NATHAN'S MUSINGS

Ya... Rehne Dun

(Chapel of The Living Water, Purulia, 1938)

Jazb karke gham tere, gul khilaake shaakh par,
Tera ik din mehka dun, ya phir rehne dun.

Dil mein na ho aah koi, na ho koi raat syaah,
Ek shama ghar mein jala dun, ya phir rehne dun.

Jaane kal le ude baad-e-sabaa mujhe kahaan,
Chand lamhen tere chura lun, ya phir rehne dun.

Tabassum ho labon pe, raah ho aasaan teri,
Ashk palkon se sukha dun, ya phir rehne dun.

Dikhaakar chand zakhm dil ke, kuch ashk apne chhalkaakar,
Tere dil ko halk kar dun, ya phir rehne dun.

Taaluq koi zarur ho, iski koi zarurat nahi,
Be-taaluq tera kabhi ho sakun, ya phir rehne dun.

Jugnu

Zakhm ashkon se kabhi jalta kabhi bharta hai,
Darwaza hilta hai to dil hansta hai kabhi darta hai.

Teri yaad se yun roshan hoti hai meri raatein,
Jaise jangal mein ek jhund jugnuon ka jala karta hai.

ONE MORE PLACE TICKED OFF THE BUCKET LIST

A trip to remember to a place which needs no introduction.

The photos speak for themselves

A place so far off into the ocean that you receive a message from your mobile networks as follows: -

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