I already have what I could have asked for,

Why should I then knock at God’s door for more?

My blessings I already can not count,

Why then the runaway horse of desire should I mount?

Why should I grumble and whine

When all I could have dreamt of is already mine?

Why should a sense of inadequacy me plague

Why should I be in my thanksgiving tentative and vague?

When in every nook and cranny of my life I can see God’s grace,

Why then should i the banner of discontent raise?

Why then shouldn’t I be dancing with joy

Like a child does on getting his favourite toy?

Why shouldn’t my mind be at rest

When I have seen my life climbing from better to best?

When I should know that gratitude is all,

Why into the abyss of thanklessness do I ever fall?

Is it because we are too human to pass God’s litmus test

That even while sitting atop a mountain of blessings we can not rest?

Arun Bhagat

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Life is now,
To the present moment say’ Wow’!
Focus on it like a laser,
Let this be a lesson major!
Life is in the here and now,
There can not be to it any why or how!
Now is all that you have got,
Of this truth make a mental note!
Oscillating between the past and the present, if of now you lose sight,
Nothing in your life will you get right!
Now of life sums up the story,
That is a truth hoary!
It is now or never,
Remember it for ever!
Now of life the essence contains,
A wise man always of now the sanctity maintains!
Life is now, all the rest is a dream,
That of life is the truth supreme!
If you wholly in the now live,
If to the moment all that you have you give,
That will show your wisdom profound and deep
For which a rich reward you will reap!

Arun Bhagat
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फ़िज़ाओं में घुलता ज़हर कुछ बोल रहा है,

रिश्तों का घुटता दम कुछ बोल रहा है,

क़हर बरपाया है जिस कुदरत पे वह बहुत कुछ सह रही है,

इंसान की इंसान से बेज़ारी बहुत कुछ कह रही है!

मरते हुए एहसास भी कुछ बोल रहे हैं,

डरे हुए अल्फ़ाज़ भी कोई गिरह खोल रहे हैं!

दबी हुई सिसकियों का शोर है काफ़ी,

कह रहा है शायद हमारे गुनाहों की है कोई है नहीं माफ़ी!

ज़र्रा ज़र्रे से माँग रहा है उसके किए का हिसाब,

कोई तो है ऊपर जो लिख रहा है यह गमगीन किताब!

कहाँ खतम होगी यह अंधी दौड़?

ग़र्क़ करके ही छोड़ेगी शायद यह ग़ैर इंसानी होड़!

किस से करें फ़रियाद, किस से माँगें पनाह,

कौन है जो बख्शेगा हमारे बेशुमार गुनाह?

कौन है जो हमारी दफ़्न इंसानियत को जिलाएगा,

कौन है जो हमें फिर इक बार ज़ेहानत की घुट्टी पिलाएगा?

कौन है जो ईसा की तरह सूली पे चढ़ जाएगा,

कौन है जो रूहानी क़द्रों के लिए मौत से भी लड़ जाएगा,

शायद वो मसीहा कोई और नहीं, हम खुद ही हैं,

अपनी कश्ती को पार लगाने वाले बुद्ध हम खुद ही हैं!

चलो खुदी को करें बुलंद इतना

कि ज़िंदगी सच में जन्नत बने, न रह जाए यह महज़ सपना!

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न मचा बेवजह बवाल,

तूँ बन बेमिसाल!

छू ले बुलंदियाँ आसमाँ की,

बता दे कहाँ तक पहुँच है इंसान की!

तोड़ ला आसमान से तारे,

फहरा दे अपना परचम जहां में सारे!

समुंदर की तहों से निकाल ला बेशक़ीमती मोती,

हंसा दे तूँ ज़र्रे ज़र्रे को जहां भी यह ज़मीन है रोती!

ऐसा हो तेरा हौंसला, सच के लिए ऐसी तक़रीर,

जिससे जाग उठे किसी का भी सोया हुआ ज़मीर!

न झुक झूठ के सामने, तूँ सर उठा के जी,

सुध ले उन सब की जिनकी फ़िक्र किसी ने न की!

बन मसीहा तूँ , दुनिया को सही रास्ता दिखा,

जो नेक सीख से हैं महरूम, उन्हें उम्दा कुछ सिखा!

न तेरे में कोई बेमानी ज़िद हो, न फ़ालतू की अकड़,

बेहतरीन हस्तियों ने रोशन किया जिसे, उस राह को तूँ पकड़!

कारगर हो तेरी ज़िंदगी, बेमिसाल रंग उसमें भर,

बुलंद कर अपनी हस्ती को, न रश्क किसी से कर!

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A Life That is Rich

If you can look yourself in the eye,

If with a clear conscience you can die,

If the guilt of wrongdoing does not plague your soul,

If you are able to remain well-rounded and whole,

If your intentions have been noble,

If the other person’s just share you have not tried to gobble,

If you have consistently tried to expand and grow,

If you haven’t dealt anyone an unsavoury blow,

If a life of empathy you have led,

If the hapless and the hungry you have fed,

If you have not let vanity your vision cloud,

If you have not let ignorance your better sense shroud,

If the lamp of reason you have tried to light,

If you have always stood by what is true and right,

If the high horse of ego you have not mounted,

If your untold blessings have you always counted,

If you have added life to your years,

If you have not succumbed to baseless fears,

If through the storms of life you have kept your cool,

If you have refused to act like a jittery fool,

If such a life you have led,

If the dogs of envy and hate you have not fed,

If no unholy alliance you have tried to stitch,

You have certainly led a life honourable and rich!

Arun Bhagat

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A mother’s love is like a balm,

Keeps you so happy and calm!

It is like the delightful shade of a leafy tree,

Under it you frolic and feel so free!

It is like the gushing waters of a river

Which of life and sustenance is a giver!

Of your life-boat it is the anchor

Because she only loves and knows no rancour!

A mother’s love is something to cherish

As, even when she is gone, it will not perish!

It will always be there as a beacon light,

That of her love is the might!

As you venture through the rather forbidding worldly mart,

It will always be there to light up your heart!

It will always be there to nourish your soul,

That is the moral of the story whole!

Arun Bhagat

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न अपनों से कर गुज़ारिश कोई,

फिर अपनेपन का भरम नहीं रहता,

न कर ज़ुबान का इस्तेमाल ज़्यादा,

फिर ज़हानत का भरम नहीं रहता,

न खैंच किसी बात को बहुत ज़्यादा,

फिर वापसी का कोई रास्ता नहीं रहता,

न तोड़ किसी के भी नाज़ुक दिल को,

फिर जोड़ने का कोई ज़रिया नहीं रहता !

न डूब जा अपने प्यार में इतना गहरा,

फिर दूसरों से कोई नाता नहीं रहता!

न बदहवासी में हो यूँ गाफ़िल,

फिर होशो हवास नहीं रहता,

न पी-पी कर खुद को हलकान इतना,

फिर पीने का भी कोई असर नहीं रहता,

न ख़ुदा को ले खड़े सवाल इतने,

फिर खुदाई पे भरोसा नहीं रहता!

न कटहरों में खुद को खड़ा कर इतना,

फिर खुदी पर भी भरोसा नहीं रहता,

न बना ज़िंदगी को इतना बेरंग और बेरौनक़,

फिर रंगों का कोई मायना नहीं रहता!

न हर बात को बना आन का मसला,

फिर वजूद का कोई ज़ायक़ा नहीं रहता!

अपने पैमानों के चलते न कर सब को दूर इतना,

फिर कोई कहने को भी अपना नहीं रहता!

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A warm hug tugs at your heart,

It makes a little less soulless this worldly mart!

A hug seeps into your very being,

It gives you a healthier way of seeing!

It sweeps you off your feet,

Your heart’s deepest desire does it meet!

It can be a real game changer,

It can fill with love even a lone ranger!

It brings down the most forbidding barrier,

Of enormous fellow feeling is it the carrier!

A hug makes both the hugger and the hugged glow,

It can soften the impact of even the most devastating blow!

A hug can sew any hole in your heart,

It can be of your life a deeply healing part!

If you can hug someone without any but or if,

You will come across as of invigorating air a whiff!

Many a warm hug has solved problems knotty,

It has melted the hearts of the most haughty!

When you hug someone, you are doing God’s work,

It will dispel any negativity that in some corner does lurk!

If you hug your fellow travellers to your heart’s fill,

Of a fine human being you will fit the bill!

Arun Bhagat

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Be kind every single day,

Be kind to all you meet on your way,

Be kind to everyone who crosses your path,

Be kind to those whose souls have been lacerated by others’ wrath!

Be kind to the good and the bad,

Be kind to those who are morose and sad!

Be kind to everyone in anguish,

Be kind to those who suffer and languish!

Be kind to the tiniest possible being,

Remove your blinkers and change your way of seeing!

Be kind to the dumb and the meek,

Be kind to the powerless and the weak!

Be kind even to those who no kindness know,

Let any animus against them out of the window go!

Be kind to the whole universe,

Let go of any feeling that is perverse!

Your kindness will go a long way,

It will turn even an ominously gloomy night into a cheerful sunny day!

If you believe that kindness is all,

You will among your fellow beings stand tall!

Wear your kindness on your sleeve,

And you will have no reason to grieve!

Treat your kindness as your lucky charm,

It will keep the cockles of your heart warm!

It will not only obliterate your blemishes and warts,

But will also light up numberless hearts!

Arun Bhagat

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If there is a hole in your soul,

To plug it expend your energy whole!

A hole in the soul can cause a lot of trouble,

It can turn your conscience into

rubble!

It can cause mayhem and plunder,

It can lacerate your humanity and it sunder!

It can undermine your whole being,

It can severely impair and distort your way of seeing!

If left unattended, it will grow only bigger,

For unwholesome and unwarranted things it will be a trigger,

And may remain gaping despite all your rigour!

No hole in the soul should remain unattended,

Otherwise the consequences can be grave though unintended!

Whenever you set out to heal your wounded soul,

Rest assured there can be no worthier goal!

Arun Bhagat

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