हाँ एक थी चौदह फ़रवरी थी !

 हाँ कभी ऐसा भी होता था

बिना कहे ही सब होता था 

आज  क्या  क्या  होना है 

सब को भी पता होता था !

युगों युगों से होता आया है 

हर स्पंद सोखता  आया  है 

बोलकर न इसे बिगाड़ देना 

बिना कहे निभाता  आया है !

न दिखाता हूँ न बोलता हूँ 

न सजाता हूँ, न छिपाता हूँ 

वो खुद ही बोलता रहता है 

रुख़ पे सब लिखे  जाता है !

हाँ एक थी, चौदह फ़रवरी थी 

फ़िक्रमंद   थी, दानिशमंद  थी  

मगर एक दिन को भी न अलग 

होने वाली अजब सी शिद्दत थी!

क्या  रिश्ता  था  हमारा उनका 

ये  न अब  का  था  न तब  का 

सदियों से यूँ ही चला आता है 

नाम नहीं होता है कोई इस का !

ओम् शान्ति:

अजित सम्बोधि

They walk hand in hand!

  See all those love birds in blooming colours 

Cooing  in  chorus  as  the  red rose  flutters!

It’s 14th of February and I talk of, you know 

Those  Valentinos  and their  husky whispers!

Rituraj and St. Valentine walk  hand  in hand

This year  it is  special for  the  graphic band!

Like it  befell  more  than  a  millennium  ago 

Rituraj  joins hands  with the  romantic  band!

Chaucer gave life  to ‘the parliament of fowls’

When all the birds, including the hooting owls 

Shall wait for 14th Feb, the first day of spring!

To choose their mates amidst songs and howls!

Some got their mates, some  only the brickbats

For all the clamor & clatter, they lost their bets.

They would wait a full long year, for the spring!

Hoping next year not  to hide behind their hats!

Remember, spring and valentine are intertwined 

It has happened every year, they’re so entangled!

Love birds wait eagerly for the spring, every year 

Expecting saint’s presidency to end the dead end!

Today  is basant panchmi , the herald  of Spring!

So  is Valentine’s Day, the  harbinger  of  Spring!

It was Geoffrey Chaucer, father of modern poetry

Who made Love an art, in the spirit of the Spring!

Rituraj = Prince Charming in Spring!

Om Shantih

Ajit Sambodhi 

Happy birthday to you, Arunima

  Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

Who’s Arunima? flash of the dawn?

All across the sky, elegantly drawn?

Live  expression of  euphoric vibes?

To experience every morn hands-on?

Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

You chose the month of February 

The time of purification festivity!

And eight, the pinnacle of power

Riding  the  vibes  of  spirituality!

Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

Everyone  loves  you  so  much 

For distancing the double dutch 

With emotional  sensitivity and 

Insight that make you nonesuch! 

Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

Happy birthday to you, Arunima!

Blessings 

Nana