When we were young 

I would often ask just for fun 

Will you still love me when old 

“Forever my darling” I was told. 

With dreams in my eyes 

And hopes in my heart 

Moved on in life as 

Any loving husband and wife. 

Ours was a roller coaster ride 

As is in any couples lives 

We stuck to each other 

So the adversaries we could fight. 

Always looking for what is wrong 

Before looking for who is wrong 

Never arguing for very long 

This kept our relationship safe and strong. 

What more can I ask from God tonight 

With kids and grandkids now by our side 

Love of brothers and sisters far and wide 

Family & Friends our treasures and pride 

And a husband like him – The love of my life. 

Today when we are at this stage of our life 

Spreading love, doing Seva, The food on which we thrive 

I thank Waheguruji for all his blessings and more 

Nothing left to ask for anything anymore 

As fifty years ago, He blessed me with a man brave and bold 

Surender my husband – An Ocean of Gold 

I remember – I was a shy young bride

Stepping into a new threshold of life

This day today of twenty years

Was filled with apprehension and fears

Song on my lips and stars in my eyes

Dreaming of the beginning of some beautiful ties.

I remember – the first time you held my hand

We are as if in heaven and not on this land

Deeply lost in each other’s eyes

Oblivious to the world’s shouts or cries.

I remember – like all young people in love

Had lots to discover and to discuss

Over each other we would make so much fuss

The world seemed to end if one got cross.

I remember – the now silly quarrels and small tiffs

They added spice to a sometimes dull bit

Expectations run high when we are very young

Tempers volatile with sometimes sharp tongue

But the joy of making up was ever so great

It made up for the tensions the quarrels would create.

I remember – your reaction to our first born

Too nervous to hold but so proud when told

That you were the father of this new born

Your eyes were misty and looks forlorn.

I remember – for the second your pacing back and forth

Wondering why the doctor was not yet brought

When the cry of your son finally heard

With sheer joy you went berserk.

What can we ask from God today

When he has given all without our say

Our greatest treasure our sons today

Please God continue to bless them also we pray.

Lead us on with your kindly light

To do good deeds and reach great heights

We have no cause to fret or worry

Toddy on our twentieth anniversary

Yet another milestone in the life

Of any husband and his wife.

Twenty years of being together

Needs to put our cap a feather

Two decades it is today

But I still remember all

As only just yesterday.

Do not feel let down

When some people betray

To their own plot some day

They will eventually fall prey.

If they did not discover you

The loss is all theirs

You are one in a million

And for those people, who cares?

Do not waste the precious pearls from your eyes

All the pain within, do try to disguise.

You are the rarest gem

Whose value not all can realize

Who will treasure it?

But the sage and the wise.

Your petal soft heart

Bleeds with everyone’s’ pain

Your childlike innocence

Cannot fathom people who pretend and feign.

You call a spade a spade

Even if some don’t like it I am afraid

Your simplicity is the one that touches people’s hearts

The tensions and worries of others you cart.

The ocean of love within

Brings care and consideration around

Your goodness of soul

Helps the helpless unbound

Do not change today

If some people let you down

Do not even bother

To even wince or frown.

You are the lucky one

Closer to God

Unfortunate are they

For whom you are of no accord.

You are a jewel

Such in a million one you find

People like you are a blessing to mankind.

For my husband during his difficult times

What can I say to the one I love

More than anyone or anything

When I have so often failed

to let it show?

How can I say to the one

Who shares my life, my hopes

My dreams, my days, my nights...

The one I can’t imagine life without?

What can I do, for the one

Who stood by me

Through good times and bad times

The one I sometimes

Seem to take for granted

Even though I don’t mean to?

How can I explain to the one

Who understands me

Better than I understand myself

And whose support, encouragement

And belief in me

Help me be a better person?

What can I say

How can I say

What can I do

How can I explain

How much I love you!

In you I found someone special

And when our lives intermingled

I realized then that you were

My “once in a lifetime miracle”.

The older we get

The more I think about

What really matters in life

And so many things

That once seemed important

No longer even make the list.

Life gives us time

But only love gives it meaning

What really matters to me now

Is the two of us...

Sharing our lives

Reliving our memories

Dreaming our dreams...

Together.

And your birthday seems

Like the perfect time

To celebrate you...

To celebrate us...

And the joy of our life

Together.

Written for Surender on his 60th birthday

Akele rehne se mat ghabrana

Yahi samay hai khud ko pehechanna

Antardhyan jub ho jaaoge

Apne aap ko tub hi paaoge

Kitni shanti kitna sukoon in raahon mein

Yeh tub hi toh jaan jaaoge.

Na koi khauf na fikra hoga

Bus usika har taraf zikra hoga

Duniya ki moh-maya se hut kar

Bahut kuch hai oos duniya ke andar

Is duniya mein bejhijhak chale aaow

Mushkilon se phir nijaad paaow.

Mehfooz ho chahe duniya saari

Nahi hogi sirf duniyadaari

Heere–moti ki hawas na hogi

Roti–paani se zindagi basar hogi

Bharenge hum bus uska dum

Chahe sub kahein humein malang.

Pyaar mohabbat beinteha bategi

Ek hi se bus taar judegi

Log chahe kahein deewana

Par ab kaheka pachtaana

Judh jaaye jub us se preet

Toh har taraf hai apni jeet.

Har saans usi ke naam se hogi

Usi ki tareef zuban pe hogi

Anhad naad goonjege yoohin

Har taraf bus tuhi tuhi.

Akele rehne se mat ghabrana

Yahi samay hai khud ko pehechanna

Antardhyan jub ho jaaoge

Apne aap ko tub hi paaoge

Kitni shanti kitna sukoon in raahon mein

Yeh tub hi toh jaan jaaoge.

Na koi khauf na fikra hoga

Bus usika har taraf zikra hoga

Duniya ki moh-maya se hut kar

Bahut kuch hai oos duniya ke andar

Is duniya mein bejhijhak chale aaow

Mushkilon se phir nijaad paaow.

Mehfooz ho chahe duniya saari

Nahi hogi sirf duniyadaari

Heere–moti ki hawas na hogi

Roti–paani se zindagi basar hogi

Bharenge hum bus uska dum

Chahe sub kahein humein malang.

Pyaar mohabbat beinteha bategi

Ek hi se bus taar judegi

Log chahe kahein deewana

Par ab kaheka pachtaana

Judh jaaye jub us se preet

Toh har taraf hai apni jeet.

Har saans usi ke naam se hogi

Usi ki tareef zuban pe hogi

Anhad naad goonjege yoohin

Har taraf bus tuhi tuhi.

Twenty-one years ago on this day

You came into this world my son

Bringing with you the joy and ecstasy

Which only parents are privileged to enjoy

With the arrival of their first bundle of joy.

Your birthday brings

So many sentimental thoughts

To mind-like what a pleasure it has been

To watch you grow into

The kind and thoughtful person you are.

There’s a special kind of beauty

Deep inside the heart of you

Because the precious love of God

Is such a part of you

The things you do and say

All show His kind and loving touch

That is why a son like you will always mean so much.

From the moment you were born

I felt such happiness in knowing

I had brought someone wonderful into this world

For this to dear God I am grateful beyond measure

To have been given the gift of this priceless jewel – such a treasure.

From adolescence to adulthood, you have progressed

With visions of the future and all that is best

Dreams and ambitions play now a great role

With zeal and enthusiasm you work for your goal.

You are now ready to unfold your wings

To fly into the beautiful blue skies

Our love would not bind you

Nor our needs hold you

For you live in the house of tomorrow.

You are the arrow that has to fly

May we be the bow that is stable

May we remain the strength you rely

Even when old, frail and feeble.

May God bless you, with everything he deems best

Honesty, Generosity, Success, Happiness and the rest

May you retain the child-like innocence

With freshness of dew-drops and the flowers’ fragrance.

Thinking of you lovingly

As this big day appears

Thinking too of all the joy

You have brought throughout the years

Hoping your most special dreams

Will one and all come true

And there will be lots of happiness

With all of God’s blessings over you.

It seems only yesterday

That you were a babe in my arms

My very special toy, a cute little bundle of joy

Oblivious to the world, gentle and mild

But today you are a grown up young man, my child.

Cries and wails, screams and fears

All still clearly ring in my ears

The tantrums you threw for things you could not find

Those and much more are still fresh in my mind.

The little pranks you played

The pleasure in the pain you gave

Sometimes those naughty impish smiles

Next the tempers went really wild

And today you are a grown-up young man, my child.

You have now come of age

So, your freedom we can no longer cage

Into the beautiful blue skies you would like to fly

Fearless and free, by the fates profiled

For today you are a grown-up young man, my child.

With pride and joy we will see

You take your first step to success

Your dreams fulfilled and doubts laid to rest

Son, it has been wonderful

Sharing your dreams and watching you grow.

Feeling such pride in your accomplishments and more

With zeal and zest, never to be beguiled

For today you are a grown-up young man, my child.

Today on this very special day

With love, I wish you and fervently pray

That all the things you hope for

And all the things you do

May very special happiness be waiting for you

May God always bless you and have you in his care

May he fulfill every wish and answer every prayer.

The beautiful memories of your childhood

I will always love and treasure

The joy of which is beyond any measure

To the world today you may be “grown-up”

Perhaps smart and even clever

But to me you will always be my “little child” forever.