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May I not see Dreams / Suman Pokhrel


May I get so drunk that

I forgot even my own self

and did not see any dreams this night!

May I not see dream

each night

like the tousled waking moment

that goes demolishing me

more than itself.

May those

countless ferocity of newspapers,

the violent voices

exploding from television and radio,

sounds that uproot ears,

scenes that leave eyes unblinking

pushing them to the limits of sorrow,

feelings that flee

leaving broken hearts behind,

never come to my dreams

with their unruly crowd's

loud naked processions!

May those dreams of

buildings reduced to rubbles,

river flowing into flames,

coloured scenes of hopes

turning into ashes

by mixing with fake funs and frolics,

not come to tease me

with such results!

Dreams becoming debris

even when they are constructed,

river of peacefulness

turning into flames while flowing,

colourful scenes of hopes

turning into ashes mixing

with non-existent pageantry,

dreams that bring such results

don't come to tease me!

May those dreams

that muddy the entire time,

more insincere than

an essay on dishonesty,

ferocious like present day's reality,

complex like seven lives entangled into one,

longer than nights of separation,

continue to flow

into some black-hole.

May this night come

wearing drunk cloak of love,

carrying passionate desires,

and intoxications of love!

Tonight, may I get so drunk in love that

I do not see any dreams!

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Translated from Nepali by Abhi Subedi

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