Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry, Volume
6, Number 1. May 2023. ISSN: 2581-7094
Peace
Stretching chest of the rock
Since ages stands a mountain
Loaded with green beauty
Stand sentry like trees
On its shoulder, chest, stomach and thigh
And from its naval
Flows a river down washing feet of the mountain
And dances a man
With the tune of river’s life song
To germinate
Grow
And harvest his dream.
Everything is in harmony
So does the song of life
Peace.
If the trees take a walk
If the river changes its route
If men abandon the moral values
If the mountain quakes
What will be the result of the whole creation
If destroyed in order?
I am the need for the life
And, worried for world peace.
(Translated by Mahesh Paudyal)
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