दिल ना सगपण !

छती आँखें मारूं दर्द न जोयुं, शुं लागणीओ थी तुं अंध छे?
के पछी जाणी-जोईने सगवड खातर गणत्रीथी करेलो आ प्रबंध छे?
आपणी प्रेमकथानो आव्यो आ केवो अणधार्यो अंत छे?
सुखनी सफर पूरी थई मारी पण तारा माटे अनंत छे।
प्रेम छे नाम समर्पणनुं ऐ क्यां हार-जीत नो सम्बन्ध छे?
दिलमां तारा हूँ नथी भले, मारा श्वास मां तारी सुगंध छे।
तारे काजे खुल्या जे रस्ता ऐ मारे माटे हवे बंध छे।
तू पराई थई गई तो शुं थयुं ? दिल ना सगपण हजी अकबंध छे!

-मोहित शाह (८-१-०९)

This poem I've written on 8-1-09. It was inspired by a story published in newspaper. In fact, the last line of this poem was published as a title to this story. After reading that I felt an instinct to create some more lines. The words came coming from my mind & poem was done in half an hour. It narrates the pain of dejection from the loved one. One can see that at the onset, the man seems agitated asking for an explanation from his lover. He even makes allegations of being emotionally blind & mean. But later on his aggression gives way to rationalization. He looks the whole incidence in a philosophical way. He accepts that his journey for his love has ended because he can't make her his companion. But he is going to continue his search for happiness for ever by loving her from the depth of his heart. He smells her fragrance in his breaths. He realizes that love is not a matter of gaining or losing but it's a matter of unconditional giving. You have to devote your life for your love without expecting anything in return. Lovers may get defeated but not love itself. He rationalize the things at the end by thinking that although she is owned by someone else, the relations of hearts (दिल ना सगपण) is still intact. One can see how his feelings matured with the advancement of the poem. The feeling of dejection gives way to devotion. We can feel the journey of emotions ranging from agony to agitation to allegation to realization,rationalization & revitalization of the relationship. I will like to call this as the upliftment of love."प्रेम नुं उर्ध्विकरण" !

श्री शोभित देसाई आ ज वात तेमना अंदाज़ मां कहेता फरमावे छे ;

"हतो जे आपणो सम्बन्ध ऐना भग्न अवशेषो ,

शिशु माफक चगळतो हूँ हजी पण त्यांज उभो छूं !