Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

SABCL - Volume 5

I. Short Poems
1902-1930

Bride of the Fire

Bride of the Fire, clasp me now close,–

Bride of the Fire!

I have shed the bloom of the earthly rose,

I have slain desire.

Beauty of the Light, surround my life,–

Beauty of the Light!

I have sacrificed longing and parted from grief,

I can bear thy delight.

Image of ecstasy, thrill and enlace,–

Image of bliss!

I would see only thy marvellous face,

Feel only thy kiss.

Voice of Infinity, sound in my heart,–

Call of the One!

Stamp there thy radiance, never to part,

O living Sun.

Later edition of this work: The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo.- Set in 37 volumes.- Volume 2.- Collected Poems.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2009.- 751 p.