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the golden threshold(金色的门槛)-第4部分

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and pipe。 

                                     Women's Voices 

     Queen      of   the   gourd…flower;     queen     of  the   harvest;    Sweet     and 

omnipotent   mother;  O  Earth! Thine   is   the plentiful   bosom  that   feeds   us; 

Thine is the womb where our riches have birth。 We bring thee our love and 

our   garlands   for   tribute;   With   gifts   of   thy   opulent   giving   we   come;   O 

source of our manifold gladness; we hail thee; We praise thee; O Prithvi; 

with cymbal and drum。 

                                         All Voices 

     Lord of the Universe; Lord of our being; Father eternal; ineffable Om! 

Thou art the Seed and the Scythe of our harvests; Thou art our Hands and 

our   Heart   and   our   Home。   We   bring   thee   our   lives   and   our   labours   for 

tribute; Grant us thy succour; thy counsel; thy care。 O Life of all life and 

all   blessing;   we   hail   thee;   We   praise   thee;   O   Bramha;   with   cymbal   and 

prayer。 



                            INDIAN LOVE…SONG 



                                             She 

     Like a serpent to the calling voice of flutes; Glides my heart into thy 

fingers; O my Love! Where the night…wind; like a lover; leans above His 

jasmine…gardens        and   sirisha…bowers;     And    on   ripe   boughs     of  many… 

coloured fruits Bright parrots cluster like vermilion flowers。 

                                              He 

     Like   the   perfume   in   the   petals   of   a   rose;   Hides   thy   heart   within   my 

bosom; O my love! Like a garland; like a jewel; like a dove That hangs its 

nest in the asoka…tree。 Lie still; O love; until the morning sows Her tents of 

gold on fields of ivory。 



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                                CRADLE…SONG 



    From   groves   of   spice;   O'er   fields   of   rice; Athwart   the   lotus…stream;I 

bring for you;Aglint with dew A little lovely dream。 

     Sweet;    shut  your   eyes;The   wild   fire…fiies  Dance   through    the  fairy 

neem;From the poppy…boleFor you I stole A little lovely dream。 

    Dear eyes; good…night;In golden light The stars around you gleam;On 

you I pressWith soft caress A little lovely dream。 



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                                    SUTTEE 



     Lamp   of   my   life;   the   lips   of   Death   Hath   blown   thee   out   with   their 

sudden breath; Naught shall revive thy vanished spark 。 。 。 Love; must I 

dwell in the living dark? 

     Tree   of   my   life;   Death's   cruel   foot   Hath   crushed   thee   down   to   thy 

hidden root; Nought shall restore thy glory fled 。 。 。 Shall the blossom live 

when the tree is dead? 

     Life   of   my   life;   Death's   bitter   sword   Hath   severed   us   like   a   broken 

word; Rent us in twain who are but one 。 。             Shall the flesh survive when 

the soul is gone? 



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                    SONGS FOR MUSIC 



                           SONG OF A DREAM 



    Once   in   the dream  of   a   night   I   stood   Lone   in the light of   a   magical 

wood;   Soul…deep   in   visions   that   poppy…like   sprang; And   spirits   of  Truth 

were the birds that sang; And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed; 

And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed In that magical wood in 

the land of sleep。 

    Lone in the light of that magical grove; I felt the stars of the spirits of 

Love Gather and gleam round my delicate youth; And I heard the song of 

the spirits of Truth; To quench my longing I bent me low By the streams of 

the spirits of Peace that flow In that magical wood in the land of sleep。 



                       HUMAYUN TO ZOBEIDA 



    (From the Urdu)       You flaunt your beauty in the rose; your glory in the 

dawn; Your sweetness in the nightingale; your whiteness in the swan。 

    You haunt my waking like a dream; my slumber like a moon; Pervade 

me like a musky scent; possess me like a tune。 

    Yet; when I crave of you; my sweet; one tender moment's grace; You 

cry; 〃I SIT BEHIND THE VEIL; I CANNOT SHOW MY FACE。〃 

    Shall   any   foolish   veil   divide   my   longing   from   my   bliss?   Shall   any 

fragile curtain hide your beauty from my kiss? 

    What war is this of THEE and ME? Give o'er the wanton strife; You 

are the heart within my heart; the life within my life。 



                              AUTUMN SONG 



    Like   a   joy   on   the   heart   of   a   sorrow;The   sunset   hangs   on   a   cloud; A 

golden    storm    of  glittering  sheaves;   Of   fair  and  frail  and  fluttering 



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leaves;The wild wind blows in a cloud。 

    Hark to a voice that is callingTo my heart in the voice of the wind: My 

heart is weary and sad and alone; For its dreams like the fluttering leaves 

have    gone;And why should I stay behind? 



                                  ALABASTER 



    Like this alabaster box whose art Is frail as a cassia…flower; is my heart; 

Carven     with   delicate   dreams    and  wrought     With   many    a  subtle   and 

exquisite thought。 

    Therein I treasure the spice and scent Of rich and passionate memories 

blent Like odours of cinnamon; sandal and clove; Of song and sorrow and 

life and love。 



                                     ECSTASY 



    Cover mine eyes; O my Love!Mine eyes that are weary of bliss As of 

light that is poignant and strongO silence my lips with a kiss; My lips that 

are weary of song! 

     Shelter my soul; O my love!My soul is bent low with the pain And the 

burden   of   love;   like   the   graceOf   a   flower   that   is   smitten   with   rain:   O 

shelter my soul from thy face! 



                         TO MY FAIRY FANCIES 



    Nay;   no   longer   I   may  hold   you;In   my   spirit's   soft   caresses;   Nor   like 

lotus…leaves   enfold   youIn   the   tangles   of   my   tresses。   Fairy   fancies;   fly 

awayTo the white cloud…wildernesses;           Fly away! 

    Nay; no longer ye may lingerWith your laughter…lighted faces; Now I 

am a thought…worn singerIn life's high and lonely places。 Fairy fancies; fly 

away;To bright wind…inwoven spaces;           Fly away! 



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                                   POEMS 



        ODE TO H。H。 THE NIZAM OF HYDERABAD 



    (Presented at the Ramzan Durbar) 

    Deign; Prince; my tribute to receive; This lyric offering to your name; 

Who round your jewelled scepter bind The lilies of a poet's fame; Beneath 

whose sway concordant dwell The peoples whom your laws embrace; In 

brotherhood of diverse creeds; And harmony of diverse race: 

    The votaries of the   Prophet's faith;   Of whom  you are   the crown   and 

chief And they; who bear on Vedic brows Their mystic symbols of belief; 

    And they; who worshipping the sun; Fled o'er the old Iranian sea; And 

they; who bow to Him who trod The midnight waves of Galilee。 

    Sweet;   sumptuous   fables   of   Baghdad   The   splendours   of   your   court 

recall; The torches of a Thousand Nights Blaze through a single festival; 

And Saki…singers down the streets; Pour for us; in a stream divine; From 

goblets of your love…ghazals The rapture of your Sufi wine。 

    Prince; where your radiant cities smile; Grim hills their sombre vigils 

keep; Your ancient forests hoard and hold The legends of their centuried 

sleep; Your birds of peace white…pinioned float O'er ruined fort and storied 

plain; Your faithful stewards sleepless guard The harvests of your gold and 

grain。 

    God give you joy; God give you grace To shield the truth and smite the 

wrong; To honour Virtue; Valour; Worth。 To cherish faith and foster song。 

So   may   the   lustre   of   your   days   Outshine   the   deeds   Firdusi   sung;   Your 

name within a nation's prayer; Your music on a nation's tongue。 



                                        LEILI 



    The   serpents   are   asleep   among   the   poppies;   The   fireflies   light   the 

soundless panther's way To tangled paths where shy gazelles are straying; 

And parrot…plumes outshine the dying day。 O soft! the lotus…buds upon the 



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stream Are stirring like sweet maidens when they dream。 

    A caste…mark on the azure brows o
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