By Ritam
A day may come in all-fulfilling Time
When mortal eyes shall see the Immortal’s face,
When mortal minds soar to realms sublime
And mortal lives blaze with the termless Grace —
Then breaking rocks of the eternal Night,
The lightning gods leap from their wakeful skies,
Like flaming birds from nests of deathless Light,
Smiting our hearts with glories of Paradise —
And this rebellious, fallen, struggling earth
The splendours meet of the undying Sun
That light the clay with the Eternal’s birth
To manifest the hidden God in man.
The day is coming and our souls divine
The immortality’s burning honey-wine.
This sonnet was read few years ago by a very close disciple of Sri Aurobindo Amal Kiran whom Sri Aurobindo considered the greatest spiritual poet among his disciples. He has written the following comment: “Very good”. Since then I have reworked it. You can read the older version here:
http://www.stihi.ru/2011/06/20/592
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