The Boatman's Song 23/ Many
The Boatman’s Song 23/Many
She found that love was such a wonderful feeling
Which change the human hearts, so intensely and so completely
She remembered, what Tarang* was telling
“That once in true love, the human heart becomes Godly”
Tarang* intervened here and tried to reassured Urveshi*
You can wait a little more, for the Boatman to return
And then Urveshi* take leave from him,
And make this love a most beautiful feeling of your heart,
And your entire self
So that it may cherish with you in your heart, like an evergreen tree
Unlike the physical pleasures & charms,
Which shines very bright till the youth remains
But quickly dilutes and often vanishes soon, with the passing of time
Make your love for the Boatman and his songs Urveshi,* immortal in your heart,
And your love will shine like a Moon and Star,
So long as the Sun shines last
And then you will find that even in heaven,
You would continue to hear all his melodies, which you have heard here
And even those, which remain to be heard and are his unheard songs
Urveshi decided
After realizing that what Tarang was telling,
Was the reality of her love for the Boatman and his songs, she decided
To go back to heaven, after seeing the fate of the Boatman’s love
For which she would stay here some more days,
To finally say a good bye to her first love, the Boatman and his songs
But she had never imagined that these few days of waiting
For that man, whose songs had already stolen her heart,
Would be like waiting since centuries, when the time too
Would forgot its speed and would be crawling like a limp
Perhaps, she had never and never thought that one day,
Urveshi,* would be waiting for someone on earth
As earlier in heaven, only others use to wait for Urveshi*
And she never waited for any one, even for any Gods
Such was the beauty of Urveshi in heaven,
And to find what she has become on earth,
Urveshi* even could not recognized herself and she asked to herself?
“Am I the same Urveshi*? Or it’s a shadow of someone else”?
Ravindra to continue on 24/………
Kanpur India 24th January 2010
* Urveshi (One of the beloved Apsaras of Indra
* Chandragupta. Name of the Boatman. His full name was Chandragupta
Maurya, Born in 340 BC
* Tarang (A nymph) A name. Tarang is a Hindi word means waves
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