Soul in the Ignorance

A poem by Sri Aurobindo


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Dactylic tetrameter, usually catalectic, with the ordinary modulations

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Soul in the Ignorance

Soul in the Ignorance, wake from its stupor.
Flake of the world-fire, spark of Divinity,
Lift up thy mind and thy heart into glory.
Sun in the darkness, recover thy lustre.

One, universal, ensphering creation,
Wheeling no more with inconscient Nature,
Feel thyself God-born, know thyself deathless.
Timeless return to thy immortal existence.



Part VII : Pondicherry (Circa 1927-1947) > Poems Published in On Quantitative Metre   



NOTES FROM EDITOR

  1. A single handwritten manuscript precedes the On Quantitative Metre revision work.