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.
11-11-1935
Reference: # 56 in “Les poèmes de Sri Aurobindo” (bilingual edition)
also in “Poems Past and Present” – 3
all published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram – Pondicherry
diffusion by SABDA