This night
Arousing desire for a courtesan
A night like this
When Buddha renounced home
What is there for me to see
Save this light I've lighted?
A night when someone might
Shriek out suddenly
This night
As though someone will come to throttle
Perhaps people commit suicide on a night like this.
This peppery night
Thrown out by everyone
Earth's rare character-
Maybe time is night
Maybe the night is an expression of presence
Of inanimate and living.
Oh woman
It's difficult to reach you
As it is difficult to return from you.
This night's like the selfsame difficulty
This night's just like you
This night's like me
This night's like the 'we' of you and me
This is the night when
Adam tasted the forbidden fruit.
Translated by:
Abhi
Subedi
