Another Night Must Be Endured**

Another night must be endured.
Amidst subdued whimpers.
Mourning the loss of moments stunned.
Another night must be endured.

As the pulse-beat drowns in the scream of pain.
Love will disappear in rampaging fault-lines.
No hope that the rays of dawn would shade.
To let night-bride wear silvery moonlight.
Fragrance of memory, though, will surely rise.
And the hopeful heart will pump once more.

Another night must be endured.

Blood-vessels will face the revolt thrust.
The pillow of truth will no-longer comfort.
Oh! I shudder to wake under closed eyelids.
To see lost fortunes in clear daylight.
Each heavy breath, though, will be weighed in gold.
And charged to the heads that hang in shame.

Another night must be endured.

**Adapted from the Hindi original 'Ek Aur Raat Kat Jaayegi' by Mirat Trivedi