Paas hai par duur bhi

Aaj main khush hoon toh bohut

Lekin majboor bhi

Teri yaad ke sahare sona padega

Tu saath hai phir bhi

Kuch aisi baat kar

Kuch aisi baat kar

Ke main muskura doon

Ya keh de jhoot moot kuch yun hi

Paas hai par duur bhi… 

It was a moment in a moment in a moment

No more, no less

Frail, delicate, subtle like a heartache

But it was there

It touched both of us briefly

And then it left

I tried many times

To capture it

Like a bird each time it escaped

When I spoke about it

It sang noise

When I wrote about it

It flapped its wings and spilled the ink

When I tried to think about it

It escaped into oblivion

It is only when I let it be

It came and sat next to me

Just as she did…