An irised multitude of hills and seas
And glint of brooks in the green wilderness,
And trackless stars, and miracled symphonies
Of hues that float in ethers shadowless,
A dance of fire-flies in the fretted gloom,
In a pale midnight the moon's silver flare,
Fire-importunities of scarlet bloom
And bright suddenness of wings in a gomden air,
Strange bird and animal forms like memories cast
On the rapt silence of unearthly woods,
Calm faces of the gods on backgrounds vast
Bringing the marvel of the infinitudes,
Though glimmering veils of wonder and delight
World after world bursts on the awakened sight.
1933-1934
Sri Aurobindo
Reference: # 38 in "Les poèmes de Sri
Aurobindo" (bilingual edition)
also in "Collected Poems and Plays, volume 2" - 299
in "Collected Poems" - 161
and in SABCL vol. 5 "Collected Poems,
The Complete Poetical Work" - page 133
all published by Sri
Aurobindo Ashram - Pondicherry
diffusion by SABDA
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