MEHULO

by Narsi Mehta

a Hindi word meaning: the sky, openness, vastness, time-out, leeway, space, FREEDOM....

	Gujarati original	English translation
	Gokhala jeva ghar ni andar goonglato, hu ichhu raajaa naa mahel no vistaar, ke pachhi khullaa gagan nichey fartaa ek bharvaad no avkaash Roj roj ni dincharya tathaa kuthli maa rachi pachi raheti mun-buddhi ney dheel chhodi, uchai aney vadhu uchai shodh-ti patang no avkaash Maan, mobha, moodi ane vyavsaay naa laukik maapdund ni parvaa na kari nirbhay bani , mun-prerna ne anusari kashu karvaano, ke kashu na karvaano avkaash Dagle ne pagle jawaabdari naa uchaar thi trast hu ichhu alakh-niranjan bava no, ke mukt vicharta vagabond no, avkaash; jeevan ni cassette ney fast chalaavi kaam jaldi nibtaava no avkaash. - Pravin Gandhi	Cooped up in a cubby-hole of my flat I yearn the expanse of the king's palace; or else, wandering under the open sky, a shepherd's avkaash. Day-to-day routine and schemes, In which is pre-occupied the Mind and intellect, O to give it free rein, Searching for higher and higher height: a kite's avkaash. Not caring for the mundane yardstick Of fame, affluence and enterprise; Not being afraid to heed the intuition, The avkaash of doing something, or of doing nothing. Tired of being reminded of responsibilities at every step I yearn for the avkaash of the fakir, or the avkaash of the freely roaming vagabond; the avkaash of being able to fast-forward life's cassette and quickly finish the work on hand. - Pravin Gandhi

 

Read this poem in Gujarati.