The Golden Light

Thy golden Light came down into my brain
And the grey rooms of mind sun-touched became
A bright reply to Wisdom's occult plane,
A calm illumination and a flame.

Thy golden Light came down into my throat,
And all my speech is now a tune divine,
A paean-song of Thee my single note;
My words are drunk with the Immortal's wine.

Thy golden Light came down into my heart
Smiting my life with Thy eternity;
Now has it grown a temple where Thou art
And all its passions point towards only Thee.

Thy golden Light came down into my feet,
My earth is now Thy playfield and Thy seat.

8-8-1938
(revised 22-3-1944)

Sri Aurobindo

• The Sonnets
  
  Reference: # 89 in "Les poèmes de Sri Aurobindo" (bilingual edition)
  also in "Last Poems" - 11
  all published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram - Pondicherry
  diffusion by SABDA