कुछ छोटे सपनो के बदले / कुमार विश्वास

कुछ छोटे सपनो के बदले ,

बड़ी नींद का सौदा करने ,

निकल पडे हैं पांव अभागे ,जाने कौन डगर ठहरेंगे !

वही प्यास के अनगढ़ मोती ,

वही धूप की सुर्ख कहानी ,

वही आंख में घुटकर मरती ,

आंसू की खुद्दार जवानी ,

हर मोहरे की मूक विवशता ,चौसर के खाने क्या जाने

हार जीत तय करती है वे , आज कौन से घर ठहरेंगे .

निकल पडे हैं पांव अभागे ,जाने कौन डगर ठहरेंगे !

कुछ पलकों में बंद चांदनी ,

कुछ होठों में कैद तराने ,

मंजिल के गुमनाम भरोसे ,

सपनो के लाचार बहाने ,

जिनकी जिद के आगे सूरज, मोरपंख से छाया मांगे ,

उन के भी दुर्दम्य इरादे , वीणा के स्वर पर ठहरेंगे .

निकल पडे हैं पांव अभागे ,जाने कौन डगर ठहरेंगे

BREATHE

Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around and choose your own ground

For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be

Run rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one

For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave.

Whatever 'll be..'ll be..

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

Now I have children of my own
They asked their mother what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

Another Day in Paradise

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

High Hopes

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young

In a world of magnets and miracles

our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary

The ringing of the division bell had begin

Along the long road and on down the causeway

Do they still meet there by the cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps

Running before time took our dreams away

Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground

To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener

The light was brighter

With friends surrounded

The night of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us

To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side

Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again

Dragged by the force of some inner tide

At a higher altitude with flag unfurled

We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Enumbered forever by desire and ambition

There's a hunger still unsatisfied

Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon

Though down this road we've been so many time

The grass was greener

The light was brighter

The taste was sweeter

The nights of wonder

With friends surrounded

The dawn mist glowing

The water flowing

The endless river

Forever and ever 

हर मोड़

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अनगड़ लक्ष्य, अनगड़ सीमाएं 

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