मैं कौन था, अब क्या हो गया हूँ। अपने अक्स में अक्सर, अतीत ढूंढता हूँ। एक आह है अंदर घुटी सी, एक चाह दिल में कुछ दबी सी। चला जा रहा हूँ कहाँ, मुझको जाना है कहाँ, कहाँ छोड़ आये तुम मुझे, ये ज़िन्दगी देके, खुदखुशी सी। कहते हैं वो कुछ लोग, मैं बदल गया हूँ। कुछ कागज़ी टुकड़ो पे, रूह बेच उठा हूँ। वो ना समझेंगे कभी, आलम -ए -दिल -ए-बेताबियाँ मेरी। करें किस्से फ़रियाद मगर, करें कैसे फ़रियाद मगर, रुस्वा रहती है अब जो, मुझसे मेरी शायरी भी। ...

ज्ञात है यथार्थ नहीं, एक मृगतृष्णा है, फिर भी ये स्वप्न सत्य कर ही जगना है। ~रबी [ I know it’s not reality, it’s a mirage, Still I’ll wake up only after making this dream true. ]

You’re sure you’ll fail. But I’m sure too. I won’t let you. ~RavS ## I know you are short on confidence. We all are sometimes, and we feel like a failure. We feel we have failed even before we have barely started. But let me assure you even against your belief - till the time I am there, I won’t let you fail come what may. ##

A friend in need is a friend indeed, Time and again, they told me. And I took it as gospel truth, Selfish, until I found you. Or rather, the Universe, Conspired to find us. I learned and You taught me, To look through others’ sufferings. Be mediocre; but at the least be. So, now that’s what I always seek, Strive to be that friend in need. In my thoughts and in my deeds. ...

If I were you, I would have done that, Made that, and loved that. But I am I. So I do this, Make this and love this. Easier said this, than done that. ~RavS

तू है, तो जो है, कर जा। वर्ना खैर कोई बात नहीं। तेरी खिलाफत कर कुछ कर गुज़रने की, वैसे भी मेरी कोई औकात नहीं। ~रबी [ If you are there, then whatever it is, you do it. Otherwise, it’s alright. To go against you and do something, I anyway don’t have that stature, in me. ]

Don’t need luck my way. I’m enough ‘cause you’re there. ~RavS ## I know some things are out of our control. There does exist something called ‘luck’ even if we try our hardest. But I don’t want to believe in that. At least, not in your case. ##

Don’t need to show anything to anyone. Enough we are among ourselves. ~RavS ## Of course, people are going to judge us. Some of them might want us to fail. They will ask questions, they will make sarcastic comments. But we don’t need to prove anything to anyone. We don’t need to show them anything. You are me, and I am you. That is enough. ##

You’re my weakness, I’m your strength. How beautifully unfair is that. ~RavS ## You consider me your strength. Your bedrock. But I consider you my greatest weakness. It’s unfair, but it is what it is. Accepted. ##