Embrace the dark- འོད་སྣང་ལ་འཁྱུད་པ།

Embrace the dark

                         འོད་སྣང་ལ་འཁྱུད་པ།

The night is beautiful

Night has sparkling sky

You have seen ‘Twinkle Twinkle’ little stars

Shining like your beautiful eyes,

 

At night! Humans are less, so is noise

No one separates darkness from night

Nature’s miracles happen every night

As…  my little-one is crazy for cars

Embrace the dark with Seven-Stars,

 

Let's have a look outside the balcony

Fireflies beautifying Mango trees

Under the moon, nocturnal roam and glows

Relaxing moments after the meal with fading shadows,

 

A night duty caretaker in Lychee orchard

Hungry dogs wandering below for the leftovers

A big bat ‘Manyah,’ just swiped over us right

I told you nah! 

Embrace the dark; Miracles happen every night,

 

Don't be afraid; open tiny eyes

See your mother, listen to my rhymes  

You, beautiful human, in my arms

And sticking to my left shoulder

Enjoying swinging and singing

Getting yawning while patting,

 

Surely love night for beautiful dreams

And it's a sign for deep sleep

Rhythm of the night is just the other side of light

So, my seven-month-old son

 -Embrace the dark; following twilight.

     This summer poem was composed after lori-lores singing for my son, who sensed the fear of darkness while going to sleep in my arms.

                                                                                                                   Bandana Dhiman