If only you were to see the face of Mehar,
You would not prevent me,
But would enter the river with your pots,
One day a severe storm raged. The fisher man could not venture out and Mehar did not
get any fish. He did not want to go empty handed to meet Sohini and belittle himself. He
cut a flesh from his leg, cooked it and took it as a gift to Sohini. Due to swimming in the
river and loss of blood Mehar reached nearly unconscious to meet Sohini. Sohini was
surprised at all this. She did not understand the reason of this happening. When Mehar
slightly recovered he told her every thing. Sohini was horrified and she pacified him by
saying, ‘you have done your duty hence forth I will do my duty’. Mehar did not budge
and insisted on coming to her every night. Due to extreme weakness he could not go to
meet Sohini, inspite of his strong wish he simply could not move. At mid night Sohini
came to meet him floating on the baked pitcher. Soon it became a routine. Every night
Sohini would come to meet her beloved. She would return before dawn and hide her
pitcher.
One night as Sohini went out her sister in law woke up. She followed Sohini. She
understood the situation and informed her brother about it. He became very angry. They
tried to restrain Sohini from following this ignoble path. Sohini did not pay any heed.
They decided to eliminate her. One day her sister in law replaced the baked pitcher by
an unbaked pitcher which would soon dissolve in the water.
That happened to be a night of raging storm, strong winds and torrential rains. As if
nature was trying to warn Sohini against embarking on her perilous journey that night.
Even fishermen along the bank warned her, but Sohini ignored all the warnings and
plunged into swollen river. Soon her pitcher disintegrated and she started futile efforts to
save herself. She Cried, “Mehar- Mehar” hearing her distress cries Mehar jumped into
the river to save her, though the river was very furious at that time. He could not swim
due to wound in his leg, some how he struggled to reach Sohini and they both went
down embracing each other.
While on the banks many call out for beloved,
Only those who dare to pay with their life would take plunge,
Beloved will meet only those who enter the river without support,
Pitcher is broken, Weather was worst, all the means were lost,
Thereafter Sohini could hear the call of Mehar (Shah Latif)
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