SRI AUROBINDO
Translations
from Sanskrit and Other Languages
II. From Bengali
XIX
I did not dream, O love, that I
Would ever have thee back again.
The sunflower drooping hopelessly
Expects no sun to end her pain.
I did not dream my lord would show
Favour to his poor slave-girl more,
That I should mix my eyes as now
With the dear eyes I panted for.
I did not dream my huge desire
Would be filled full and grief be over,
But burning in love’s bitter fire
With hopeless longing for my lover,
One thought alone possessed thy slave,
“Lord of my life, where art thou gone?
Wilt thou not come this life to save?”
Dumbly this thought and this alone.