Kho Gyay Mera Saya bhi

वक़्त ने उस मोड़ पे लाके खडा किया,
जहाँ मुझसे मेरा साया बिचाद गया.
ढूंढें किस रह पे, किन गलियों में,
खुद को जहाँ देखा, वहां तनहा पाया.

अँधेरी राह में जलता हुआ चिराग लिए,
थक गए फिर भी उसको न पाया.
चलते-चलते इक ऐसा कोचा आया,
सिसकियों से भरी तनहा गली में बिखरा पाया.

या खुदा, तुने भी क्या तकदीर बख्शी मुझको,
मैंने हर राह में खुद को तनहा पाया...

Whom to say Mine

How much I cried,
nobody heard and came!
Shocked to see,
how people change within a moment.

My friends, loved ones,
those who are a part of my life,
forgot who am I, who is Isha?
Shocked to see,
how ego overpowers emotions!

I raised my arms,
begged to God,
told HIM my pains,
shared my loneliness with HIM.
But alas! again-
shocked to see,
how God left me!

Now I am alone,
Alone like a cloud,
who can burst anytime, anywhere.
Cloud filled with ocean of tears,
Cloud filled with thunder of pain,
Cloud filled with noise of cries.

Cloud which always soothes others-
with her cool showers,
today finds herself helpless,
nobody to sooth her pain.

Now who bothers??? Nobody!
I wander alone, thundering, raining, weeping...
...bursting...still soothing everybody...

Lonely

I wandered lonely as a cloud,
that floats on high over vales and hills.

Lonely as a brook,
wandered down in search of sea,
lonely as a sea shell,
standing isolated on a mantel,
I share my lonliness with all,
but yet I am alone.

I say to Thee, 'come1lets be together',
we share naught in common,
same our loneliness,
but my words are lost,
like the tide hitting against rocks,
never returning,
so my words are falling on deaf ears.

I wandered on, down the never ending road,
I know not where it shall lead,
but I know I am...
doomed to wader alone,
On and on, the paths of life,
until I find salvation...