Bonsai of Thoughts (Translated)

Bonsai of Thoughts: One Hundred Forty-Nine

1.
: Tea? Or coffee?
: When you're cold, even hot water brings comfort.

2.
: When will you write a book?
: Let me finish reading first!

3.
: Who tells you to write poetry?
: My soul.

4.
: Nothing you get for free is any good.
: You know coal whitens teeth better than toothpaste, don't you?

5.
: Can I stay here for a while?
: I asked you to stay for a lifetime!

6.
: Why do you speak so loudly these days?
: None of us can catch each other's words anymore, so we have to shout...both of us...

7.
: If you're born again, will you love me?
: I wouldn't dare take another birth!

8.
: Are you sulking?
: You want to understand sulking too? Times are so bad for you!

9.
: How long will you stay?
: Until the fever comes with its shivers.

10. 
: Don't you feel hungry?
: Thirst, thirst, thirst...

11.
: Will you write me a song?
: Run your hands over my entire body, you'll find the words.

12.
: What exactly must I do to be able to write?
: If you could bathe in tears.

13.
: You don't even know yourself!
: I know myself so well that my days are spent just convincing myself...there's no time left for anyone else...

14.
: What do you do when you're hungry?
: Kill...kill...kill...

15.
: Can anyone live long carrying so many grievances?
: What would someone do living long, when they have no one left to complain to...! Ha ha ha!

16.
: Marry someone who knows how to write poetry, how about that?
: Why?
: Someone who can write poetry is like a sari with an unbroken border—stays new forever.

17.
: Let's sleep, come on.
: I slept during the time you were dozing.

18.
: Do you love me? How much?
: Enough to make you cry for a lifetime!

19. I've tormented myself so much
that to settle the debt of pain, I'll force down a few more bowls of suffering!

20.
: How much will you charge for your poetry?
: I don't sell letters.
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