Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Peacock-કલાપી


Sursinhji Gohel was a renowned poet of nineteenth century Gujarat, India. He was the prince of the State of Lathi, Saurashtra.  He published an acclaimed poetry book called "Kalapino Kekarav" translated 'Sweet Call of  Peacock'.

He used "Kalapi" as Nome de Plume. Below I quote him what he thought of artists in which group Poets are included.


"કલા છે ભોજ્ય મીઠી, તે ભોક્તાવિણ કલા નહીં"
"કલાવાન કલા સાથે ભોક્તાવિણ મળે નહીં"
                                -કવિ  સુરસિંહજી ગોહેલ 
                                                     - "વીણાનો મૃગ" માની અંતિમ પંક્તીઓ  
                                   -"કલાપીનો  કેકારવ"માંથી
                                                       

Rough translation by Charu Gandhi:

"Vittles sweet can not be of art without an aesthete"
"An artist, and his artistry, can not be without an aesthete"

                                                   -Last couplet from poem  "Vinano Mrug"
                                         -from the book "Kalapino Kekarav"
                        -by poet Sursinhji Gohel


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