SRI AUROBINDO
Translations
from Sanskrit and Other Languages
II. From Bengali
XV
How much thou didst entreat! with what sweet wooing
Thou hast bewitched my soul to love thee!
Now when I’ve loved thee to my own undoing,
O marvel! all my piteous tears and suing
To bless me with thy presence cannot move thee.
Would I, if I had known ere all was over,
Have given my heart for thy sole pleasure?
So sweet thy words, I fell in love with loving
And gave my heart, the very roots removing.
How could I know that thy love had a measure?