An Empire of Beauty

Poet: Sanjiv Rai

Translation from Nepali: Hem
Bishwakarma

 

"Seldom exists more
beautiful

The other than the grandeur
of a beautiful poetry!"—

As a Godly edifice
explained in mythos

A strong belief in me

Collapsed from its base
to ruins

With an invasion of your
beauty

 

Distressed I am to see

How come deep water in
your eyes

Fill the way—

That sinks the sky of my
thirst?

 

How much you are with

Such water under your
body?

When
I see,                                         

An unseen rushing fire glares
in me

I have become ashes

Burnt with your water

 

Threatening openly

The rebel beauty spread
on your face

Terrifies the troops of
my word force

 

Oops! How to sight

and endure that misery

While I am banished

From the empire of
beauty?

 

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