by Octavio Paz(translated by m Cohen)
If the white light of this lamp
is real, and real
the hand that writes,
are the eyes real
that look at what I write?
One word follows another.
What I saw vanishes.
I know that I am alive,
and living between two parentheses.
Re: —Certainty—
koi 5 feet oper se hi guzar gaya hai
Plz explain 
PS. welcome to Intikhaab 
Re: —Certainty—
Thanks for the welcome:)
…I thought it was really simple:D…
a Brief explanation is that the poet talks about Life in general…like is it real…I mean the light of a lamp is intangible, and so are the words that we read…
For our life is between 2 parenthesis…meaning only a part of the bigger picture(maybe a sentence..u know (..) )…basically saying the sentence may be the hereafter and the life is a small part:)
Re: —Certainty—
koi 4.5 feet neechay aa gaya hai
thanks for the explanation
so in other words life here not ends on full stop ( . ) in fact on coma ( , )