Author: Sarojini Naidu

WEAVERS, weaving at break of day, Why do you weave a garment so gay? . . . Blue as the […]

Jaya Surya GOLDEN sun of victory, born In my life’s unclouded morn, In my lambent sky of love, May your […]

Mens Voices: LORD of the lotus, lord of the harvest, Bright and munificent lord of the morn! Thine is the […]

SHALT thou be conquered of a human fate My liege, my lover, whose imperial head Hath never bent in sorrow […]

TARRY a while, O Death, I cannot die While yet my sweet life burgeons with its spring; Fair is my […]

WHEN from my cheek I lift my veil, The roses turn with envy pale, And from their pierced hearts, rich […]

Nay, do not grieve tho’ life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her spleandor for your grief, Nor […]

LAMP of my life, the lips of Death Hath blown thee out with their sudden breath; Naught shall revive thy […]

HERE, O my heart, let us burn the dear dreams that are dead, Here in this wood let us fashion […]

HONEY, child, honey, child, whither are you going? Would you cast your jewels all to the breezes blowing? Would you […]

She LIKE a serpent to the calling voice of flutes, Glides my heart into thy fingers, O my Love! Where […]

(Parvati at her lattice) O Love! were you a basil-wreath to twine Among my tresses, A jewelled clasp of shining […]

FROM groves of spice, O’er fields of rice, Athwart the lotus-stream, I bring for you, Aglint with dew A little […]

EYES ravished with rapture, celestially panting, what passionate bosoms aflaming with fire Drink deep of the hush of the hyacinth […]

Lightly, O lightly we bear her along, She sways like a flower in the wind of our song; She skims […]