Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1938

Letter ID: 2072

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

April 5, 1938

“They are, at thy touch, reborn

Into new shapes and thoughts;

And my soul’s prayer adorn

With their bright starry dots.”

This is decoration with a vengeance dottily so. One might just as well write

“And my soul’s verandah adorn

With starry-red rose-pots.”

Then the soul of Donne would rejoice. But Donne should be doffed here.

Do you find any meaning in my stanza?

Yes, except that the dots have too much meaning.