Teri Laadki Mein, chodungi na tera haath!

દીકરી ની વિદાય 

છું હૂં  મારા પપ્પાની લાડલી 

પણ છું હૂં મમ્મી તારી ઢીંગલી, ઢીંગલી.

આજે શણગારતા મુજને 

તારી હથેળી ધ્રૂજે, 

અરે જો જો ખિલી છે
કેવી તારી કળી, કળી.

વિસ્મય થી નિહારે આંખો તારી,  

પણ છું હૂં મમ્મી છબી તારી, તારી.

I might be my dad's princess,
But I am your doll, Mummy.
Today, your hands shivered while dressing me up.
O dear mummy, look how your budding has grown up.
Your eyes look at me with amuse,
But i am just a shadow of you.

પા પા કરતી પપ્પા ની આ લાડલી 

ચાલી છે કુમ-કુમના પગલા ભરવા

પલક ના ઝબકારા માં

ક્યારે મોટી થઇ ને

ક્યારે પારકી થઇ ગઈ.

હજી કાલની તો વાત હતી

ખજૂર કોપરા કરવા જિદ્દ કરતી

નિશાળે મુકવા જતા ધ્રુસકે રડી પડતી

પપ્પા તમે મને છોડી કેમ જાવ છો :પૂછતી

આજે ડોલી માં સવાર થઇ ગઈ

કાલ સુધી ઘર ઘર રમતી

આજે ઘર વસાવી રહી છે.

The teeny tiny step taking toddler
Is now stepping into household.
With a blink of eye,
the years of her youth have passed by.
It was just yesterday,
when she pleaded not be left alone at school,
and when she wanted me to carry her on my back.
Today she gets carried in carriage.
Until yesterday she played in her dollhouse,
Today, my Doll is ready to make a house.

ઘરે થી તોહ જવ છું,  

પણ હૃદય માં કાયમ માટે ઘર કરી જવ છું. 

આજે ઘર થી દૂર જવ છું,

હૃદય માં, કાલ હતી એના કરતા વધારે નજીક આવવા.

Though I leave this house,

I am leaving behind a home 

within your hearts!
Today, i am going away from home,
to come closer in heart!  

Picture abhi baaki hain doston

Its a regular Saturday morning;
On the king size bed that we lay by each other,
Endearingly, i caress your hair  and leave for my chores with a peck on your cheek.
After two hours when i check for you at the breakfast table,
the tea has turn cold and food has lost it aroma.
By now, we have come to terms,
that dragging you out of bed is the kind of love you prefer.
So be it!
Willingly i surrender to your embrace,
When the warmth of our proximity recharges you enough,
We are back to talking of how we can spend the rest of the day.
For loving someone the way they want despite your rational is what selfless/unconditional love is!

There will be days when you will learn how having a fat-free yogurt vs Greek yogurt or arranging bowls before  glasses in dishwasher or separating whites from color in laundry makes a difference to establish peace on dinner table.
There will be nights when i will have to believe staring at TV does not mean you are upset at me or letting you hang out with your guys or making the first move in bed makes a difference to establish  passion in hearts. 

Between
Your acting boyish: leaving the toilet seat up, throwing wet bath towel on bed, leaving stinky socks in hallway and
My acting girlish: taking selfies everywhere, throwing  tantrums, getting excited over little nothings- Saying sorry for things we do not really understand, will be part of our lives from now on.
Sharing is caring they say:  ab, Sharing that king size bed with giggles and caring with cuddles every other day is the picture we choose to re-play.
Its something we would exchange for belonging to each other. 

Excerpt:
Raat Haseen Ye Chand Haseen 

Tu Sabse Haseen Mere Dilbar 

Aur Tujhse Haseen, Tera Pyaar

Pyaar Mein Hai Jeevan Ki Khushi

Deti Hai Khushi Kai Gam Bhi 

Main Maan Bhi Loon Kabhi Haar 

Tu Maane Na ...

Yeh Nayan Dare Dare...