Haze

Morning's first breeze

Whispers as if

Beware winter is slowly

Setting in..!

Drab cold winter evening

Sans all the needed warmth..

Searches within its own breath

The solace of life, 

And the purpose of love !

Chill in the air

Smoke as I yawn

Wrapped in a blanket
My heart sleeps in yours..

While soul yearns for a walk

In the dew filled lawn...!

As I pour my dawn coffee

Or sit alone with my 

Evening book

I fail to blink my blank eyes

As I do not know

At what I gaze

Or, for what I look ...!

Mist envelops the earth's crust

Fog hazes my path..

All as if to help me lose my way

So that I stop my eternal search..!

The fog, the fading light..

The biting cold wind..

All conspires against me

So that, you I may not find..!

~Manjuri~

Once Again

आँख की मोती

देखो कैसे संभाला हैं मैंने 

ईन मोतीयों जैसे 

आंसूँओं को 

ना पलके झपकाई मैंने 

ना गिरने दी 

तुम्हारे दिए ईन 

अनमोल तोफो को !

सागर की सीने में दफ़्न 

जैसे रहता हैं खज़ाना कोई 

वैसे ही मेरे रूह मैं छिपा 

तुम्हारा ही धुंदला सा 

परछाई कोई !

रेत की तरहा फिसलती जाये 

मुट्ठी में समाई सांसे मेरी 

अब इससे मैं कैसे संभालू 

चल दी जो वो साथ तेरी  !

सफर बोहोत लम्बी  नहीं 

न ही बड़ी लम्बी रस्ते हैं 

तुम्हारे आत्मा से 

मेरी आत्मा की दुरी 

बस एक हाथ का हैं

दो कदम तुम चलना 

चार चलूंगी मैं भी 

आँख से मोती टपकने से पहले 

गले मिलेंगे हम भी !

~मंजरी ~

Woods

How I long to walk 

On this path, with you

Wearing the anklets

Of fallen and dried leaves... 

Inhaling the scent of wild flowers... 

Breathing deep,  

Pampering my senses...

I wait for birds to sing.. 

I wait for the butterflies to sit...

I wait for you to..

Suddenly cover my eyes..

And ask "Who Am I" ?

I touch your fingers, smile

Say.. "You I know"..

Then together we wander

Along the forbidden path

How does it matter..

How long this evening shall last..

For I know.. I shall live

An eternity in an hour..

As I silently wait

Wait for all that is beautiful...

Are you listening ? 

Do not call me back...

If you find me lost... 

For I shall not return

If woods keep me.. 

Even if you beckon

I shalt not return.. !

~Manjuri~

ইচ্ছে

নানান কথায় তোমায় সাজাতে লোভ হয় 

রোজ একটি করে কবিতা লেখার ইচ্ছে হয় 

অন্তরের জমাট ধরা নানা রং 

তোমার উষ্ণতায় গলিয়ে নিয়ে 

ছবি আঁকতে ইচ্ছে হয় 

আমার, বেঁচে থাকতে ইচ্ছে হয় !

কোনো এক চঞ্চল প্রজাপতির ডানায় চেপে 

উড়ে বেড়াতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

আমার ভালো লাগাগুলোকে গুছিয়ে রেখে 

তোমায় উপহার দিতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

আকাশের গায়ে আল্পনা এঁকে 

তোমার হাথ ধরে তা দেখবার ইচ্ছে হয়..

মেঘের ওপর দিয়ে আলতো করে 

দৌড়োতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

তুমি আমায় খুঁজে বের করবে 

সেই ভেবে হারাতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

ভালবাসার অতলে ডুবতে ইচ্ছে হয় 

আবার তোমায় নতুন করে 

পাইতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

আধো রাতে ঘুম ভাঙলে 

তোমায় দেখতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

আমার সব ইচ্ছেগুলোকে আঁকড়ে ধরে 

অমর হতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

ইচ্ছেখুশি মতো, ইচ্ছেগুলোর মালা গেঁথে 

তোমায় পরাতে ইচ্ছে হয়...

আমার রোজ একবার  করে 

বেঁচে থাকতে ইচ্ছে হয় !

~মঞ্জরী~

In The Hills

Wide open vistas of Azure blue
Horizon beyond the eye's reach
Clouds move as they please

Wind begets the freedom

To blow as it wish...

Far away blue hills

Oblivious that it exists

Unaware of its careless beauty

As if lost in the tunes

That the brooklet hums

Pines and eucalyptus 

Some oak and jacaranda

All stand in row

As if to create an aisle

For us to stroll

Hand in hand

With many promises to keep

Timeless, eternal leap

From this life to that

Living together, 

Trying to forget

That breathes are trapped

In an hourglass

Waiting for the time to advent

And turn in again

As we continue

With yet another

Beautiful episode of life..

In the hills... come lets go to the hills...

~Manjuri~

Note On Immortality

I am the heart in your rib-cage

I a dream in your eyes

I am your untold legend

I your fading smile..

I am the air you breathe

I the shadow you cast

I am the touch you feel

And I all, that ends and last !

I am the path beneath your feet

Am your sky of flight

Am the kite that you soar high

And your weakness and might..

Am the one you come to,

Am the one, you escape from

Am the one you want to keep

And am the one you let go... !

Am still but a part of you..

A dream a illusion fine

But you, oh how truly

Has been a me..

And all that is mine.. !

I cannot take a step

In my dreams or in real..

My world has shrunk in you

Now in my every search

I find you !

Words shall come

Words shall go

Poems shall get stale and wither

But I shall remain beyond my words

And find my after life shelter..

That I have carved my home

Within your bosom warm..

Wither, wilt, death and end

Today, matters none !

Immortality has been labeled an illusion

I care not any more

To live in thoughts and love of thee

I have crossed all ocean...

I did reach the shore !

~Manjuri~