कविता / Poem
शून्य छैन यहाँ
सृष्टि शून्यबाट भएको थियो
त्यसैले त यहाँ
उज्यालो छ अनि अँध्यारो पनि
धर्ती छ साथै आकाश पनि
पदार्थ छ अनि अपदार्थ पनि
यस सत्यको आभाष
आह! कत्ति मीठो
तर… झल्याँस्स स्मरण भयो
मीठो छ यहाँ तर तीतो पनि त छ
मेरो मनलाई च्वास्सै पार्ने तीतो
यसै सत्यको सहयात्री अर्को सत्य —
सृष्टि चलाइराख्न होला शायद
हे दैव
उज्यालो र अँध्यारो एकैसाथ पाइन्न रहेछ
अहिले म अन्धकारमा डुबेको छु
कुनै रोशनी देख्दिन, निष्पट्ट छ
कर्तव्य छ, अधिकार छैन
नुनिलो छ, गुलियो बिर्सिसकें
तर विहानी अवश्य आउनेछ
प्रतिक्षा छ त्यो कोमल बिहानीको ।
Creation arose out of the void —
and that is why, here,
there is light, and darkness too;
there is earth, and sky as well;
there is substance, and its shadow too.
The first glimpse of this truth —
ah, how sweet!
But then… memory struck like a flash:
it is sweet here, yes — but bitter too,
a bitterness that pierces my heart clean through.
Fellow traveler to that truth, another truth —
perhaps it is what keeps creation turning —
O God,
light and darkness, it seems, cannot be had together.
Right now I am sunk in darkness;
I see no light — it is pitch black.
Duty I have; rights, none.
Salt is all I taste; I have forgotten what sweetness was.
But morning will surely come.
I am waiting for that tender dawn.