1/8: shaayad

hayaat ek mustaqqil gham ke siwa

kuch bhi naheen

shaayad khushi bhi yaad aati hai toh

aansoon bankar aati hai

life is nothing

but endless sorrow

even joy, when remembered

returns, perhaps, only as tears

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

2/8: shaayad

ye bhi ik rang hai

shaayad meri mehroomi ka

koyi hans de to

mohabbat ka gumaan hota hai

maybe this too is

a shade of my deprivation

that if anyone smiles

it seems to me like love

Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)

3/8: shaayad

shaayad unka aakhri ho

yeh sitam

har sitam ye soch kar

hum seh gaye

perhaps, this is the

last cruelty

thinking so, i endured

every cruelty

Theme:Oppression, Rebellion & Freedom (38)

4/8: shaayad

phirte ho ‘mir’ sahab

sab se juda juda tum

shaayad kaheen

tumhaara dil in dinon laga hai

o mir, you keep roaming

away from everyone else

perhaps you have your heart

set on someone these days?

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

5/8: shaayad

vo bhi shaayad ro paDe

veeraan kaaghaz dekh kar

main ne us ko aakhiri khat mein

likhaa kuch bhi naheen

maybe she will break down

seeing my blank letter

in this last message to her

i didn’t write anything

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

6/8: shaayad

ab ke ham bichhde to shaayad

kabhi khwabon mein milen

jis tarah sukhe hue phool

kitabon mein milen

as we part ways now, perhaps

we may meet again in our dreams

just as we find dried flowers

within the pages of an old book

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

7/8: shaayad

awaaz de ke dekh lo

shaayad woh mil hi jaye

varna ye umr bhar ka safar

raaigaan to hai

call and reach out…maybe

you will get to meet her

else, the life’s journey

would be in vain

Theme:Hopes, Aspirations & Dreams (33)

8/8: shaayad

zindagi shaayad

isii ka naam hai

duuriyaan majbuuriyaan

tanhaaiyaan

life perhaps

is just this

distances, compulsions

loneliness

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)