Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

CWSA.- Volume 2

Part Seven. Pondicherry
Lyrical Poems from Manuscripts, c. 1934 – 1947

Krishna

(Cretics)

O immense Light and thou, O spirit-wide boundless Space,

Whom have you clasped and hid, deathless limbs, gloried face?

Vainly lie Space and Time, “Void are we, there is none.”

Vainly strive Self and World crying “I, I alone.”

One is there, Self of self, Soul of Space, Fount of Time,

Heart of hearts, Mind of minds, He alone sits, sublime.

Oh no void Absolute self-absorbed, splendid, mute,

Hands that clasp hold and red lips that kiss blow His¹ flute.

All He loves, all He moves, all are His, all are He;

Many limbs sate His whims, bear His sweet ecstasy.

Two in One, Two who know difference rich in sense,

Two to clasp, One to be, this His strange mystery.

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.

¹ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: the

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