An Alp of Agreement | Sushma Ranahama

- Sushma Ranahanma

 

Not once ask—the gesture of being alive,

The wish of pulling life ahead,

How deep I underwent to the surface

Of reality!

 

A mountain of agreement erected amidst us

Before we were one

I repent on my menace, to claim you mine

I am swallowed by the remorse

As exchanged our vehemence

I am crushed by the emptiness

You're there who look as if farther or closer

Perhaps, I won't be; walking along the dilemma

 

Though it's severe to envy

Sorry I happened to be jealous

The merciless separating season blossom the youthful Sakura[1]

How would I relish its splendour?

 

The happiness of togetherness

Streams down from eyes

I wish for a solitary more silence

If I have to—

Want to hear your romantic name

Want to see your chuckles

If I have to meet—

Wish to meet the sleuth that followed me

 

You came uninformed but went with consent

Leaving off things that flashes your memories

The dawn before wake

The dusk before the dark

The cheers at the glasses of Soju[2]

The coupled footprints at the vibrant streets

What don't I have yours?

Everything but you

 

I keep the twinkles of hope

From the dying candle flare

I own your memories that awake at midnight

I have lips, confluence to the eccentric smoke

What don't I have yours?

Everything but you

 

Translated from the Nepali by Hem Bishwakarma

 

 

 

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[1] A cherry flower that blooms in Spring Season

[2] A Korean alcoholic beverage