Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

SABCL - Volume 5

VI. Poems in New Metres

Trance

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!

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.