कभी-कभी खुशी-हँसी
कभी निशि मषि दिखी
कभी सुरभि कभी दुरभि
कभी सन्धि दुरभिसन्धि
कभी आँखें कभी अन्धी
बन्धन-मुक्त कभी बन्दी
कभी-कभी मधुर भी वह
मधुरता से विधुर दिखा
कभी-कभी बन्धुर भी वह
बन्धुरता से विकल दिखा
बन्धु कभी बन्धु-विधुर
भावुकता की चाल चली
बाल कभी आगे बढ़ा
वबाल बढ़े, बढ़ते चले
पालक बना चालक बना
बाल हुए पलित कभी
कभी दमन कभी शमन
कभी-कभी सुख चमन
कभी वमन कभी नमन
कभी कुछ परिणमन...!
अभी रुकती नहीं
कहती थकती नहीं
अस्थियाँ कुछ और कहती हैं,
कि
इन स्थितियों-परिस्थितियों को देख
ये कुछ हैं भी या नहीं
ऐसी धारणा मत बनाओ कहीं!
ये सबके सब निशा के निरे, बस
स्वपन...स्वपन...स्वपन...
At times, rejoicings and laughter,
At times is seen the deep dark night,
Often fragrance, often bad-smell
Often alliance, often a secret plot
Sometimes eyes, sometimes blindness,
-Free from fetters, again confined
Occasionally, even the sweet one
Was found devoid of sweetness,
Ever and anon the crooked one
Was seen distressed with crookedness,
Now a kinsfolk, some time without kinship
Who plays a trick of sentimentality,
A young one who sometimes steps forward,
The perplexities grow, and go on growing,
Becomes protector, assumes guidance,
In due course, his hair turn grey,
At times, suppression, then pacification
Occasionally, the garden of delights
Now, the emittance from the mouth, then the show
O of salutations Now and then some fulfilment..!
Even now, without coming to a halt,
Feeling no fatigue while relating,
The bones add something more,
That
Keeping in view such situations and conditions
Don't ever hold such opinion that
Whether they possess some significance or not!
All these are merely night-nourished
Dreams ...dreams...dreams..!