Is Love Eternal ? Poem by Bharati Nayak
Is Love Eternal ?
Is Love eternal?
Sometimes I doubt it
When your memories do not come to me
As often as it used to be.
Has someone else
Occupied your place?
Then suddenly
I feel you by a familiar scent
Coming from a nearby tube-rose
Or a whiff from mango blossoms
I feel you
When a cuckoo cooes
From a distance
Or a hovering cloud wets me
in sudden showers.
Fond memories fill me
Every time I sit on a rickshaw
I feel as if you are on your cycle
And looking at me through a side glance.
How wonderful that
In thousand things
I find you
A familiar shirt worn
By an unknown person
A piece of film dialogue
A joke, a laughter,
A smile, a tear
A grass lawn,
Bhawans Journal or film Devdas
Yes, yes- - in so many things
I find you.
Then why I doubt on
the permanence of love?
Love has both aspects it is eternal as well as material. If it's only eternal it's love of God. But when Vishnu comes as Krishna he materializes his love with Radha.
Thank you Akhtar Jawadji for your valuable comment . Yes, eternal means that which is permanent and never dies.We all are transient beings and death brings to halt all feelings including love. I feel, like death, love too is a mystery.It is a universal feeling.It depend so much on ones' perception.So love has different shades- -spiritual, platonic or, physical.We can not easily define this feeling.
''''''Does he love me / he remembers me Is this love Does he love me as much as I do - -these are some of the questions a lover wants reassurance always. not necessarily BUDDHA LEFT HIS LOVELIEST WIFE FOR LEARNING THE CAUSE OF POVERTY AT WHAT EXPENSE NIL HE Has become immortal
In thousand things I find you....Then why I doubt on the permanence of love.. Yes dear sister Bharti, love in its strict sense is eternal. In case of a love not eternal is not love. You can call it by some other names. It's a meaningful piece of poem deserving a full 10
Memories! ! ! In sudden showers of love and art. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
hi, bharati! i hope this finds you well. with some time this morning, i came to see if you'd posted anything new and found this one. to your question, i immediately think, of course, convinced that God is love, and God eternal. as to the type of love in your poem, i note you begin with what is summoned by smell, that most primal of senses. then sound and touch. then sight, dominant for so many of us. your poem highlights the importance remembering can have for us. -glen
I would like to read your reply to SIR KM'S three pointed note Then I shall apply my mind ma'am
Part - 3 By an unknown person / A piece of film dialogue/ A joke, a laughter, / A smile, a tear / A grass lawn, / Yes, yes- - in so many things / I find you. / Then why I doubt on / the permanence of love? / Dear madam, you have brought here a brilliant poem regarding Love with an impressive inscription. Full vote. Thank you again.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Part - 2 me / As often as it used to be. /....Has someone else / Occupied your place? Here love may be called ephemeral. When lover or beloved remains closer to each other without any doubts Love may be called eternal or permanent. I want to cite here...How wonderful that / In thousand things / I find you / A familiar shirt worn /
Thank you Sir Kumarmani Mahakul for your wonderful review of this poem. Love may be present without one being aware of it or consciously feeling it. I am glad that this poem draws great poets here for a discourse on the topic 'Love'