घर गाउँमा रुवाबासि पिर पठाएछ,
सम्झनालाई अन्तिम चिनो तस्विर पठाएछ॥
खुशि बोकी घर फिर्छु भन्थ्यो परदेशीले,
कठै! आज बाकसभित्र शरिर पठाएछ॥
He said he would come home and bring joy,
But he brought back tears and grief.
He sent a photograph as a parting gift.
Alas! He sent his own body home in a box.
That, too, is foreign employment.
This poem was included in the Nepali Times' Diaspora Diaries series: https://nepalitimes.com/here-now/diaspora-diaries-2-2a0bh9b7