Ecstasy of a poem

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 "The meaning and ecstasy of a poem are more in the lines which are read, than in the lines which are written."

हम क्या ढ़ूँढ़ते है?

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हम क्या ढ़ूँढ़ते है, हम क्या जाने?

ख़ुशी की गलियों से ढूँढ़ते जो निकले 
जब कट्कटाये तो, वो दर्द के दरवाजे निकले,

दहलीजे पार कर महफ़िल में जो आ पहुंचे 
अपनी मंज़िल के बिदाई पे जा पहुंचे | 

Precious!!

The 'Precious' ring from the epic "Lord of the Rings"

The angel and the devil overheard a gossip that they were supposedly on the list of those who would receive the gift of God. Accustomed to arguments, they set out on another one.
"The gift will be precious. We will have to take care of it."
"What is precious?"
"That we cherish, that we value and that we cannot afford to loose."
"What if it is lost?"
"It is precious, it simply can't be lost."
"Suppose I loose it, what will be the consequences?"
"Oh no! That is unimaginable, drastic, too very painful. A highly precious possession can't be lost, it has to be treasured."
"Come on, for the moment let us consider we lost the precious possession, we lost what we treasured and cherished.  We have felt all the pain. What next? What are the consequences - the after effects?"
"Well,.... in that case,....... Maybe, we will learn to live without it."
"If so, is the precious, so very precious?"

बहता मन

San Rafael Falls, Quijos River, Amazon, Ecuador

मन ये मेरा बहने लगा.....

मिलके तुझसे कहने लगा.....

तुझ तक जो बहके आया हूँ.....

क्या पता तुझसे बह भी न जाहूँ....!?

Assessment.

The angel and devil were in mood for some food for thought.

"You are stubborn."

"Are you sure?"

"You appear so."

"To whom?"

"To me."

"So, the stubbornness is in you."

"How?"

"If not, how else would you assess me so?"

"That is a non sense argument."

 "Here is how it makes sense to me - There is a feeling in you which you define in a particular way, later interpreting few similarities between that definition of yours and few of my actions, you associate its reflection with the perception you carry about me."

"That is a complicated logic. None puts in so much effort to arrive at an assessment."

"If not much effort is put in, how can it be called an 'assessment'?"