Kab Tak ?

Kya jaaga hai koi ab tak?
Ya khushi ne di hai dastak?
Bhool ke apni khudi ko;
Soye rahoge kab tak?

Chalta hai, ho jayega…
Itne mein sab kho jayega.
Toote kaanch ke darpan mein;
Aks chhuppaaoge kab tak?

Barood ki boli;
Ya shabdon ki goli.
Syaasat ka dhanda;
Aur apnon mein danga.

Jaage hue logon ke;

Dil soye rahenge har waqt.

Chain ki neend aur khushi aakhir;
Itnee mehngee rahegi kab tak?

*Friedrich Nietzsche*

When power becomes gracious and descends into the visible — such descent I call beauty.

And there is nobody from whom I want beauty as much as from you who are powerful: let your kindness be your final self-conquest.