If - by Rudyard Kipling

Yes its a classic... and most deservingly so....

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Karte rahe hum intezaar,
par ho naa paya deedar-e-yaar
intezaar karne ki toh uff...
ab aadat si ho gayi hai

Author: A [:p]

Alight

I thought I had forgotten to feel
but was it the warmth of your hands last night

I thought I had forgotten to see
but was it the glint in your eyes which met mine

And I thought I was happy alone
but were it you around me who set my thoughts alight

In the name of love

In the darkness of night, I scream alone
Tears, pain, agonies unknown

Past that has past, but not yet gone
I hide it in my heart, my soul forlorn

Something died in me, the world will never know
The twinkle of my eyes died on the lines of your brow

Your promises, your love, your decisions wise
Silence of the room and my intermittent cries

"Stay", I sobbed, cried and wept
Your few words and my world was swept

Yes, I died then and there, my blood dripped from your glove
Oh your weak affections!.. killed me in the name of love..

Not every dream in life can be 'dreamt again'

The path ahead is curved not straight
I know I can’t turn back dear mate

But my past is my part, it can't be undone
Fragments of myself, I can’t shun

Tears, smiles, happiness aside
'Learning' is the key to life

Some wishes are like flowers strewn down the memory lane
Not every dream in life can be 'dreamt again'

Author: ME
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Keep the faith but don't let yourself be blinded by it...

सच है महज़ संघर्ष ही

Here is a poem that some of you (who took CBSE Hindi course 'A' in their X-standard :-) ) might have read. It was there in the curriculum poem book called 'Swati'.

Its very nice, inspirational piece of poetry... Its written by a very well known Hindi poet: Jagdish


http://shabdaurabhivyakti.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post_23.html
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I specially like the following two lines:

1. हमने रचा आओ हम ही अब तोड़ दें इस प्यार को
यह क्या मिलन, मिलना वही जो मोड़ दे मंझदार को

2. जब तक बंधी है चेतना, जब तक ह्रदय दुःख से घना
तब तक न मानूंगा कभी, इस राह को ही मैं सही

More on Hindi poetry later... :)

I walk alone

I walk alone (Aug 2007)

No time to think, No time to cry
No time to lose, No time to try

No goals in mind, no shades in sight
No treasures to latch, no steps to match

A curved path, no view ahead
Yes, I am lost but not yet dead

My mistakes, my deeds I have to atone.
Frail but alive, I just walk alone


- A
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.... Can't control those tears but still I am trying 
(written around Feb-End--Early March 2007)

You turn away and walk past me

You move along and trample on me

All those dreams of yours, that you set in my eyes

All your promises unkept, and all your lies

You didn't stand up for me and left me alone

The first test of time and you were gone

You showed me around and made this a talk of the town

Now you throw me at will, like a pet or a clown.

Your love was a lie, just a passing fad

You played with my life, now ask why am I mad?

You don’t care a thing, your life is just fine

Why did you come to me and ruined mine

Now you shout on me and say why do I blame

Coz' the world believes, but I know… your excuses are lame

You say of problems... now you have a family to see!

What happened to the promise that your family was me

The world laughs at me, breakups routine for them

The world will move over, my wounds will ever remain

Yes, I was wrong, to believe your words

Yes, I was wrong, in trusting you so much

My heart screams and my eyes are crying

Can't control those tears but still I am trying

--- composed by A