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The Boatman’s Song 20/ Many The world would come to know one day The real strength of your arms and the balance of your mind And your love would be, the inspiration of your life Making you, an extra ordinary King of this land Who would rule the hearts of its people and not the land The boatman heard and grasped every word He looked at Urveshi* and thanked her, from his heart “I am so much grateful, O Princess of Heaven, It’s a dream or a reality, I do not know But I am going to save my love, from those traitors Who are trying to capture her kingdom I have taken the training of fighting and warrior hood From my Guru Chanakya,* the most worthy of all teachers at Takshila* And I will finish those traitors, of the kingdom of Malla* In no time only, I can make a small army of my own" He looked at Urveshi* with a look full of friendly love And thanked her by saying, “I shall always remain indebted, for what you have done for me, From You only I have come to know, where and how my love is” Same day the boatman gathered, his ten trained young men, Whom he had trained silently, as the men of his army And all of them were the men of great strength, courage and dedication Ready to sacrifice their lives, on just one call of the boatmen, Always willing to go any where That day they were ready to give, their first test of warrior hood Along with their Chief, who knew the art of making an army Even without a kingdom, And that he had learnt from his Guru* Chankya* Who was a man of Great learning Same day, the boatman with his ten men of mussels Reached a place, near the fort Palace of the Malla* Kingdom And he found out many things, about the Princess and came to know, She visits a nearby Temple everyday The boatman and all his men, separately waited In the premises of that Temple, waiting for the princess to come The time came and the Princess along with some of her friends Came to make her daily prayer And went inside the Temple, where only the Princess could go The boatman waited for the Princess to come The time came and the Princess arrived, like the Moon appears On a dark lonely night, and travels alone the sky She came and made her payer to her deity Ravindra 20/…. to continue…. Kanpur India 22nd January 2010 * Urveshi (One of the beloved Apsaras of Indra * Guru Hindi word means teacher * Malla. A name of the Republic of ancient India of 400BC * Chanakya. Name of the great teacher of Chandragupta & a great politician
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