I lie with ten women to cove all ten sides. They cover me as the hills in Kathmandu.
I lie with Gouri on my North, Kalpana on the South
sacred Gita on the East, and sacred fire on the West.
I lie with Urbashi on the North-East, Jharna on the South-East.
With Swapna on the North-West and
Chaya on the South-West.
I lie with Maniratna on the lower-corner,
and on the upper corners with Maya.
They all have their different female demons.
They keep me away from all sorts of bad-rays
As ozone-umbrella saves the planet, Earth.
Despite all such arangements, I don’t get rid of fear.
No one knows when YAMA shall get
through some unsuspected hole!
Translated by the poet