Who art thou that camest

A poem by Sri Aurobindo


Who Art Thou that Camest

Who art thou that camest
    Bearing the occult Name,
Wings of regal darkness,
    Eyes of an unborn flame?

Like the august uprising
    Of a forgotten sun
Out of the caverned midnight
    Fire-trails of wonder run.

Captured the heart renouncing
    Tautness of passion-worn strings
Allows the wide-wayed sweetness
    Of free supernal things.



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




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NOTES FROM EDITOR

No title in the manuscript. Circa 1934-36.One handwritten manuscript, written in a notebook used otherwise for Savitri.