TUM SHAYAD MUSKURA RAHEE HO
PERHAPS YOU ARE SMILING


Itni  nazuk see ho…
.jaise pankhudiyan gulaab kee
dil
darta hai tumko chhoonbe se……

nazron se bhee
jo chhoona chahoon
palkein bund karte
huey darta hoon

kahin…
pankhudiyan ..bikhar na jaayein

ab
shayad tum samajh sako
main kyon tumhe
ektak dekhta rehta hoon…….

shayad
dil se chhoona chahunga
tumhe
kyon ki

jab mere
dil kee dhardkan
tumko chhooti hai
tum muskura deti ho…..

aur
har taraf
hazaron gulaab
khil uth te hain……

main jaanta hoon
tum door ho mujhse….

Par
Muskura bhee rahi ho
Shayad mere
Dil kee dhardkan…..

Tumko chhoo pa rahee hai…..


You are so delicate
As Rosepetals are….
My heart fears
To touch you………..
L

Even if I wish
To touch you
With my eyes
I fear to
Bring my eyelashes down….

Lest
The petals get crumbled off……

May be this can explain
Why
I keep staring at you……

Yes
I wish to let
My heart touch you
Because …
When you are so touched

It brings on a smile
On you….
And I feel
Thousands of Roses
Have blossomed out
All around ……….

I know
You are far away
But
You are smiling too…….
Maybe
I am able to touch you
Through my heartbeats……



~Mukul~

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