Only Thee

That I want thee, only thee ---
let my heart repeat without end.
All desires that distract me, day and night,
are false and empty to the core.
As the night keeps hidden in its gloom the petition for light,
even thus in the depth of my unconsciousness rings the cry
---`I want thee, only thee'.
As the storm still seeks its end in peace
when it strikes against peace with all its might,
even thus my rebellion strikes against thy love
and still its cry is
---`I want thee, only thee'



From Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali

nice one

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.

-- Francis William Bourdillon

jeevan nahi mara karta hai

One of my favourite poems..
Got it after days of googling....

I can perhaps comprehend the meaning of the lines only now, though this was learnt in the high school

Chip Chip ashru bahaane waalon
Moti vyarth lutane waalon !
Kuch sapnon ke mar jane se
jeevan nahin mara karta hai

Sapnaa kya hai ?
Nayan sez par,Soya hua aankh ka paani
Aur tootna hai uska jyon
Jage kachchi neend jawaniGeelee umar banaane walon!
Doobe bina nahaane waalon
Kuch pani ke bah jane se
saawan nahin mara karta hai

Mala bikhar gayi to kya hai
Khud hi hal ho gayi samasyaa
Aansoo gar neelaam huye
toSamjho poori huyi tapasyaa
Roothe divas manaane walon!
Phati kameez silaane waalon!
Kuch deepon ke bujh jaane se
aangan nahin mara karta hai

Khota kuch bhi nahin yahan par
Kewal zild badaltee pothee
Jaise raat utaar chandani
Pehne subah dhoop ki dhoti
Vastra badal kar aane waalon !
Chaal badalkar jaane waalon!
Chand Khilounon ke khone se
bachpan nahin maraa karta hai

Laakhon baar gagriyaan phooteen
Shikan na aayi panghat par
Lakhon baar kishtiyaan doobeen
Chahal-pehal wo hi hai tat par
Tam ki umra badhaane waalon!
Lau ki aayu ghatane waalon !
Laakh kare patjhad koshish par
upvan nahin maraa kartaa hai

Loot liya maali ne upvan
Luti na lekin gandh phool ki
Toofaanon tak ne cheda
parKhidki band na huyi dhool kee
Nafrat gale lagaane waalon!
Sab par dhool udaane waalon
Kuch mukhdon ki naaraazee se darpan nahin maraa karta hai

Chip Chip ashru bahaane waalon
Moti vyarth lutane waalon !
Kuch sapnon ke mar jane se
jeevan nahin mara karta hai

Gopal Das 'Neeraj'