in the vast sky

but you know
how we wander

an astray ray
of sunlight
glimmers a bit more may be
as my shadow crosses its path
and in light, in delight
a part of me shimmers like moonlight

in one hand i have the sun, 
in another, the moon
and i wander in the vast endless sky
like a bird
on its way home
on a roundabout path,
on a journey that happens
when it is neither day nor night.
when it matters not
whether i am blindfolded
by the sun, or the moonlight

half a window

through my window
i can see
only half the moon

how i wish my window could have a little more sky!
my window, a little broader!

i smell it, the half moon
and wonder
how the other half smells.
does it smell as stiff?

as stiff the whisky in my hand now?

i live my life
within this half moon
and i wonder
how my smile would glimmer in the other half
would i drown in my tears in the other half

but in this life
through this window
i can see only half the moon

an it's a beautiful half moon!

bas yuhi nikal chale zingedi
bas yuhi nikal chale raat din

raat ko subah ka intezar
subah ko raat ka intezar
na unmeedo ki unmeed
ki kahi ek pal mile sukoon ka