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!  

Bheegi si, Behti si

भीगी सी मैं और भीगी सी  मेरी नाव,

अक्सर यह बात करते हैं 

 की हैं एक जैसे हम!

मैंने तुझे बनाया,

और मुझे किसी और ने 

हमें मिटना तोह हैं, एक जैसे!!

फिर चाहैं,  आज मैं तुझे बहते हुए देखू

या कल तू मुझे बहते हुए  देखे

एक दिन बेहना ही तोह हैं!!

हैं एक जैसे हम !

फिर किसी एक शाम को,
मिलेंगे ऐसी ही,

थोड़ी भीगी सी होगी तू  और थोड़ी भीगी सी मैं!!
हैं एक जैसे हम !

                                       

No strings attached- come away with me III

Hi there,
As I mentioned, I have been travelling and relocating to a new place pretty soon. I feel great relief  flowing through my eyes and spine when I return to my abode. As they say nothing feels as great as it feels at home. What is to be at home? Is it the welcome door mat, the pure aroma of spices in kitchen, the laughter in rooms, the flat screen plasma, the murmurs behind the doors, the luxurious bed, the tiny patio facing the sea, that makes you feel at peace? Its the overall effect of being with ourselves and with the surrounding, dear ones that we cherish. A home captures the memories of several "first moments" and sentiments while we take shelter and foster ourselves in it. When life seems gray and haunting we seek solace in our tiny room of home, no matter how big it is, no matter where it is located or how much it costs.

Been six years i have been to the place i am at present. Still it amuses me each time, I feel I have known it. As my life demands progression, I am moving with new set of goals and objectives. Never, until now it occurred to me, how life outside this place would be.  Not, that I never wished to be outside the small town, but feel heavy within to wave it goodbye.  How do you say Goodbye to something you have hold on to be what you are right now?  Is it so easy to loosen those strings attached with you?

Treading mysterious life,

loosening the Strings attached;

Summons other Fall.

As travel is on my mind, I recollect the wording of the song from Metallica .