Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1937

Letter ID: 1963

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

June 7, 1937

“This gentle breeze free from all petty cares

And fragrant peace of the blue-hearted noon...”

It is rather funny, no? Breeze free from all cares!

Care worried breezes are gentlemen we don’t know – on earth at least..

And breeze rather than the peace should be fragrant, no?

Why the devil should any fragrance of the breeze prevent peace from being fragrant too?

“With a tranced petal of the pale-white moon

Are a vast breath of God that with us shares.”

What does the breath of God share with us? our meals?

Instead of saying “... that with us he shares”, I have dropped “he” in order to be more English.

How does the absence of a personal pronoun make something more English?

The couplet seems flat. What do you say?

Flat! the rhythm is like that of a carriage jolting on a road full of ruts.

I hear Mother kept silent about blood-exam for K?

Why should Mother object? They can do what they think necessary.