A Silent room burns : ख़ामोश कमरा जलता है
February 27, 2012

Poem in English & Hindi both
Taken from bilingual poem collection ‘Poetic Buddha’ by Siddharth
मेरी दीवारों पर लम्हों के घरौंदे हैं
लफ़्ज़ों के तिनके जोड़ जोड़ के,
बनाए तमाम नशेमन
;
My room is like a book
With five pages
My eyes are like a pen
Writing the world
on walls… on roof
;
लफ्ज़ जाने पहचाने से
झूमते नाचते हैं…
सूफी दरवेशों की तरह
;
Walls are full of words
Some words twinkle like stars on the roof
Some are dancing like sufi saints
Some are playboys
Some are crying their heart out
;
और पीली लपटें
गुनगुनाती हैं
मानो
धुआं फूंकती हों
जवां चूल्हे में
;
एक ख़ामोश कमरा
यूं जलता है,
धीमा धीमा सा
नाच चलता है
;
Yellow flames
smudging their individuality
Dancing letters,
slowly moving towards a meaning
and a Silent room burns
;
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