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नन्ही परी, चंचलता भरी

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एक थी चुलबुल नन्ही सी परी,
चंचलता, चपलता, शरारत भरी,
मुस्कान से उसकी, रोशन था ज़माना,
पड़े सब पीछे, उसको था फंसाना|

आया एक राजकुमार तभी,
सबसे लड़ा और उसे ले उड़ा,
आह भरी, देखते रह गए सभी,
आसां न था, युद्ध हुआ था कड़ा|

पर किस्मत को था मंज़ूर नहीं,
नज़र लगी उसको जमाने की,
अभिमन्यु का भी चक्रव्यूह क्या होगा,
फंसी वो बेचारी जान थी जिसमें|

आंसू न बहा तू, आंसू का मोल है तेरे,
खुशियाँ हैं तेरी, सब गम हैं मेरे,
वक़्त बुरा ना रहता, चला जाता है,
तेरा यह उदास मुख, पर नहीं भाता है|

चहकती महकती सी गुड़िया जो है तू,
चहकती महकती सी गुड़िया ही रह तू,
चहकना महकना ही भाता ही तुझको,
चहकना तेरा, महकाता है सबको|

ठहराव थोड़ा बस आता है,
रुकती नहीं है चाल,
भूल के तू सबकुछ,
मचा वही पुराना धमाल|

कुछ होते हैं सच्चे, कुछ होते हैं कच्चे,
पर कुछ तुझ जैसे, बस होते हैं अच्छे,
आंसू न बहा तू, आंसू का मोल है तेरे,
खुशियाँ हैं तेरी, सब गम हैं मेरे|

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March 26, 2011 at 6:34 pm

An Ode to Girls: Eat Pao not Bhao

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Nahin yaar kal time nahin hai. Some other time”, she would say over the phone. And then giggle away to her friend. “Thoda bhaav khana zaroori hai. Dekh ab kaise peeche peeche aata hai”.

This is the fundamental problems with girls that I never have been comfortable with. This might work with the vella guys who have no work and are just fishing around. With guys who have a professional life and that to a busy one, such tactics are bound to backfire.

There have to be an equal participation in a relationship even to start it off. Working guys have very less time during weekdays and sometimes weekends are busy too. So if you squander away the meeting just for the fun of it, to entice him, to tease him. There might not be a second one. Life moves on and so would he.

If you feel interested in him, there is no point squandering the meeting. If you want to play ‘hard to get’, there are other tactics to apply. Make him wait at the dinner. Guys have no problem in waiting, even for hours. They would never complain; you would find them sipping coffee and happy when you finally arrive. You can take calls a number of times when with him. You can seem disinterested in all the crap that he is shooting off. That’s all fine.

The bottom line is you have to be there. For most of the guys, out of sight is out of mind. The phone calls, the messages, are fine up to some time. After that it gives a feeling that you are too hard to get and if the guy has his work too in mind, he will wither away. Chase how much you might then, it would be of no help.

So if you find a guy for whom you feel positive vibes and butterflies. It’s better not to play too hard. Spend time together. Be there in sight. Coz obviously if you think he is not up to, you can any day break it off.

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March 24, 2011 at 1:01 pm

नींद शर्मा गयी

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आखें उसके दीदार के नशे में डूबीं थी ऐसे,
की नींद भी शर्मा के रह गयी रात भर,
लफ्ज़ मिले नहीं बहुत सोच कर,
जब मिले तो जबाँ दगा दे गयी,
हाथ घायल थे उसके भर स्पर्श से,
कलम उठाई तो सियाही सूखी निकली,
बहुत हिम्मत कर उस दिन स्टेशन पहुंचे हम,
जालिम ट्रेन को भी उसी दिन समय पर आना था,
निगाहों ने बस उसको ढूँढा सारी तरफ,
जब दिखी तभी बारिश आ गयी,
मिलना था उससे जब, ख्वाबों में,
कातिल एक बार फिर नींद दगा दे गयी|

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August 28, 2010 at 3:18 am

अनजान हँसी

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पिछली सर्दी की बात है ये
घर पर था छुट्टी मना रहा
धुंध की चादर ओड़े था
सूरज भी ठुर ठुर ठिठुर रहा |

सुबह सुबह सी दोपहर थी जो
तफरी करने को निकला मैं
सायें सायें कर हवा कटी
सुड सुड करती सी नाक बही |

साथ मैं मेरे जॉय थी था
गुस्से से मुझको घूर रहा
खुद को तो चले मारने तुम
मेरे को काहे खत्म करो |

तभी दिखी कुछ दूर तलक
एक जानी पहचानी अनजान झलक
वो खिल खिल करती एक मस्त हँसी
जॉय की भी पूँछ हिली |

छम छम करती वो हुस्न परी
गरमाती मौसम तरी तरी
जी भरकर देख ना पाया मैं
कुछ और धुंध सी बही तभी |

वो चेहरा ढूँढ रहा तबसे
एक झलक मांग रहा रबसे
पर मिल ना पाया मुझे कभी
भूलने की कोशिश करुँ अभी |

वो थी एक अनजान हसीं
मेरी धड़कन उसमें है फसीं
पिछली सर्दी की जो है बात
इस सर्दी मैं काश हो मुलाक़ात |

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July 5, 2010 at 12:36 pm

Dear Rose

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Leaving thy, with a sigh!
Back will I, don’t cry,
Task this, must I pursue,
Let me go, O! wonderful you.
I ask you this, not for me wait,
To start a new life don’t hesitate,
My heartly blessings are with you,
My dear Rose whatever you do.

Dumbstruck was she to this,
Hinting something was amiss,
Replied she with deepset grief,
Don’t worry, I would be brief.
Leave you! I would not budge,
There is task you must indulge,
Understand this me enough.
But how could you say my dear love,
That I should find a new partner,
This was a dagger that you just utter,
I would be waiting till the end of time,
Uptill I be far past my prime,
You would find me when you come,
Just your Rose and not else some,
So go away just don’t worry,
If I were rude, can I just say…Sorry.

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March 9, 2010 at 1:52 pm

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My best friends wedding

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Whenever I attended a wedding and was subjected to a barrage of vintage marriage songs, there was this one song that always caught my attention. It goes like, “Mera yaar bana hai doolha, aur phool khile hain dil ke, meri bhi shaadi ho jaaye dua karo sab milke…” (My friend is the groom, I am happy from my heart; pray that I too get married). Also the traditions like joota churai wherein the brides’ sister steal the shoes of the groom and ask for money (shagun) in return, and the talks about dulhan ki behen and doolhe ka bhai seemed too clichéd and filmy to me.

I mean why would a guy wish to get married only while attending his mates wedding? There are 365 days round the year when you could wish so. Why the same day? Why not just go along, enjoy the marriage and not try to steal your mates thunder. Joota churai too seemed funny and just filler to me.

I tell you what, I was totally wrong. No shame admitting it. Until you attend your best friends wedding; you can’t understand the feeling behind the said song. It comes from within. I am telling you coz last week I attended my best friends wedding and believe you me the lyrics of the song felt closer to me than ever before. While he was riding the horse with people dancing around, the nauchawar, the varmala, the feras and the vows, I could feel the sweet urge to get married too. The atmosphere is such that it’s difficult to abstain from such a phenomenon.

The joota churai which seemed childish to me matured that day. I found myself, hiding grooms shoes away from the reach of brides’ sisters and letting them have the shoes only after making them accede that they lost. Those were such wonderful scenes that I blush and smile simultaneously as I write. They are playing right in front of me.

About the dulhan ki behen and doolhe ka bhai. It’s a tradition to have a sort of nok-jhok among the two. Subtle flirtations included if they both are young, unmarried and of the same age. All in good spirit though. (All this time I keep going back to the old movies and how true they seem to me today.) Since groom had a married older brother, it was left to us (friends) to take over the baton of younger brother. Though I am not of the flirtatious kind I felt all game for such a nok-jhok. Sadly, the bore as I am, I couldn’t go the length. But still it was all fun.

Marriages are always nice and now that I can only attend them once in a blue moon owing to staying away from home, I tend to enjoy the ones I attend as much as I can. Finally just one request, “Meri bhi shaadi ho jaaye dua karo sab milke”.

इंतज़ार

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इस पत्र के पटल पर दिल की इबारत है लिखी,
इसी को मेरा प्रेम पत्र समझना तुम सखी|

दो-चार बार जो तुम मुझसे मिली,
दिल के आँगन में कली नई खिली।

नोट्स के बहाने हुए पहली मुलाक़ात,
उसी पल हमने अपना दिल दिया तुम्हारे हाथ।

चांदी के सिक्कों सा तेरा तन,
तेरी खिलखिलाहट और यह चंचल मन।

मेरे इशारों को तू न समझ पायी,
या मेरे खुदा तेरी दुहाई।

दिल की बात कहने की कच्ची है उमर,
पर जब भी कहूँगा तुझे ही कहूँगा ऐ जानेजिगर बन मेरी हमसफ़र।

इस दिल के बहकाने पर न चलूँगा मैं,
प्यार की कसौटी पर खुद को परखूँगा मैं।

हाय हैलो का यह प्रेम नहीं है,
इससे आगे भी न बढ़ सका यह भी सही है।

जब मैं बन जाऊंगा इस काबिल,
कि सकूँगा तेरा हाथ थाम, तभी समझूंगा तुझे अपनी रंगीन शाम।

बस तब तक मेरा इंतज़ार करना,
वरना …

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March 28, 2008 at 11:23 am

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मिलन

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एक अनजान सा वो चेहरा,
जुल्फ तले है घना अँधेरा,
देर रात देता है दस्तक,
नींद में ली अंगड़ाई है,
छाया है मदमस्त हो यौवन,
नयी छठा बिखरी घर आँगन,
पर कौन है वो जो रोक है देता,
मेरा वो साहिल से मिलन,
हुआ है पहले, हो के रहेगा,
इंतज़ार का सिला मिलेगा,
कौनसी होगी ना जाने वो बेला,
जब नैया पर लग जायेगी,
पर है विश्वास इतना बस मुझको,
कि वो मधुर घडी जल्द ही आएगी।

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December 28, 2007 at 10:51 pm

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Ek Ehsaas Phir Se

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Jab dekha tha use
Kuch hua tha mujhe
Keh nahin sakta kya tha ehsaas
Sab shithil sa ho gaya tha aas paas
Woh ehsaas kuch ajeeb tha
Ek dard sa woh de jo gaya
par lage mujhe kyon pyara woh
bata de koi mujhko
khair mere yaar, mere saathi
jeevan ki is dor mein
aayega phir wohi ehsaas
pehli baar toh maine jaane diya
par abki baar rahoonga mein tyaar.

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December 20, 2007 at 7:37 pm

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