बागेच्या हिरव्या विस्तारात पुष्प असे बहरते,

पाखर त्याच्या सुगंधात वाहून हसते;

हे धागे बंधनाचे,

त्यांना असे काही जोड़ते,

जणू सृष्टिच्या बहु चमत्कारातले हे एक...

हे धागे बंधनाचे...

त्यांना असे काही जोड़ते...





नभाच्या मंडपातुन येणारे थेंब पावसाचे,

व्रुक्षान्ना...पानांना एक नवी ऊर्जा देते;

झिमझिम पाण्याने,

मी ओलेचिम्ब होते,

बेभान होउन पानांसह मी ही झुलू लागले...

झिमझिम पाण्याने...

मी ओलेचिम्ब होते...





उजाळ पहाटे कोकीळ गीत मधुर गाते,

सुरांच्या जाळ्यात मन माझे हरवते;

एक उन्हाड दिवस असे,

रंग अनेक दाखवते,

मावळत्या सूर्यात माला माझे प्रतिबिंब दिसू लागते...

एक उन्हाड दिवस असे...

रंग अनेक दाखवते...




निसर्गाचे विविध रूप पाहून मन भरून येते,

जीवनाचे सार आता समजू लागते;

अर्थ नात्यांचे,

मूल्य अस्तित्वाचे,

इन्द्रधनुषाच्या सप्तारंगांत आयुष्याचे वर्ण दिसू लागले...

अर्थ नात्यांचे...

मूल्य अस्तित्वाचे...




हे धागे बंधनाचे...

अर्थ नात्यांचे...

नवजीवन देऊन गेले...

THE SOUND OF GOODBYE…

It feels so difficult to let you go,

But I can’t hold you back, I know.

Goodbye, my love,

Live well and long;

I’ll miss you so much,

Your heart is where I belong;

Walk away if you must,

Go, make your life a lovely song…

I’m not sure if I can live like this,

Remembering and savouring the feel of your kiss;

Each memory a falling leaf,

Searing my heart, bringing me grief.

Yet, I won’t ask you to stop,

I’ll swallow every sob;

Walk away if you must,

I’ll always love you…

I’ll miss you so much...

A thousand questions fill my mind,

But a single answer I can’t find;

Every feeling bruised and uncertain,

My heart is all aching and broken.

Yet, I won’t demand a single word,

Even though it may hurt like a sword;

Walk away if you must,

I’ll always love you…

I’ll miss you so much...

Every moment spent with you,

Is a splendid shade of the love-hue;

Let me breathe-in its heady fragrance,

Tomorrow I may not feel its scent.

Yet, I won’t ask you to bring me colours,

For, life without you will lose its vigour;

Walk away if you must,

I’ll always love you…

I’ll miss you so much...

Goodbye, my love…

Live well and long…

Imperfectly Perfect...

A pleasant day…bright and clear…perfect for an outing. I get ready in anticipation of a fun filled day and gear up to finally meet Dabbu after a long time :) I put on my shoes…grab my wallet and… tringgg…Dabbu calls to say that I should not leave as yet. Hmmm…ok…so I log on to g-talk and luckily a friend is online. I am like…Thank God, I’ve got someone to chat with. The conversation just gets interesting when I get another call asking me to reach the destination. Well…I’ve already waited this long…a few more minutes won’t hurt I guess. So I chat for another 10 minutes before logging off. I put on my shoes…once again…grab my wallet…once again…and reach the door…and… hell!!! It starts raining right before my eyes!!

All day long there is not a drop of rain and when I am about to leave, the sky erupts! Wonderful…this is all I needed. I inform Dabbu that I might be late…and if it continues to pour with this speed then…

But finally the rain slows down and I get a chance to escape. Mind you…I don’t have a full raincoat and I still risk the raging weather. So...the journey begins…me in an oversized jacket happily taking off for the destination. Hardly do I travel a kilometre than the rain crashes on me! Still left with a long journey ahead…I am completely drenched. And hey…the story has just begun. Just where the rain is the heaviest, my dio starts betraying me...she refuses to move ahead and stops right in the middle of the road. Hell…why didn’t I treat her with petrol before leaving?? Well…what’s done is done…so here I am…pushing my way through a water filled road all the way to the petrol pump. As if that weren’t enough, I realise at the petrol pump that I have forgotten to refill my wallet! I just hope now that I’ve kept yesterday’s change intact. And yes, I do find some cash…barely enough to get me to the destination.

Now…petrol filled…money paid…frustration relieved a bit…but the damn dio wont start!! God! It takes me full 10 minutes to get the thing started. And finally…I leave the petrol pump with a sigh. And when I think nothing worse can happen to me now, just the opposite occurs. I decide to go through the main road to avoid muddy splashy lanes. But luck just deserts me when I need it the most. The main road is so full of water that I am scared of slipping and falling right into it!

To add to my woes, the 4-wheeler drivers act over-smart and assume it their right to give us, the 2-wheeler drivers, a muddy shower! Well…fine…ok…I convince myself that just some distance is left and finally reach Dabbu’s place…all drenched…from top to bottom…clothes soaked in the muddy water…water dripping off my hair, my face, even my shoes…[sigh].

I ring the bell…aunty is right there. She watches me and gives a sympathetic smile which says ‘its-alright-these-things-happen-all-the-time’. And then Dabbu has to look at me and give one of those mocking looks! Aunty gets me a towel and insists that I change. I stand there holding a towel, embarrassed like hell! Try as I might, both, aunty and Dabbu, are not convinced when I say I don’t need a change of clothes. After a series of failed attempts, I finally change and aunty (bless her :) ) lovingly tells me not to be formal and awkward and that she always encounters things like this.

At long last…there I am…at Dabbu’s place…in Dabbu’s clothes…hoping that atleast the day gives me more than I expected. And the time that follows is filled with lots of smiles…some laughter…some fights…some patch-ups…some snaps…and a lot of tickling :)…

The day turns out to be a remarkable one for me…another leaf in my kitty of memories…meant to dry someday…but always to be present in my diary. The day, I say, is not the perfect one…but its Imperfectly Perfect…