*1. Namuna / Prototype*
You asked, "Can't you write like Gulzar?"
I said, "I won't write like Gulzar. I will write like myself."
After all, you are the source of my poetry!
And I am your prototype, aren't I?
*2. You and I*
You greet me as the rain,
I blossom as a flower.
It has always been like this,
Since ages and eons!
*3. Nirantaram / Forever*
Humans are born just to experience.
Whether it's pain or pleasure,
Wealth or fame, or even humiliation.
And for these, an endless struggle.
*4. Teda / The Difference*
They think I have become strong,
Not knowing I have frozen.
That's the difference -
Between what eyes see and what touch feels.
*5. Bahumati / The Gift*
For me, things rarely happen as I plan.
You are a gift I received unexpectedly.
Is there any exaggeration in this?
*6. Nidra Lemi / Sleeplessness*
When have I ever slept peacefully?
Some nights in waiting for you,
Some more nights in the torment of you...
*7. Trishanku Swargam / Trishanku's Heaven*
Hanging, holding onto the edge of pain,
Neither you leave me, nor I leave you.
A lifetime of Trishanku's heaven.
*8. Veladi Kathalu / A Thousand Stories*
Thousands of days, thousands of stories.
You are the storyteller, I am the listener!
The ending, someday...
*9. Selfie*
It is the age of selfies.
For decades, you and I
Never took a single selfie together.
So what...
I live in your left half,
You live in my right half.
Of thoughts never thought,
Our selfie is one of blended unions.
*10. Ontari Ratri / A Lonely Night*
For thousands of nights,
Thinking of you, I slip into sleep.
Perhaps you sense it,
You come into my dream,
Caress my head lovingly, and leave.
In a trance that is neither sleep nor waking,
The day comes to an end.
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