Nightfall (Salumsom)

under the moon
a song can be heard
silent.

an indication:

the sharp whip of stillness
a grasshopper’s whispers

they have the same ears
like blades of grasses
growing in the wild.

And in this stillness
and the faint light of the moon
his lonesomeness
becomes one
with the silence
and the nightfall.


Translated by Khareen Culajara