching this flame burn
          Why do you want to kill yourself so
                      Why make the flame feel  guilty so
         The flame will be blamed all right
                     But she too died burning ever so bright

  ~ Shama~

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