Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

CWSA.- Volume 2

Baroda and Pondicherry, c. 1902 – 1936
Poems Past and Present

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.

Earlier edition of this work: Sri Aurobindo Birth Century Library: Set in 30 volumes.- Volume 5.- Collected Poems.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Asram, 1972.- 625 p.