Viplav Dhakal
This night too waned in vain
a new darkness starts in the morn.
The same, suicidal poems
the antique solo moans of the moon and the river,
that deformed peace,
and the tainted vapors, coming out of the flute of law.
The same, dejected sun and the same god,
the same cycle and the same hunger repeat.
The same exhaustion, the same gun
and the same cohabitation recur.
The same death repeats
in the pitch darkness, penetrated by a dog’s cry.
This night too waned in vain
a new spell of darkness starts in the morn.
[Viplav Dhakal (b. 1967) is a Nepali poet of high repute. A PhD in Nepali literature, poet Dhakhal is author of many highly-acclaimed works Chitako Jwala (Epic, 1985); Hiunko Yatra (Collection of muktaks, 1988), Bhojpurko Sahityik Rooprekha (1992), Nirjan Bandargah (1994), Kalo Madhyantar (Collection of poems, 2003), Professor Sharmako Diary (2010) Antim Nayika (Collection of one-act play, 1997) and Chyauko Jungle (2015).