Pushpa Khanal
If it’s on the way, step in just for a while
Rest in my eyelids when tired, just for a while
Remember this fact; don’t weave a web of love,
Otherwise, will have the same pain as I have
Let the heart fly; don’t confine it within
Don’t make it a prison in the cage of love within
Don’t play; painful is the play of love
Otherwise, will have the same pain as I have
Love is the play of the blinds, befalls everyone
It’s a sand swamp, it entraps everyone
Even in trouble, don’t rest under the tent of love
Otherwise, will have the same pain as I have
Don’t step, even unknowingly, into the lake of love
Otherwise, will have the same pain as I have
Trans: Bidhan Acharya
[Pushpa Khanal is a Nepali poet and lyricist. She is the General Secretary of Nepal Shrasta Samaj, a literary organization based in Kathmandu, and Executive Member of Shankar Lamichhane Foundation, Nepal.]