Bhisma Upreti
Air hastens in blowing
Water in flowing
The youths in picking a dream
And yet, to cherish another of such dreams.
Change hastens away to transform itself
People here hurry to be born,
And there to pass away.
Amid all this hustle,
I have kept hopes on sale in a small shop
On roadside
And am sitting upon time
Strewn like a sack on the ground.
Sitting silently beside a shop
That has no customer to visit,
I languish in leisure,
Beholding the rush of hastiness!
Trans: Mahesh Paudyal
[Bhisma Upreti is a poet, essayist and novelist of high repute. His 19 books (9 poetry book, 9 essays/travels and one Novel) have been published. Besides Nepali, many of his works have been published in English, Hindi, Korean, Serbian, Slovenian, Japanese, Sinhala, Cambodian, Russian, Tamil and Bengali languages. He has represented Nepal in many international Literary conclaves in Aisa and Europe. A Gold medalist of National Poetry Festival organized by Nepal Academy, Mr. Upreti is also recipient of prestigious awards like SAARC Literature Award, Gopal Prasad Rimal Rastriya Kavya Puraskar, Uttam Shanti Puraskar, Yuva Varsha Moti Puraskar, Shankar Lamichhane Youth Essay Award and many more. Currently he is a secretary of PEN Nepal, A Nepalese Chapter of PEN International. ]