A naked and silver-pointed star
Floating near the halo of the moon;
A storm-rack, the pale sky's fringe and bar,
Over waters stilling into swoon.
My mind is awake in stirless trance,
Hushed my heart, a burden of delight;
Dispelled is the senses' flicker-dance,
Mute the body aureate with light.
O star of creation pure and free,
Halo-moon of ecstasy unknown,
Storm-breath of the soul-change yet to be,
Ocean self enraptured and alone!
15-10-1933
Sri Aurobindo
Reference: # 32 in "Les poèmes de Sri
Aurobindo" (bilingual edition)
also in "Collected Poems and Plays, volume 2" - 280
all published by Sri
Aurobindo Ashram - Pondicherry
diffusion by SABDA
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