Sri Aurobindo

Translations

CWSA.- Volume 5

Part Two. Translations from Bengali
Section One. Vaishnava Devotional Poetry

Selected Poems of Nidhou

12

Nay, though thy absence was a tardy fire,

Yet in such meeting is a worse derision;

For never yet the passionate eyes’ desire

Drew comfort from such momentary vision.

Who ever heard of great heats soon expended,

Huge fire with a little burning ended?