પપ્પા, હવે ફોન મૂકું? Papa, Shall I Hang Up Now?

સાસરેથી દીકરી પપ્પાને ફોન કરે છે ને વાતો કરવા માંડે છે.

The married daughter dials an STD call to her father. Though far away, the phone line seems to join her to her parental home. The moment she hears Papa's voice, her mind overflows with things to say.

ઉંબરો, ઓસરી, ગલી - ઘરની નાની-નાની વાતો એ યાદ કરે છે.

The daughter recalls small things of home, of the courtyard and of childhood - the threshold, the verandah, that lane, those dear ones. With each memory the affection of her parental home is renewed, and she keeps stretching the conversation.

'પપ્પા, હવે ફોન મૂકું?' એમ પૂછે, પણ ફોન મૂકવા જ માગતી નથી.

Every little while the daughter asks - 'Papa, shall I hang up now?' - but these are only words. In truth she does not want to hang up at all. The asking itself brings up a new thing to say and the call goes on. This recurring question is the very sweetness of the song.

વાતો કરતાં દીકરીનું હૈયું ભરાઈ આવે છે, આંખ ભીની થાય છે.

As she talks, the daughter's heart brims over and her eyes grow moist. The ache of living far from home and her love for her father spill into her words. She speaks of hanging up, but affection holds her back.

દીકરી સાસરે જાય તોય પિયર ને પિતા સાથેનો સ્નેહ અતૂટ રહે છે.

The song shows that though a daughter goes to her in-laws' home, her bond with her parental home and her father never breaks. Even a single phone line keeps two hearts joined. The poet sings this pure, unbreakable father-daughter affection in the simplest of words.