That goat is eating
Real grass!
We here have a different
Foodstuff,
Thorns! Thorns!
That is black, our colour is white,
Deep white!
What a fat, defiant animal it is,
Wild and free!
Beware of Dashain!
Its sacrifice,
Our celebration!
How far away it will be then!
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Translation: Padma Devkota