“A silver-throated nightingaleSri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1938
Letter ID: 2159
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
July 28, 1938
“A silver-throated nightingale
Has to my spirit brought
Unimaginable ecstasy...”
What’s this nightingale doing here?
Damned if I know, but let her sing.
“My rock-white will manifests now
Through grey barrenness of time
Infinities crowned with the sun-glow
Of the withdrawn Sublime.”
“Rock-white” would mean “white as a rock”, but a white rock is rarer than a white elephant.