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Sunday, February 26, 2017

It has been a while that we’ve met
And, all my attempts
To get in touch with you
Went in vain
Unsure, if we would meet ever again
While we walk on this green earth?

This wasn’t the way I had dreamt
Of us
But then, the law of nature has its
Own unique way
But, I know you love me
Even at this darkest hour of the day

Remember love?
I had narrated to you this day of ours
Before we walked down the aisle
That it isn’t going to be a bed of roses
This is how we began our life
Don’t you remember?
This is how we began our journey
Of two-getherness

If only these lifeless letters
Could bring back to you
Those memories … of us
Which we’d woven together
Things wouldn’t be then
The same as it is now…

If only these lifeless letters…


© 2017 Ajay Pai (Reserved) 
Image courtesy : AJ's personal album

Thursday, February 23, 2017

आज की रात अलौकिक
डमरू निनाद अभौमिक
मेरा शरीर नश्वर
मैं तुझमे विलीन

मैं नाही शिव
मैं नहीं निराकार
न मैं ब्रह्म

फिर क्यूँ दर्द में तपता है ये दिल मेरा
बहतें क्यूँ हैं आंसू जैसे गंगा की धार
रेंगता है क्यूँ  सर्प तन पे मेरे ऐसे
जैसे कि हूँ में शिव

कैसे समझाऊँ तुझे
मैं नहीं  शिव
मैं नहीं गंगाधर
न मैं नागभूषण

फिर हूँ मैं कौन?

हूँ मैं नीलकंठ
जिस को पिलाया विष इस दुनिया ने
सात  फेरों में
और अग्नि को साक्षी बनाके

हाँ,हाँ, हाँ
  अब लगने लगा है मुझे
कि हूँ मैं  नीलकंठ

© 2017 Ajay Pai (Reserved)  
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Lord Shiva, out of compassion, swallowed the poison. But he squeezed his throat to prevent the poison descending into his body. Thus the poison was stuck in Shiva's throat, and it was so potent that it changed the colour of Shiva's neck to blue.

This is how Lord Shiva got the name Neelkanth (neela = blue, kantha = throat)



Sunday, February 19, 2017

या अल्लाह अर-रहीम 
कितने सजदे 
किये तेरे दर पे 
इस नजिस ने!

आँसू रुकते नहीं 
काँप उठती  है रूह 
सैलाब बनके फ़ैलती है
उसकी याद!

अब नूर-ए -रहम फरमा 
और 
आगोश में ले तेरे!

मेरा  ज़मीर मेरा वजूद
तेरा है मौताज
रौनक बक्श दे अब
जनाज़ा उठने से पहले मेरा!


Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

ah! Krishna
The color of your skin is so scandalous
It has disgraced me, O divine

O the unborn,
I cuss myself for having loved your skin
The dusky skin of yours,
which is abused as black.

Ha, this searing pain
O, slayer of Kamsa
which separates you from me,
equates me to Yashoda

O the colored one,
Is this your way to grant me, absolution?
Instead, come to me
While I breathe.

O the lord of love, Madana
You have forever kept me
bereft of your love

O Narayana, the refuge of every being
Embrace my soul
Liberate me from this disgrace,
Allow me to fuse into you, O lotus eyed.


It is this skin of  yours, O Shyam
My scandalous Lord
that has disgraced me! 
O divine,
O divine.



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Monday, February 13, 2017

Let me show you the light
That’ll light up your night
Let me show you the light
That’ll brighten your smile
Let me show you the light
That’ll bring you joy

And, here it is, my little one
The light that I’d promised
The light that'll kindle your heart
It is nothing, but
The love of your dad
Whom, you recall now
only as a friend.




Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017
Video - AJ's personal collection



Sunday, February 5, 2017

     I’ve been loitering in this dubious realm
 for you since ages, Krishna
This lactating heart of mine yearns for you;
Adorning the anklets, won’t you come running
into my arms?
The tinkling anklets and your giggles, brightens my little world
And then,
I feel a strong urge to dance among the dusky clouds
embracing you.

But today, as we dance on the clouds
The rains do not drench us
Depriving us from each other’s love
Why do you suffocate me, your father, thus?
Is having no womb such a sin?

Ishaan, my Krishna, how do I narrate
My love for  you?


Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017
Images: AJ's photo gallery.



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Thursday, January 26, 2017


I am a widower, they say
My sufferings had no pathos
as my smile had masked my sorrow
I am a widower, of a different kind

During the nuptial night
Love, you’ve trampled me
Your kiss on my lips bruised us
And, I remain a virgin until this time

Oh, this dark night brings
At my door steps those moments
That brought a rainbow on my sky
Which I thought was mine too

But now, I have no rainbows
Nor the clouds and the sky
The colors have now faded
For, I am a widower of a different kind.



Copyright @Ajay Pai 2017
Image Courtesy : AJ's personal archive




Sunday, January 22, 2017


Every now and then when my heart flutters
I feel a chill that shudders

With the red roses in my garden
Here I stand wanting to blush again

When one falls in love all over again
How does one know that it isn’t a bane?

Let me fall in love
Let me rise in love
All over again
As if there is no tomorrow, ever again…



Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017
Image courtesy: AJ's personal archive


Sunday, January 15, 2017



There wasn’t just enough love -
In your eyes, my love, for me to blush
my songs have now fallen into a hush

the strings of my guitar has rusted
with the melody of the song busted

I often think why did it not last long
and,
I hear very often my heart pull a song
That croons –

There wasn’t just enough love
There wasn’t just enough love

My love…





Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017

Wednesday, January 11, 2017



Last night as we made love
draped in the breeze  
Our hearts were tugged
You were mine forevermore


Why wouldn't the time freeze?
Take a pause
for us to count the beats of our hearts
To fathom the depths of our love


Let the night croon
‘bout the love bites
that ran deep through our hearts
And, of the love which seeped out





Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017
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Saturday, January 7, 2017

कबूल कबूल कबूल
से शूरू हुई थी
कहानी उनकी, मद्धम मद्धम

सूरज चाँद तारों के बीच
बदलते गए मौसम
खुशहाल थी ज़िन्दगी

फिर एक दिन
आई शाम साँवरी इतराती
अँधेरा फैलाते हुए

गरज के बरसने  लगे अंगारों की तरह
तलाक़ तलाक़ तलाक़
 अब  साँसें उनकी

फिर जो हुआ न पूछो, ग़ालिब 

 रातें  सुलगती नहीं थी उनकी
और सवेरा धुंधला सा था

Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017
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Monday, January 2, 2017

प्यार मेरे,
नहीं किया है महसूस 
  इस दुनिया को तूने 
मेरी आँखों कि रोशनी से

महसूस किया होता अगर 
इस दुनिया को 
इन आँखों कि रोशनी से
तो आज होते नज़रिये  एक हमारे
और 
यूँ ना बंटते ये रास्ते हमारे


Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2017

Thursday, December 1, 2016


Oh my, my
It was a scandalous morning
I sat up on my bed 
wrapped up in a blanket
I was cold
I was frozen
And, I was hustling to find
That which was missing;
I ran to the corners
I took a plunge underneath my bed
It was getting on my nerves

Oh my, my
These daring brazen rays
Flirting with my naked skin
Lampooning and poking fun
I climbed up the shelves
Checked-out through the window
Trust me, will you?
It was getting on my nerves big time
Yet, I couldn’t find those.

Where are my boxers?
My blue, blue boxers
The one which wrapped me last night

Oh, yes! I recall
I was drunk, I was tipsy
And, I wore them, the boxers on my head
Instead of my Hat, Oops!


Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2016
Image courtesy : Aj's album



Monday, November 28, 2016

याद है मुझे आज भी 
 वो शाम 
सोंधी सी खुशबू थी 
महक रहा था आसमान 
सूरज सिसकियाँ लेते हुए 
बादल  की ओढ़नी में  छुपा था 
बिदाई का वक़्त था 
और मेरे नयन थे नम 

मगर, दुल्हन तू 
हँस  रही थी, खिलखिला रही थी 
ना कोई ग़म, ना आँसू
बांवरा मैं , सोच के बैठा
कि मेरे प्यार में थी तू पागल

मगर आज लगा है पता मुझे
तेरी उस हँसी का वजूद 
बिदाई तो  हुई थी तेरी 
पर मायका नहीं छूटा था 

और, मायका तेरा ले 
डूब गया है छोटा सा आशियाना मेरा !


Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2016

Image courtesy : Aj's album.



Sunday, November 27, 2016

जब आँखें बंद की थी मैंने
तब  तुम थी
आँखें  खुली, तो हुई तुम गायब
लुकाछुपी में थी तुम माहिर
अब सोचता हूँ मैं
 कि तुम सपना तो नहीं!

अब नींद आई तो
सहम के करवटें बदल लेता हूँ
 ये सोच के,
 कि सपनों में टकराये  ना अखियाँ हमारी!


Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2016

Image courtesy : Aj's album.

Thursday, November 24, 2016



साहिबा, जो पल गुज़ारे थे  हमने 
एक दूजे कि बाहों में, 
वो आज बस ख़याल बने मंडरा रहे  हैं !

दफन करदूँगा उन ख्यालों को आज 
लपेट के इस कोरे कागज़ के कफ़न में
बांधूंगा कस के इन काले लफ़्ज़ों में 
उन ख्यालों को आज
और लगाऊँगा मोहर  मियाद की !

पता चले दुनिया को 
कि, खत्म हुई है ये कहानी हमारी !


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Image courtesy : Aj's album.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016



इतनी जल्दबाज़ी क्यूँ करते हो, जनाब 
सांझ अभी तो जवान हुई है 
बहक जाने दो उन् अखियन में 
करवटें बदलने दो उनकी बाहों में 
इक रात ही तो है 
करीबी की,
रोशनी तो जुदा कर देती है !


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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

आँसू तब भी निकले थे, 
ग़ालिब -
जब उसने नाता तोडा था !

और, आज भी अश्क़ निकले हैं 
जब मेला है यारों का सजा !

बस, फर्क सिर्फ इतना ही 
की आज मैं हँस पड़ा !


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Image courtesy : AJ's personal archive

Monday, November 21, 2016

साहिबा !

उन  होंटों में ऐसा नशा नहीं है
कि हम डगमगा जाए

नशा , तो दिल के टूटने से होता है 
बिखर के समेटने में होता है 
 रूह काँप उठती है 
होश गुम जाता है 
और, हंसी अश्क़ में ढल जाती है!

ये , नशा नहीं तो और क्या है ?



Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2016
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Sunday, November 20, 2016


On my bedspread last night
I saw you;
You knew how to hold my face
and, smudge my lips
to drench them in love.
Swaying in the trance
I let you fuse into my rhythm.
You blew heat waves into my ears
And I slithered into this sensuous sin.
The poison on my lips
And, the raunchiness in my eyes-
Drove us insane!
Touch me
Caress me
    Let us bleed
to dance in this music of lust.


 Copyright @ Ajay Pai 2016 | Image courtesy : Aj's personal archive