An Encounter
written by: Arjun Dhungana
translated by: Suman Pokhrel
On the evening of the fourteenth of February,
unintentionally
I was there at the vegetable store.
You used to say, that
you didn’t like the bitter taste,
but, you kept picking bitter gourds
making heart and soul bitter.
I, a hater of peppery taste
kept my fingers running on the basket of hot chilly
until my eyes started burning.
The whole night of the fourteenth of February,
I kept floundering slumberless
thinking, whether you slept peacefully.
Arjun Dhungana, hailing from Biratnagar, Nepal, is a poet and scholar. His poetry delves into themes of family, society, and introspection, marked by emotional depth and cultural resonance. He was awarded Best Young Poet of the Year 2013 by the leading literary organization Vani Publication in Biratnagar. Currently, he teaches Physics at Satyanarayan Ma. Vi., Biratnagar and Mahendra Morang Adarsh Multiple Campus Biratnagar, part of Tribhuvan University, where he is also pursuing his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics.
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