Pramod Sarang
Assuming a river’s form
Man lands on his destination
Receding, for years, from his own self
Creeping through rocks and crevices
Drowning and floating on the way.
With tarnished relations in account
Rinsing the ordinariness of tears and joys
And waiting for the same sunlit days of hope
Man transforms into a river
At the tender touch of sunrays.
Man and river have perhaps
Got to end up in the vast ocean
Crooning their own songs of struggle
Day in and day out
Along their meandering paths.
Trans: Mahesh Paudyal
[Pramod Sarang is a Nepali poet, lyricist, composer, singer and translator. Some of his seminal works are Aprilfool Baanchirahecha Desh (poems), Awaaj ra aawaajharu (quatrains) Quaafiya (ghazal) and Anudit Aakhaharu (haiku). His works have been translated into a number of languages, including English, Korean and Hindi.]