स्वप्ने पाहावी म्हणुनी

स्वप्ने पाहावी म्हणुनी, ठरवून झोपलो मी

स्वप्नांमधेही गर्द, अंधार पाहिला मी

  उडण्याची आस धरुनी, जमिनीस पारखा झालो

तरंगावयाचा व्यर्थ, केला प्रयत्न तरी मी

हिंडलो जगी जरी या, मिरवीत शत मुखवटे

आरशात उद्ध्वस्त माझे, खरे रूप पाहिले मी

मज कौतुकले जगाने, औषधास दुःख नाही!

बोचून शल्य मनीचे, रडलो पुन्हा पुन्हा मी

जरी गावयाचे होते, लयबद्ध आनंदगाणे

सूर माझ्याच अंतरीचे, शकलो न आळवू मी

उमजून चुकलो परी हे, मी एकला न जगती

ऐसी लक्ष माणसे बघुनी, माझे मलाच सावरले मी..

टपरी

दोन क्षणांची
पहिली भेट
चहाच्या टपरीशी
धडकून थेट
                                    मग वादावादी
                                    छोटंसं भांडण
                                    शब्द प्रतिशब्द
                                    एकमेकांना आंदण
रोज तीच टपरी
रोज तीच वेळ
वाढलेल्या धडका
अन् जमलेला मेळ
                                    मग हळूहळू
                                    मुद्दाम वाट पाहणं
                                    एकच कटिंग चहा
                                    दोघांमधे घेणं
रंगलेल्या गप्पा
त्यात पावसाची भुरभुर
नंतर दिवसभर
राहणारी हुरहुर
                                    असाच एक दिवस
                                    टपरीपासचा, अधीर
                                    टळत गेलेली वेळ
                                    होत गेलेला उशीर

चुकामूक बहुतेक

स्वतःला समजावणं

पेल्यातला चहा

अर्धाच संपवणं

                                    एकट्याने चहा

                                    रोजचाच त्यानंतर

                                    टपरी बदलली?

                                    की वाढलं अंतर?

रोज तिथून जाताना

टाकलेला एक कटाक्ष

घडलेल्या भेटींची

टपरीच तेवढी साक्ष

                                    चुकामूकीचं अजूनही

                                    न कळलेलं कारण

                                    दोन महिन्यांची ओळख

                                    आयुष्यभराची आठवण.

Credits: mumbaithecityofdreamscometrue.blogspot.in

Translation: Me fasalo mhanuni

Original Lyrics: 

मी फसलो म्हणूनी..

मी फसलो म्हणूनी हसू दे वा चिडवू दे कोणी

ती वेळच होती वेडी अन् नितांत लोभसवाणी..

ती ऊन्हे रेशमी होती चांदणे धगीचे होते

कवितेच्या शेतामधले ते दिवस सुगीचे होते

संकेतस्थळांचे सूर त्या लालस ओठी होते

ती वेळ पूरिया होती, अन् झाड मारवा होते..

मी फसलो म्हणूनी..

ती हार असो वा जीत, मज कुठले अप्रूप नाही

त्या गंधित गोष्टीमधला क्षण कुठला विद्रुप नाही

ती लालकेशरी संध्या निघताना अडखळलेली

ती निघून जातानाही बघ ओंजळ होती ओली..

मी फसलो म्हणूनी..

English version:

I was deceived..

I was deceived, they might jeer

Even ridicule and sneer, but I would endure

For those times were truly charming, and held sweet allure!

My days would shine in silky lights

then, I would bathe in blazing nights

and orchards of my verses, donned blooming sights

Our scarlet lips crooned, rendezvous in tunes,

In moments filled with romance, the air had myriad moods..

I was deceived, they might jeer

Even ridicule and sneer, but I would endure

For those times were truly charming, and held sweet allure!

I neither rejoice nor do I mourn

Blessed with pleasant fragrance to adorn,

No ugly cord those seasons had worn

The sky went amber and the dusk was trailing

A feeling of contentment, she gave while fading..

I was deceived, they might jeer

Even ridicule and sneer, but I would endure

For those times were truly charming, and held sweet allure!

Pune!

She's the capital of history and culture

A heritage of intellect and art & literature

Yet striding sanguinely, into the approaching years

Her charisma is something, everyone reveres

Blessed with nature at its beautiful best

she enthuses you, with her juvenile zest

She loves her children in such magical way

They stay deeply rooted, even if far, far away

Hardly do you find, such a perfect blend

Preserving her legacy, yet going with the trend

Nothing can be wrong here, rightly they commend

As pace of life doesn't matter, rather the time you spend

I reminisce the days spent on her teeny-tiny lanes

and the aroma in her air, after eventide rains

She caresses me with her cool, soft zephyr

I still hear her hum sweet tunes, in leisure

For bittersweet sarcasm, she is the epitome

Yet she is the one whom I fondly call my home

As the best city for me, I'd never wish her reform

For she is too precious to be losing her charm..

Credits: Aakash gautam via Wikimedia Commons

तनहाई

मेरे नग्मे भी बेवफा हुए तेरी ही तरह

आजकल हमारी महफ़िल, तनहाई सजाती है..

Translation:

Even my songs have become unfaithful to me, just like you. My loneliness now adorns my soiree.

पाऊस - दोन जगांतला

असा कसा हा पाऊस, मुळी थांबता थांबेना

घरी लेकरू एकटे, करी कासावीस मना.

रेघ वीजेची कडाडे, आक्रंदती मेघ काळे
आठवणीने बाळाच्या, माझा जीव तळमळे.

अरे पावसा पावसा, असा नको होऊ क्रूर
घे क्षणाचा विसावा, घरी जाउ दे सत्वर..

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बा पावसा पावसा, कसा निश्टुर इतका
बाळ रडे पान्यासाठी, तेला उनाचा चटका.

भुई करपून गेली, पत्ते झाडाचे सुकले
पानी आनावे कुटुन, माजे आसू बी आटले.

आरं पावसा पावसा, माय पसरे पदर
जीव व्याकूळला तेचा, झणी कोसळू दे सर..

गर्दी

'केवढी ही गर्दी!', ती स्वतःशीच उद्गारली

कुणी जवळ नव्हतंच, हे हितगुज करायला..

Translation:

'So much crowd!' she said to herself. Because, no one was close enough to share the thought.

Love

In the crowdiest place,

On lonely lanes,

While laughing with friends,

I miss you.

See how happy and simple!

That another couple,

As I see a love so subtle,

I remember you.

I see the single kinds,

And thoughts come to my mind,

True love is hard to find,

I treasure you.

As the Sun sets on the Earth,

I wonder about life's worth,

One thought of you clears the blur,

I love you.

And they get back together..

He adored her.
He always wanted to be with her.
His fingers would run through her hair passionately.
Sometimes she would try to escape,
yet she would sleep carefree & lazily,
with his arms around her neck.
She has the best eyes, he would say,
and then kiss her goodbye each day.
He would talk to her about work,
and she seemed to understand it all.
That's one mad man, people used to call.
Then one morning, he woke up,
just to find, she wasn't beside him!
He panicked and started searching..
He searched & searched, but she couldn't be found.
Although upset, he still had hopes deep down.
Then one fine day, she turned up at his door!
Surprised, he dropped a tear..

And then he saw, she wasn't alone.
With her, were her babies newborn!
His happiness no one could have known..
For he would now have five Cats,
instead of just one!! :-)

Twins

Disclaimer: The concept isn't mine. It is already circulating on social-networking sites. This is a poetic version.

1 - "They say its beautiful outside!"

2 - "Well, you do know, they lied?"

1 - "I'd like to believe them.

           Can you imagine a bigger, brighter home?"

2 - "No, I can't.

           See, its safe & warm, here in the womb."

1 - "But it will be so much fun!

           We'll play and we'll run"

2 - "Its all a myth,

           Don't trust it and be so dumb."

1 - "I fancy a glimpse of our Mother!

           who now surrounds us to cover,

           you feel even that's a fiction?"

2 - "There's nothing called a 'Mother'.

           All that's visible is all that's real,

           This is my conviction!"

2 - "Look, I only regard what I see.

           can't you swallow the truth,

           We fade from here just to die?"

1 - "I do. I want to.

           But the death is another birth for me,

           Into a different world, with a brighter sky"