LOVE’S SAMĀDHI[19]

Ah, Love, I sink in the timeless sleep, Sink in the timeless sleep; One Image stands before my eyes, And thrills my bosom’s deep: One Vision bathes in radiant light My spirit’s palace-halls; All stir of hand, all throb of brain, Quivers, and sinks, and falls. My soul fares forth; no fetters now Chain me to this world’s shore. Sleep! I would sleep! In pity spare; Let no man wake me more! Nārāyan Vāman Tilak.