Art Class

So I joined an art class, here's my work-in-progress, I'm also thinking of buying a guitar! Will keep you posted on my progress :D

Kuch Is Tarah - Atif Aslam

kuch is tarah teri palkain meri palkon se mila de
look into my eyes in such a way that

aansu tere saray meri palkon pe saja de
when you want to cry, the tears should come out of my eyes

tu har ghari har waqt mere sath raha ha
each and every moment I feel that spiritually I'm with you

han yeh jism kabhi dur kabhi paas raha ha
yeah its the truth that I physically may be away from you

jo bhi ghum hai yeh tere unhain tu mera pata de
whatever your troubles, your bad memories, heart-breakers, just give them all to me and take all my happiness

kuch is tarah teri palkain meri palkon se mila de
look into my eyes in such a way that

mujh ko to tere chehray par yeh gham nahi jachta
and o my beloved I cannot bear to see this sorrowful expression on your face because it really hurts me

jayez nahi lagta mujhey ghum se tera rishta
and this is totally unfair with that innocent face of yours

sun meri guzarish is chehray se hata de
I beg you to please remove it from your face and replace it with my happiness

kuch is tarah teri palkain meri palkon se mila de
look into my eyes in such a way that

aansu tere saray meri palkon pe saja de
when you want to cry, the tears should come out of my eyes

Hum Kis Gali Ja Rahey Hain - Atif Aslam

hum kis gali ja rahey hain ...
To which way are we going?(Which way is this that we've stepped into?)

hum kis gali ja rahey hain ...
To which way are we going?

apna koi thikana nahi .....
i don't have any home for myself....

apna koi thikana nahi .....
i don't have any home for myself....

Armanoon ki anjuman mey ,
with so many wishes in my heart

beysud hai apni lagan mey ...
I'm lost in this journey of reaching my goals
apna koi fasana nahi ....
(with so many wishes, though i m all in ma senses but still i ve lost all my senses. in my struggle to get all that i wish i ve left everything n set out on a journey so now i m homeless )

apna koi fasan nahi ....
ek ajnabi sa chehra , rehta hai meri nazar mey
I see the face of an stranger (in my thoughts)

ek dard aakey thera din raat dard-e-jiggar mey
& this pain hurts me day & night

jagi hai kaisi talab si ...
What kind of desire is this that flames within me

ye arzu hai ajab si....
What an strange wish is this...

lekin kisi ko batana nahi ....
but I shouldnot tell anyone about it

lekin kisi ko batana nahi ....
hum kis gali ja rahey hain ..
To which way are we going?...

hum kis gali ja rahey hain ...
apna koi thikana nahi .....
i don't have any home for myself....

apna koi thikana nahi .....
beytabiyaan hain pal pal , chaya ye kaisa nasha hai ...
I'm restless in every moments, what kind of pleasure is this that's surrounded me....

khamoshiyon mey sada , hosh bhi gumshada hai ...
I hear the voice even in the silence, I've lost my senses...

dar dar kahan ghumta hai ,masti mey kyun jhumta hai ...
Why am I lost in unconsciousness & whirl?!

dewanaey dil ney jana nahi ...
my crazy heart has been unable to know wat it is

dewanaey dil ney jana nahi ...
hum kis gali ja rahey hain ..
hum kis gali ja rahey hain ...
apna koi thikana nahi .....
apna koi thikana nahi .....
apna koi thikana nahi .....
apna koi thikana nahi .....

Ehsaas - Atif Aslam

main ik fard hoon ya ik ehsaas hoon
Am i an individual or a feeling

main ik jism hoon ya rooh ki pyaas hoon
Am i just a body or the thirst of a soul?

ke such ki talaash hai duur akaash hai
i'm searching for truth, the sky is far away...

manzil paas nahin kya tu mere paas hai
my destination is far, are you beside me? (will you accompany me to reach to the destination?)

kabhi main amal hoon kabhi bay amal hoon
sometimes i do things, sometimes i don't

gar tujh main nahin tou phir bay mehail hoon
if you arenot there with me, then i'm .... (??)

ke such ki talaash hai duur akaash hai
i'm searching for truth, the sky is far away...

manzil paas nahin kya tu mere paas hai
my destination is far, are you beside me? (will you accompany me to reach to the destination?)

Doorie - Atif Aslam

Doorie ....
Distance...

Doorie ....
Distance...

Doorie sahi jaey na ...
I cannot bear this seperation....

sahi jaey na ... sahi jaey na ...
i cannot bear....

khamoshiyan ye seh na sakun ....
There's a killing silence, i cannot bear it

awaz dey key mujhe tu dey ja sakun ....
Call me & pacify me...

Khamoshiyan ye seh na sakun ....awaz dey key tu dey ja sakun .....

Doorie

Doorie , sahi jaey na ....

Adhura hun main ab terey bina
I am incomplete without you

adhuri meri zindigani reh jaey gi
& my life will remain incomplete(without you)

Adhura hun main ab terey bina adhuri meri zindigani reh jaey gi
doorie ...

doorie , sahi jaey na ...
har rah mey tu , ayey nazar ..
Everywhere i look, i see only you (i see you everywhere all around me)

kat-ta nahi ab akeyley , tanha safar ....
& I'm not alone in this journey....
Doorie ....
Distance...
Doorie , sahi jaey na ....
I cannot bear this distance...

Aadat - Atif Aslam

Najaane kab se umeedein kuch baqi hain
Who knows how long I have been waiting for you
Mujhe phir bhi teri yaad kyun aati hai?
So why do I still miss you?
Najaane kab se...
who knows since when

Duur jitna bhi tum mujhse paas tere main..
However far you are from me, I am close to you
Ab to aadat si hai mujhko aise jeene main
I'm used to living like this by now
Zindagi se koi shikwaa bhi nahin hai
I don't even have any complaints about my life
Ab to zinda hun main is neele aasmaan mein
I'm just alive under the blue sky

Chaahat aisi hai yeh teri badhti jaaye
My love for you is such that it just keeps growing
Aahat aisi hai yeh teri mujhko sataaye
The (imagined) sound of you approaching is such that it torments me
Yaadein gehri hain yeh kitni dil doob jaye
My memories of you are so deep that the heart drowns
Aur aankhon main yeh ghum num ban jaaye
And the hurt becomes tears in my eyes

Ab to aadat si hai mujhko aise jeene main
I'm used to living like this by now

Sabhi raatein hain
Those nights are always with me
Sabhi baatein hain
Those talks are always with me
Bhula do unhein
(I need to) forget them
Mitaa do unhein
(I need to) erase them

Ab to aadat si hai mujhko.....
I'm used to living like this by now....

AADAT - Kalyug Version - Atif Aslam

Juda hoke bhi tu mujhmein kahi baaki hai
even separated from me you're in me somewhere
palkon mein banke aansu tu chali aati hai
you come to me in the form of tears on my eyelashes
juda hoke bhi

eventhough we are seperated....

waise zinda hu zindagi bin tere main
I'm living/surviving somehow without you
dard hi dard baaki raha hai seene mein
only pain is left in my heart
saans lena bhar bhi yaha jeena nahi hain
even though I breathe I'm not really alive
ab toh aadat si hai mujhko aaise jeene mein
but this way of living/surviving has become a habit now
juda hoke bhi tu mujhmein kahi baaki hai
palkon mein banke aansu tu chali aati hai

saath mere hain tu har pal shab ke andhere mein
you're with me every moment in the darkness of the night
paas mere hain tu har dam ujale savere mein
and in the morning's light
dil se dhadkan bhula dena aasan nahi hai
it's not easy to forget the heart's beats
ab toh aadat si hai mujhko aaise jeene mein
but this way of living/surviving has become a habit now
juda hoke bhi tu mujhmein kahi baaki hai
palkon mein banke aansu tu chali aati hai

ab toh aadat si hai mujhko aaise jeene mein


yeh jo yaadein hai
these memories
sabhi kaantein hai
are all thorns
katado inhe
cut them out

meetado inhe

erase them!
ab toh aadat si hai mujhko.....

Mahi Ve - Atif Aslam

Mahi Ve
Oh! My beloved

Tere dilan diyan galaan mainu
Your heart`s talks, they

Luk luk dain hawavan
Hide n give me air

Jidoun badal garjay saa ruk jaaway
When clouds thunder my breath get stop

Akhaan tainu waikhan
Eyes watches you

Hanjuu muk jaanday
Tears finishes

Kadi aa maiya we saday wairay
Sometimes come at my place


Muk janay nay way
Wil be finished

Saray wichoray
All distances

Soona jag we sara
Lishen whole world

Mainu bula way
Calling me

Kadi main we o na qadar na paway
u never valued me

Kadi aa maiya way saaday wairay
Sometimes come at my place

Muk jaanrain nay way
Will be finished

Saray wichoray
All distances

Mahi ve
Oh! My beloved

Teary dilan diyan galaan mainu
Your heart`s talks, they

Luk luk dain hawavan
Hide n give me air

Maula - Atif Aslam

Maulaaaaa
Maulaaaaaaaa

He starts off with an alaap of the word MAULA that means ALLAH, GOD

Mujh ko bata mera ghar hai kahan maula
Jogi bana main phirda rawan kinna ?

GHAR = HOME
JOGI = A PERSON HAVING NO CONCERN TO THIS MATERIALISTIC WORLD

O ALLAh, tell me where is my home? tell me the place where i actually belong to cuz i m searching 4 my base like JOGIZ but i ve not been succesful till now. tell me how much more i will walk around (phirda rawan) in quest of my reality.

Ruh ko tu hawa , bus tu hi aab hai ...
Is nazar ko tou sirf tera hi khwaab hai

ROOH = SOUL
HAWA = AIR
AAB = WATER
NAZAR = EYE SIGHT
KHWAAB = DREAM

Oh my Lord my everything belongs to you, you are just un-avoidable for me like water and air for life. You are the air in which my soul breathes and you are the water on which my soul is alive.

Shor kyun kar rahi yahan har ek zaban ...
Naam tera kahan gumshada gumshada ...

SHOR = NOISE
ZABAN = TONGUE
NAAM = NAME
GUMSHUDA = LOST

I see millions of tongues all around me talking, chit chatting, singing, making noise but why don't I find the tongues taking the name of ALLAH, the greatest, ALLAH, who created us. why do ppl have tym to talk rubbish but not remember ALLAH

South Africa

I am South Africa
Hear me loud and clear!
I see our greatness from above,
Why have we lost our way?

We all melted together
In a rainbow of effulgent colours.
Then seperated by only three:
Orange, white and blue.

I am South Africa
Hear me thunderous and proud!
I see our greatness from below
We can find our way again.

We now have the melting pot,
We were once great, so let us assimilate
Back into the colours red, black, yellow,
White, blue and green.

I am South Africa
Hear me voiceless and still
I see our greatness from within,
We are reaching the peak!

Triumphant

I am triumphant!

You thought
you'd have an effect
on me.
A hold that would
keep me
from being happy.

Well

I have news for you,
I'm a brand new person
because
I'm stronger now.

I've learnt from the mistake
I made by falling in love
with you.

A new chapter is beggining
I've won!
All you can see
is my back,

I'm now leading the way.
I'm blocking your sunshine,
I will not look back,
to see your face,
looking up at me.

It hurts you deep inside
to know that,
I was triumphant
over you!

One Second Flashback

I hold you tight
in the darkness of the night.
I can see the reflection of us
in the mirror, next to the light.
I wish we could stay in your bed
where we lay, 
every second, every minute, 
every hour, every day!

Please say that your minute hands
will carress every inch of my body.
my fingers gently stroke your back
in the middle of the night...

Sweat dripping down your neck,
you look up at me to see if I'm real, 
then hold me tight,
head against my heart,
this moment will never fade
but its getting light
I must go home

My Friend

I often ask myself,
What's the definition,
Of a friend?

Someone who's willing to help,
Be there when everyone's gone,
Be the light when it's dark.

The one who tells the truth
When I lie to myself,
Someone who guides
When there's no path.

I found all this in you
Thanks for keeping me company,
This poem dedicated to
My good friend *********

A Good Friend

A good friend you saw in me

You listened when nobody would listen

I fear the consequences of revealing my feelings
the only way is to say it
but thats my only fear
the fear of not knowing what will become.
do I suffer in silence
or bring it out into the open?

If I lose, I really lose
if I win, I really win

damn I'm stuck
out of luck yet again
I never knew this wud cause so much pain

It's Me

It's me, it's always been me,
Standing in the shadows,
In front of you..

It hurt me so much,
To see you happy
Without me!

I stood there, banging
My head against the wall,
When all I had to do
Was ask!

If only there was a way,
For me to tell, if you
Felt the way I did.

It's you, its always been you,
Standing in the light,
I watched you in the shadows,
In front of me.

I hurt so much,
To be happy,
Without you!

I stood here, watching you,
Banging your head against
The wall, when
All you had to do
Was ask!

If only there was a way,
For me to tell, if you
Felt the way I did.

I Found You

I found you in my dream
red passionate fire blazing
from your feiry penetrating
eyes

I found you in my reality
white flowing cloth accentuating
your soft curvaceous sizzling
body

I found you in my happiness
pastels shooting through every
single fibre of my
soul

I found you in my pain
black depths cloud my deepest
darkest hallucinations

I found you in my eyes
I stared at my own reflection
and saw you gazing deep through
me

I found you in my dream
and not in my eyes

Red turned into black
pastels melted into white

Darkest hallucinations of
you abandoning me in the wake
of my miserable existance

because

I found you in my pain
instead of my happiness!

World

Your hand in mines
I close my eyes
and imagine you
were here...

When I open
my eyes,
my world is filled
with you

What do I have?

What do I have?
That's what I've
Been thinking of!
All I have is me.

All I have is me!
I don't think I'll be good enough.
He will ask me
and what am I supposed to say?

I'm good at a lot of things

But love?

Nah, that's not my game

I have lots of good qualities,
But none of them are great!
Get what I'm saying?
Isn't love about the person?

Isn't it supposed to be
About you and me?
How do I impress you?
When all I have is me?

All I can do now is try
coz all I am is me...

Touch

I held your hand tonight
it's something that
feels so fimiliar
your laughter still echo's deep 
within my ice cold heart

I felt your warmth tonight
it's something that
feels so fimiliar
your smile still shines
even when i close my eyes

I saw your gentle brown eyes
it's something that
feels so fimilar
melting my ice cold heart
with your passionate laughter

you touched my hand
it's something that
feels so fimiliar
I opened my eyes
and all i could
ever wish for...

was to never wake from this
dream of you...

I Saw You

I saw her today
for the first time
in a year

I looked into her eyes
and saw what i'm missing
out on.

She is with someone else
but her eyes tell a different
story.

She wants me
and in that two seconds
our eyes met

I felt it

Me walking past her
feeling her eyes
checking me out

It burnt in my heart
and in hers too,
her heart was
calling mines.

I'm helpless coz we
lead totally different
lives.

But, one day, she'll
be mines...

Obsession

I feel you
deep beneath my skin
penetrating and pulsating
through my blood vessels

I see you
right in front of my face
blocking everything in sight
and darkness reigns

I hear you
painfully loud
intercepting all sound
until there is only you

painfully blocking deep
thought patterns
I am forced to think
about you
feel you
see you
hear you

This obsession kills me...

Your Beauty [Poem written for Valentines Day]

What I Feared

As I look at myself, I fear what I have become.
As I open another door, I see death at the next,
Laughing at me...for I have become what I feared.

Not knowing where to go, where to turn,
I stay away to hide myself from the world,
For I have become what i feared.

Whenever I go out, I wear a mask for everyone
To see, not knowing when to take it off,
I hide my inner self from everyone,
For I have become what I feared.

Walked

There's this guy,
who always walked past our shop,
he worked next door,
welding outside.

He walked with a limp,
he had one of those plastic legs,
I never knew what happened,
but always saw him walking past
with a limp...

Then one day he didnt walk past,
the next day too...
I found out that he laid down
to rest on the pavement...

and didnt wake up!

Walk

I decided to take a walk with you
We walked along the path in the park

I heard your voice speaking to me
But suddenly faded away...

I was worried and looked behind me
To see where you went...
But i saw nobody.

I was alone, in this park!
People walking past me
Looked at me with amazement

Why did you leave?
Where did you go to?
I looked beside me

And realised you were
With me all along...

Forget

Please forget me 
the way I'm forced
to forget you

Erase the hurt 
that's deep within my soul

Erase the daily reminders
and the painful memories

The words flowing from my heart
cant express the way I feel

You loved me in a split second
and broke my heart in the next

I can only move on
if I forget you
the way you forgot me

The Silence

Without realizing what had happened, the silence
has taken his next victim. working without him 
knowing of it being so close...

Its the silence that kills the victims, again
and again. Everything was perfect, then the silence
took over, and his next victim was already killed.

Is it impossible to get over this killer? He thinks
to himself...day after day. Suddenly he strikes, only 
needing one brutal strike, the silence reigns...

Was I going to be the next victim of this killer,this
brutal killer? I try to escape the fast fury of it, 
and in a split-second, I fall victim to his attack...

Without retaliation, he attacks me, striking me over
and over, until there is no power in me, I can do 
nothing to stop it...

As I lay on the ground, like injured prey, I cannot 
do anything but watch him brutally finish what is
left of me. The silence has won...

My Dream

I feel alive only in my dreams,
the world doesn't understand
me. My sentances are distorted
because I can only speak
when I'm dreaming.

I can see only in my dreams,
the world that I see through
my eyes is distorted,
only when they are closed
am I able to see properly.

I can understand only in my dreams,
the world doesnt make sense.
I cant comprehend,
I cant understand you, because
I wished I lived in my dreams.

Teardrop

A tear dropped from my eye
And reached the ground.
I watched it fall 
In slow motion.

The tear that fell for you,
Was the same as the one
That fell for me.

I fell asleep on your lap.
But awoke when the tear,
That fell for me
Fell on my cheek.

I've Wanted To Tell You

I've wanted to tell you for such a long time
but the days have passed so fast
it seems like just yesterday
you were here

I've wanted to tell you for such a long time
but you moved on
leaving me behind
left to face the world alone

I've wanted to tell you for such a long time
that when I look behind
to check if you still looking over my shoulder
I see nobody

I've wanted to tell you for such a long time
that I can feel your faint silhoutte
fading away
in the depths of my heart

I've wanted to tell you for such a long time
but you were nowhere to be found...

I'll Shoot You

It feels like
I'm holding a gun,
A gun thats loaded,
My finger has the itch,
The itch to shoot and
I'm going to shoot you.
I'll wait in the room,
The room we made love in
And i'll wait,
Wait behind the door.

You'll open it,
Open it and walk in, 
Turn around and see me 
Smiling, holding my gun, 
Aiming for your face,
And i'll shoot you,  
Shoot you between the eyes, 
You'll fall down,
Down to the ground. 

The day you betrayed me
Is the day you will die,
I'll keep my gun loaded,
Loaded but hidden away,
Hidden away in my holster,
Watch your step,
Coz that one into the room
Will be your last!

Your brains will splatter,
Splatter on the walls,
But i'll be doing you a favour,
A favour that will send you,
Send you to heaven. i'll escape,
Escape through your window,
And run across the road to my car.
I'll ride away with a smile,
Knowing that i sent you away,
Away to heaven. . .