Ghazal
Akha Bhagat 2
This ghazal by Akha Bhagat criticizes superficial religious rituals and the notion of multiple deities, advocating for a singular truth. It employs the metaphor of a city fire, where birds (the truly detached) escape unharmed, while mice (the ignorant) suffer due to their inability to rise above their limitations. The poem thus highlights the difference between genuine spiritual understanding and blind adherence to rituals.
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પાણી દે ખી કરે સ્નાન,
ત ુલસી દે ખી તોડે પાન.
Seeing water, one takes a bath,1Seeing tulsi, one plucks its leaf.
One bathes upon seeing water, and plucks leaves upon seeing the tulsi plant.
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એ અખા બહુ ઉતપાત,
ઘણા પરમેશ્વર એ ક્યાંની વાત ?
Oh Akha, what great tumult is this,how can there be many Gods?
Oh Akha, this is a great disturbance; how can there be many Gods?
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એક નગરમાં લાગી લાય
પંખીને શો ધોકો થાય
In a city, a fire did alight,What harm can reach a bird in flight?
When a fire breaks out in a city, a bird faces no danger because it can simply fly away.
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ઉંદર બીચારાં કરે શોર
જેને નહીં ઉડવાનુ ં જોર
The poor mice make a clamor,who lack the strength for flight.
The poor mice make a clamor, as they lack the strength to fly.
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અખા જ્ઞાની ભવથી ક્યમ ડરે
જેની અનુભવ પાંખો આકાશે ફરે
Akha, why should the wise fear the worldly cycle?Whose wings of experience soar in the sky.
Akha, why should the wise fear the cycle of birth and death, when their wings of experience are flying high in the sky?
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ઊંડો કૂવોને ફાટી બોખ
શીખ્યું સાંભળ્યું સર્વે ફોક
A deep well with a broken spout,All that was learned, is rendered naught.
A deep well and a torn water-drawing vessel. All that was learned and heard becomes futile.
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