Lubna S. Khan

When I landed here,
So proud, happy and meek.
I just didn't know then
What was waiting for me!
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Far from the stars
Came a ray of light.
It lit up your face
And I saw you all night!
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It’s been twelve years in this school
And memories reign in my heart.
It’s now that I feel you, miss you,
When we are all about to part.
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It was Tuesday, everything fine,
And Mumbai was rushing home.
Eager and excited, waiting,
To reach their home sweet home.
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I want to be the sun,
A sun that shall never fade.
And when the night turns on
Through the stars I shall be immortal made.
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The test of 'friendship forever'
Comes not when you are together,
It comes when you are alone,
And over your hardtimes you moan.
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We love you so much, Dad,
Your absence kills me, stabs me.
We miss you continuously,
Come back, come back to me.
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Each day I wake up late at dawn,
Doze and sway and stretch and yawn
And before in morning I can pray,
'Here we are', my dumb books say!
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Main woh suraj banna chahti hoon
Jo kabhi dhal sakta nahin.
Aur jab raat ho jaaye,
To taaron mein main bikhar jaoongi.
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(written in Marathi language)

Man bharuni aale majhe kaal,
Kutryachi dashaa jhaaleli faar.
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What a fool I am Mom,
Look how greatly mad!
I fight with you when you don't hear,
And miss you tons when you're not here!
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A few minutes back,
As I was adoring moon,
Down came Michael
And said I'll die soon.
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Nothing permanent ever came
Neither success, nor failure.
It's how wise you play the game,
Your integrity that'll endure.
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Test me not so much O Lord!
I fear that I may fail.
Everything is by your will,
Then why do you question me still?
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Once it so happened that
I sat pondering in wonder,
Thinking that way, asking myself,
'Will I ever reach that yonder? '
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The protruded pink candle
Was so beautiful to see.
The yellow hue of its flame
Was the brightest it could be.
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So serene is the lady sitting there,
Right in front of me,
Her eyes are so very grey
And her face is trouble free!
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A sun had risen
A few years back,
Had been on a rising
Ever since that.
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If my life were a paper,
I would have brightened it with colours.
If my life were a vase,
I would have decorated it with flowers.
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Ted was a boy at school,
More principled than the rest.
He excelled in all the fields
And he was teacher's best.
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