The binding rope trembles in moonlight

 
That day. In the afternoon. You held my hand, pretending to shake it.
You said, "How soft, like cotton!"...do you remember?
That day you didn't touch my heart. You haven't even now!
So how would you ever know...this heart is just as soft!


Then I trembled with shivers and thought only...
What a magical person, what a magical touch!
Suddenly you made a demand! Asked for my phone number!
Inside I was terribly happy, outwardly I said, "What's this!"


I took my leave and returned home; came back to find my heart empty, restless!
My mind wouldn't settle anywhere, as if losing every moment!
Restlessly I was thinking of you, thinking of you, just then,
The phone suddenly rang! You were the first to call!
From that day the story began; a new life—that too began!
Ah, how my heart was pulled toward you!


You think
you've done something momentous,
stolen my night's sleep!
You fool!
You don't even know—
I never sleep at night anyway!


Days rolled on, months ended, a whole year turned,
Where is your time for me like before?
Thinking of you day by day, my thirst kept growing,
Meanwhile you're terribly busy, just trying to climb higher!


If you had remained the lover you were at first,
Would rivers still flow through my heart, piercing these eyes?
How my heart is breaking, the corners of the room are shaking,
You've seen the world so much, but never saw this heart.


That day you didn't touch my heart, haven't touched it even now!
You drop pearls in the corner and search for shells in vain!
Boy, why are you like this? You understand hands but not hearts!
You solve hard equations, but don't understand simple, pure love!


You understand touch quite well, I see, so why don't you understand love?
You've only cast glances with these eyes, as if you never really saw me!
You saw only the smile on my lips, the pain in my eyes...did you see that?
You see moonlight, yet don't let it touch your skin, happiness only a quarter shared!
Instead of seeking the moon, you seek its shadows—when will you understand its brightness?


One evening. You went up to the roof. In a pot you saw a blooming yellow rose. You breathed in its fragrance too. With those two eyes closed, you spread rapture through your whole body! It seemed as if this rose had bloomed thinking only of you!
Tell me, am I wrong?
You only took in the fragrance, wrapped rapture around your soul. The hidden honey you left behind carelessly!


Listen, doesn't your heart say, let that moment come again?
...let us stand in that instant once more!
Whenever I look at this hand, how carelessly I touch it!
...as if that day's heaven comes into my palm!
You think I'm crazy! Think what you will, what does it matter! I am crazy indeed!


Let me tell you some of my dreams.
I will become a small piece of your sky.
In that sky kites will fly, rows of white herons!
Sometimes I'll be a climbing jasmine vine, laughing across your heart,
Or I'll be a butterfly, scattering colors, flying touching your eyelashes!
Whether you become mine or not, I will still remain yours!