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Holi Rajan Malhotra Rajan Malhotra's poem Holi inspired others to join in to make this page more colourful with their contributions.

dil ne ek baar aur humaara kehna maana hai,
is holi pe phir useh rangne jaana hai.

hur saal khareeden hain rang, kari hai tayaari,
is baar to khelenaa humaare saath, dekhnaa raah humaari.

shahar mein sabse pooch rahe hain , rang-e-mohabbat kahaan milega
raat ko khuda ne bataaya ki abhi aur imtehaanon se guzarnaa parega

neela, hara , peela , gulaabi yeh sab to ek bahaana hai,
holi ka ho din ya kuch aur hume to tumse milne aana hai

is holi pe useh rangne jaana hai,
is holi pe useh rangne jaana hai

- Rajan

Vijainder K Thakur comments :
Absolutely delightful!!!!

"...shahar mein sabse pooch rahe hai , rang-e-mohabbat kahaan milega"

Agar is holi pe use rangne jaana hai
Shahar mein nahin
Apne Dil se poochen
Yaa unki nazaron se poochen
gulal-e-mohabbat kahaan milega!

Neeraj Mathur comments :
bayan karte ho bilkul sahi "Rajan"
dil mein hai milne ki chahat
aankhon mein ru-ba-ru hone ki tamanna
holi ka to hai sirf bahana
is baar haal-e-dil unhein sunana hai.

pyaar hai yeh, jo umar aaya hai
rang banke haathon mein nikhar aaya hai
dekhna hai kaise khilta hai uske rukh pe lagke;
phiza mein dekhein kaise mehakta hai ghulab
tumhaari chahat ka jo uske liye ugaaya hai.

rang-e-mohabbat tere dil ki gehraiyon mein milega
rang-e-ikraar dil ki tanhaiyon mein milega
rang-e-alfaaz teri yeh chupp zubaan degi
rang-e-aagaaz to holi le aayi hai
rang-e-anjaam teri chahat, teri dilruba ki haami degi.

dil ne di hai dastak, kar hausla is baar
holi pe jo rangne jaana hai
haal-e-dil bayan karke aana hai..

"is holi par to ham aaye hain
agli mein na aayeinge, hai waada aie "kamal"
is baras ke baad, har holi,
humko-tumko sang manana hai."

is holi pe jo usko rangne jaana hai.

could not resist not replying to this one. ek chhota sa sher

dil ki har khwahish par
mat ho yun phida, na yuh ithla
dil to cheez hai karaamati, aaj apna aie "kamal"
kal begaana hai
--Rouen

K.Sitaraman comments :
That was a good one. I wish to add:

har din nikaltha hoon us ke ghar ke aage se
kabhi chooktha nahi usse nazar milane se
par yeh zalim zamana nahi karne detha kam yeh faasla
bas sirf ek holi ka din mein hai mujhe hosla

koi rokh nahi saktha mujhe is holi mein
useh rangne hargis jaoon uski kholi mein
mere dil me tho hai hee kashish useh dekhne ki
kya patha uske dil me bhi ho mujhse milne ki

Neeraj Mathur comments :
thora aur aage barahna chahoonga, aapki ijaazat se...

hai yeh dil ki kashish
hain yeh dhadkanein mere seenei mein
jo bebaak is baar us tak le jaayengi
taaki hai raah bahut, sahe hain zulm zamaane ke
par is baar tor ke deewar woh khud
chali aayeingi.

holi ka to sirf bahana hai
abke zamaane ko dikhlaana hai
ke, rok sake to rok le aie sitamgar zamaane
humne unko, unke dil ne humko, aie "kamal"
aakhir apna jaana hai,

is holi pe use, "zarur", rangne jaana hai.
is holi pe unko "apne rang" mein laana hai.
--Rouen.
03/10/2000.