स्वरूप

 कहिलेकाहिँ त लाग्छ

निरञ्जन निराकार भगवानलाई

के आवश्यकता छ,

रुपको, रंगको

वस्रको, श्रृंगारको

The futility

Of trying to find someone

Who listens

To the entirety of your story

God and music

Like the proverbial

Seventeenth horse

That has to be added

So that the inheritance

Can be divided into

Halves, thirds and sixths

And after which 

There still remains

The seventeenth horse

Which belongs to no one

So is god

When it comes to music

It has to be there

For all music to form

When there is no god

The music

In praise of love or

Nature or

Whatever else

Seems so very bland

Add god

And you have music

That speaks of

The deepest human feelings

Whether it is

Submission

Devotion

Awe

Love

Terror

Wonder

Creation

Destruction

Everything

The whole universe

And now remove

God from it all

And you still have

All the music

About the deepest of

Human feelings