Now I have borne

A poem by Sri Aurobindo


Now I have Borne

Now I have borne Thy presence and Thy light,
    Eternity assumes me and I am
    A vastness of tranquillity and flame,
My heart a deep Atlantic of delight.
My life is a moving moment of Thy might
    Carrying Thy vision's sacred oriflamme
    Inscribed with the white glory of Thy name
In the unborn silence of the Infinite.

My body is a jar of radiant peace,
    The days a line across my timelessness,
        My mind is made a voiceless breadth of Thee,
A lyre of muteness and a luminous sea;
    Yet in each cell I feel Thy fire embrace,
        A brazier of the seven ecstasies.



Part VII : Pondicherry (Circa 1927-1947) > Sonnets from Manuscripts (Circa 1934-1947)   



NOTES FROM EDITOR

No title in the manuscript. 2 February 1938. Two handwritten manuscripts.