Mystic

 

(1969)

restful

at nightfall 

as throughout the day

light or dark 

evermore

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Anonymous wrote: Restless as well. All those lives refusing to let go clinging like cobwebs to everything around.
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Anonymous wrote:

presiding over the dead 
the hoary mystic 
beard flowing
eyes drooping
biding his time 
awaits the moment
when one by one 
they are brought in
living done, loving gone
but for the sticky traces
left among those

they leave behind
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Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy wrote:

Bharosaa kar 
Na daulat par 
Na soorat par 
Na chaahat par
Yeh duniyaa hai 
Sadaa rahti nahin 
Jo ek haalat par

Aaraam ke the saathi kya kya 
Jab vaqt padaa to koyi nahin
Sab dost hain apne matlab ke Duniya main kisi kaa koyi nahin

Kal Chalte the jo ishaaron par
Ab milti nahin hai unki nazar
Kal Chalte the jo ishaaron par
Ab milti nahin hai unki nazar

Yaa chaahanevaale laakhon the 
Yaa poochhnevaalaa koyi nahin

Aaraam ke the saathi kya kya 
Jab vaqt pada to koyi nahin
(afsos)
jab vaqt pada to koyi nahin
.........


Arzoo Lucknowi 1949