The Boatmans Song 2

The Boatman’s Song 2/ Many Urvashi’s heart was aching to hear and to see the elegance Of the boatman, while he sing those melodies on earth A great longing started sprouting in her bosom To visit the earth and to listen those heart touching songs Which like a powerful magnet were pulling her towards earth Where flows the Ganges and lives her unseen love To control her ever increasing desire of hearing those songs And to see that unique boatman, who lives on earth Urveshi tried to engage her more and more In the courtly dances and engagements for Indra But the more she wanted to escape, more she became enchanted By the echoes of boatman’s songs Which were tearing her heart and Making her mind almost intoxicated, By the melodies of those heavenly songs The pleasures and comforts of heaven began to pinch her Like the piercing thorns Even the dance and music, which were her pride and passion Became dull and charm less in the wake of those songs For which she was hailed As the best among all the Apsaras in the entire universe Heaven seems to bring no joy and rejoicing for her any more Her dancing steps, which were the symbols of perfection and beauty Even started betraying her As her own heart was no longer in her possession any more And she found that her mind and heart Were swept away by that unseen boatman Sailing his boat somewhere on earth Apsara Urveshi after finishing her dance that day Told the God of heaven, Indra That she perhaps can no longer perform any dance Owing to agonies of her heart and restlessness of her mind And her legs were not in tune with her mind to perform A flawless dance and song by which she had captured the Hearts of all Gods and Goddess, what to say of humans on earth She thought and thought and found that she can only normalize If she can hear the songs of the boatman Singing in full throated ease on earth The echo’s of which were hovering in her mind like clouds And twisting her heart to see that singer sublime Ravindra Kanpur India 5th January 2010 * Apsara = A Nymph dancer of heaven in the court of Indra as per Hindu Mythology * Indra = The Lord of Heaven as per Hindu mythology * Urveshi = One of the beloved Apsaras of Indra * Saraswati = Goddess of knowledge, music & arts * Jungle = Forest