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BEAUTY OF LIFE
Please take our photo, uncle.
Children, who looked like budding faces of aspirations,
spoke to me, their voice had an aura of hope and brightness.
I stood them in a row
and took their photo.
I looked at the photo
and at them.
But in the photo
missing was the lustre
that was in their eyes;
missing was their smile
and the colour of it;
missing was the voice of their heart
and the purity and warmth.
In the photo
there were some figures
and merely a photo.
I took the photo
but couldn’t portray
the inspiring
beauty of their life.
Perhaps none can do it.
Translated by Mukul Dahal
SHADOW
This too is my shadow.
Starting from
my feet
it stretches beyond the sun
holding hands like mine,
legs similar to me
wherever I go
from back to front
it walks with me.
I stare at my shadow
though ball of head is like mine
Shadow does not have my face
Shadow does not have my color
Shadow even does not have my aroma.
Though this
too is my shadow
But, I am not the shadow.
Translated by Ishwor Kandel
Bhisma Upreti, Kathmandu, Nepal