और, इसलिए ज़िन्दगी मिली

 

कुछ तो अच्छा किया होगा,

कुछ तो अच्छा जीया होगा,

कि बंधुओं की बंदगी मिली,

और, इसलिए ज़िन्दगी मिली ।

* I must have done something good,

  I must have lived true,

 That I got the fondness of friends,

 And, that's how I found life too.

बुध को बोध गया

 

बुध को बोध गया,

बुध को बोध हुआ ।

*On Budhwar (Wednesday), they went to Budh (Bodhgaya), On Budhwar (Wednesday), they experienced.

Are you lonely?

 

Are you lonely?

I haven't forsaken you.

But, I can't find you.

It's the fog

That's all around me.

It's the veil

That's all around you.

When will they lift?

Will they ever?

Nothing special in this present moment

 

Some say, live in the moment,

Some say, seize the moment.

I say, life is a string of moments,

Nothing special

in this present moment,

I was there in all moments past,

I will remain

When all moments are past.

And, when all moments are past,

Love will still remain.

Nothing special

in this present moment.

Traveller, your search ends here

 

I climb a crest,

And there's one more to climb,

I find a search,

And, there's one more to find.

Is there a place

Where the signage shouts:

You're almost there.

Traveller, your search ends here.

I con

 

What is an icon? Is it like the National Geographic which is said to be iconic? Or, is it like the Wellington Gymkhana Club? The former is closing down, the latter was coerced into closing, albeit for a few days. 

Per Webster, icon is: 'a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere'. 

How can admiration close down?

Some say the word icon is the amalgamation of the subject and predicate of a very short sentence: 'I' + 'con'.

What do you say?

My, my, it's July

 

Some sigh,

It's already July;

Some say, My, My!

It's July!