रेस

कुछ देर तमाशा देख लेना तूम भी

जिंदगी तुम और करोगे भी क्या मेरा?

लम्बी रेस का घोडा हूँ,

कुछ देर साथ चल लेना तुम भी!

.                                         -भावीन

(woww... after rejecting so many filmy hindi poems, finally i post my first hindi lines in blog! :) )

प्रेम म्हणजे तू

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Strange whispers

(only audio and lyrics)

from movie 'Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi'
Strange Whispers


Sun in the earth..
Sunflower..
Bird in the air..
Rain..
Eye within eye..
Daybreak..

Baavra Mann..
Dekhne Chala..
Ek Sapna..

Streets we have never walked on..
Windows we have never opened..
Hands we have never held..
Dreams we shall never..
Never see again..

Baavra Mann Dekhne Chala..
Ek Sapna..
Baavrese Mann Ki Dekho..
Baavri Hain Baatein..
Baavrisi Dhadkane Hain..
Baavri Hain Saanse..

Sun in the earth..
Sunflower..
Bird in the air..
Rain..
Eye within eye..
Daybreak..

Lives we have never lived..
Hopes we have never realized..
Fires we have never lit..
Loves we shall never..
Never make again..

Baavra Mann..
Dekhne Chala..
Ek Sapna..

Sun in the earth..
Sunflower..
Bird in the air..
Rain..
Eye within eye..
Daybreak..

I hear..
Those strange whispers
again........

Sunset

With hands in my pocket, I am walking towards the setting sun. Its just the sand and the wind whispering around me, even the waves have calmed down after a tiresome day of struggle. The sun is just above its shivering reflection on waves. I subconsciously stand still somewhere, gazing at the sun. At one point of time, the sun gently touches water. I somehow feel the memory of that touch deep within myself.


I stretch my right hand towards yours. I don't feel the touch, instead i keep staring at it... on the reflection of sun.The sun keeps melting in its reflection... slowly... "I want to tell you something", I say while looking at the sun. Coming in front of me, you start melting in my arms. I am still looking at that drowning sun. just few moments... under the golden sky... my eyes now keep wandering on the reflection. Reserving some light for itself, the sun has almost vanished. And so is vanishing, the feeling of your touch in my arms. I am trying to keep track of that disappearing reflection... unsuccessfully.

For a long time now, I am waiting for you, with both my hands still in pockets. The little  golden orange light, left by the sun, makes the pain of your absence a lot more severe. The crazy wind keeps searching for you around my still body. It doesn't even need any sunlight now... just like me....
 
(I a just trying to come back to blogging with this attempted translation of my very old marathi writeup! :) )

जीव गुंतला असा...

जीव गुंतला असा
की शब्द तुझेच ऐकले,
गाणे दाटले गळ्यात
पाणी डोळ्यांत थांबले

नको नवे बंध म्हणता
पाश गुंफत राहिले
रात्र सरली बेधुंदिची
स्वप्न रंगत राहिले

जीव गुंतला असा
की मागे काही ना राहिले,
मन मारी भराऱ्या पिंजऱ्यात
पंख बंदच राहिले
- भावीन

Thought of You

Came across this exceptionally beautiful animation of the song "World Spins Madly On".
Loved the simplistic intricacies of the animation by Ryan Woodward.
Enjoy the animation here.
Check website of Ryan Woodward also for more details.



And here is the lyrics of The weepies song.

"World Spins Madly On"

Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
I thought of you and where you'd gone
and let the world spin madly on

Everything that I said I'd do
Like make the world brand new
And take the time for you
I just got lost and slept right through the dawn
And the world spins madly on

I let the day go by
I always say goodbye
I watch the stars from my window sill
The whole world is moving and I'm standing still

Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
The night is here and the day is gone
And the world spins madly on

I thought of you and where you'd gone
And the world spins madly on.

कातरवेळी

(हो, पहिल्या दोन ओळी सांज गारवा मधून! )

क्षण एक थांबण्याचा.....

त्या एका क्षणाला,
वारा वाहायचा थांबतो,
पानांची सळसळ थांबते,
झाडाखाली उतरलेला कावळा
कावरा बावरा होउन बघत राहतो.
उगीच दोन तीन काळे ढग
आकाशात रेंगाळत राहतात.
पाउस नाही पडत,
पण थोडं शहारून येतं.
मन उभ्या उभ्या हरवतं,
भूत - वर्तमानाचा गुंता होतो,
न सोडवावासा वाटणारा.
काही कळेनासं, काही कळू नए असं वाटतं.
मन आणि शरीर, दोघेही स्तब्ध होतात,
सगळ कसं शांत होतं, थांबतं.

ह्या सगळ्यांपासून अनभिज्ञ
डोळ्यांतलं पाणी तेवढं वाहत राहतं!

त्या एका क्षणाला.........

- भावीन

TOUCH sensitive

when was the last time?

you dipped your fingers in a bottle of paint,

and left an almost alive trail on the white paper,

slowly feeling the dryness of paper

or may be of your finger!!

when was the last time?

you felt like biting into the chocolate-soft brick of clay you just made.

or almost licked the remains on your fingers!

and kept re-touching that still-wet vase infinitely,
just because you liked that touch so much!

when was the last time?

you tried cleaning that old antique brass bowl

with some dry coarse powder,

till it turned into a glossy yellow surface!

and smelled fascinating new!

when was the last time?

you made a bunglow of brand new playing cards,

with utmost careful breathing and your gentle hands,

or tried picking up the the glass jar broken into pieces

and learnt what 'careful' actually means!

when was the last time?

your touch gave some life to the material,

and brought a smile on your face,

and realised that sensitivity of your touch,

can do much more than the rectangle on your laptop!

Both images from 'Preschool Crafts' website

एक होती प्रजा

आटपाट नगर होतं
नगराचा एक राजा होता
राजाला तीन राण्या
तिघिना एक एक राजपुत्र
राजा नपुंसक होता
बाकि सगळं व्यवस्थीत चालल होतं

राजवाडयामागे खोल विहीर होती
बारा महीने भरलेली असायची
सर्वात मोठ्या राणीने तिच्यात
जीव दिला होता असं म्हणायचे
नगरातल्या शेतकरयाशी तिचे
संबंध होते असही म्हणायचे
पण आता असं कुणी म्हणत नाही
दर अमावशेला सगळी प्रजा
एक एक हंडा पाणी विहिरीत ओतते
जुनी गोष्ट आहे इतकच म्हणतात
बाकि सगळं व्यवस्थीत चाललय

दरबारात एक प्रधान होता
राजवाड्याशी त्याचे घरचे संबंध
दरबारात तो फारसा नसायचा
पण राजवाड्यातल कमी जास्त
सगळ तोच बघायचा
प्रधानाची बायको हुशार
प्रधानाचा संसार राजेशाही ठेवायची
तीन वेळा का होइना
पण प्रधान राजा बनला होता ना!
प्रधानाचा संसार ही व्यवस्थित चालला होता

दरबारात एक सेनापतिही होते
राजाची कुणाशी दुश्मनीच नव्हती
राज्यातला सगळा कर
सेनापति गोळा करायचे
राज्यातली सारी न्याय-व्यवस्था
सेनापतीच बघायचे
न्याय-व्यवस्था न माननारी लोकं
सेनेत भरती व्हायची
बाकि सगळं व्यवस्थीत चालल होतं

आणि उरले राज-ज्योतिषी
त्यांच्या परवानगी शिवाय तर
नगराच पानही नाही हलायच!
प्रजेच उज्जवल भविष्य
तेच तर ठरवायचे!
नवीन रस्ते, नवीन राजवाडा
कधी कुठे बांधायचे, हे
सेनापती त्यानाच 'विचारायचे'
त्यांच्या आशीर्वादानेच तर
नगराची भरभराट होत होती

ते आटपाट नगर होत
नगराचा एक राजा होता
'राजा नपुंसक होता
हे फ़क्त राजालाच माहिती होतं'
असंच सगळे म्हणायचे!
-भावीन

नको

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What's in your blood?

कबुतराला गरुडाचे पंख लावता येतील.....

पण गगनभरारीचं वेड रक्तातच असावं लागतं...

कारण आकाशाची ओढ दत्तक घेता येत नाही॥!!!

This can be crudely (and not literally) translated as;

'A pigeon can be given wings of an eagle,

but the craving for flight has to be in blood....

'cause the longing for skies cannot be borrowed!'

(author unknown to me)

If I were..

My reply to JSincro

If I were a Month, I would be November ;
If I were a Day, I would be Sunday;
If I were a time of the day, I would be Dawn ;
If I were a Direction, I would be North ;
If I were an Element, I would be Oxygen;
If I were a Liquid, I would be Water ;
If I were a gemstone, I would be a 'GEM' hahahaha;
If I were a Tree, I would be a Banyan Tree ;
If I were a Bird, I would be 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull';
If I were a tool, I would be a Spanner;
If I were a pair of shoes, I would be a pair of Skating Shoes ;
If I were a color, I would be Orange ;
If I were an emotion, I would be Love;
If I were a Fruit, I would be Banana;
If I were a Sound, I would be Laughter ;
If I were a car, I would be Lamborghini;
If I were a Food, I would be 'Pineapple Sandwich';
If I were a Taste, I would be Tangy;
If I were a place, I would be Lakeside;
If I were a Material, I would be Wood;
If I were a Body Part, I would be the Eyes;
If I were Music, I would be Instrumental (Indian Fusion) ;
If I were a Dance, I would be Tap Dance;
If I were an Animal, I would be an Elephant;
If I were a gift , I would be Flowers;
If I were an Element Of Earth, I would be the Air ;
If I were a Historical Figure, I would be Einstein;
If I were A Famous Actor, I would be 'Bhavin Mali' hahaha ;
If I were a Book, I would be (ummm... good question!);
If I were a Poem, I would be 'The man who thinks he can' by Walter D. Wintle;

And If I were a bike, I would be 'MV Agusta Brutale' :)

But to be honest, I am quite happy being myself!

:)

Shadow

Aren't you my shadow? I can't really hold you, neither I can run away from you! All that I can do is, walk into the sun or dip myself in the dark, fooling myself that I have overcome... after every sunset! Only to find you hovering around me every morning I wake up! Struggling to find new ways to fool myself... Sometimes to feel, 'I am the shadow'...Can't do more than existing.... Are you doing the same?

Two Steps Behind

-Def Leppard

Walk away if you want to

It's okay if you need to

You can run but you can never hide

From the shadow that's creeping up beside you

There's a magic running through your soul

But you can't have it all

Whatever you do

I'll be two steps behind you

Where ever you go

And I'll be ther to remind you

That it only takes a minute of your precious time

To turn around

I'll be two steps behind

Take the time to think about it

Just walk the line you know you just can't fight it

Take a look around you'll know what you can't find

Like the fire that's burning up inside me
Now there's a magic running through your soul

But you can't have it all

Whatever you do

I'll be two steps behind you

Where ever you go

And I'll be there to remind you

That it only takes a minute of your precious time

To turn around

I'll be two steps behind

There's a magic running through your soul

But you, you can't have it all
Whatever you do

I'll be two steps behind you

Where ever you go

And I'll be there to remind you

That it only takes a minute of your precious time

To turn around

I'll be two steps behind

(Youtube link here)

फिर नहीं याद

जो भी दुःख याद ना था याद आया,
आज ना जानिये क्या याद आया

याद आया था बिछड़ना तेरा
फिर नहीं याद के क्या याद आया

हाथ उठाये थे के दिल बैठ गया
जाने क्या वख्त-ए- दुवा याद आया

जिस तरह धुंदमें लिपटे हुए फूल
इक इक नक्ष तेरा याद आया

ये मोहब्बत भी है क्या रोग 'फ़राज़'
जिस को भूले वो सदा याद आया

lyrics: Ahmed Faraz
Singer: Ghulam Ali
Album: (unknown)

(there is also another version of this ghazal sung by Hariharan in his album Hazir)

GURUs

came across a nice (sounding) TV ad after a long time, or may be its the beautiful jingle that I liked!
This is one of the ads for Samsung Guru mobile and its made by all the gurus indeed!
read this jingle:

उनके आंसू उबल पड़े,
जाते जाते देखा है,
दस नम्बर दस उंगलियाँ है,
बाकी हाथ की रेखा है।
फांसले है भी और नहीं भी,
दिल तो जेबमें रख्खा है।

Ok, this is written by none other than Gulzar, directed by Anurag Kashyap, shot on Amir Khan, music by Amit Trivedi (DevD, Aamir etc fame) and sung by Mohan (I don't know :( )
I feel nice that they made a simple and touching (to target audience atleast) ad for a phone also simple and without any 'touching' features!
I liked the locations and colour palette used for the ad too! Watch this beautifully shot ad on youtube here.
(p.s. they have edited the secondlast line in jingle to reduce the duration I guess!)

I have seen it all

"I've Seen It All"
. -by Bjork

I've seen it all, I have seen the trees,
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend,
And lives that were over before they were spent.
I've seen what I was - I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru!
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall!

And the man you will marry?
The home you will share?
To be honest, I really don't care...

You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water, its water, that's all...
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?
My pulse was as high on my very first date!
Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don't care...

I've seen it all, I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark.
I've seen what I chose and I've seen what I need,
And that is enough, to want more would be greed.
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark, the big and the small
Just keep in mind - you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all - there is no more to see!

(P.S. I remember Akash Gaur introduced me to this song and Bjork long long time ago. Here is the youtube link for this song,)

मोगरा

nothing much?

blank paper
blank face
empty mind
nothing much.

old questions
no answers
haunting puzzles
nothing much.

inspiration
exhaustion
frustration
nothing much.

something old
something lost
something new
nothing much.

one life
one death
one body
nothing much.

old memories
moist eyes
numb heart
nothing much.

same morning
same people
same smile
nothing much?
:)

-bhavin

निमित्त

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