বীরবাণী (১৯০৫)/KALI THE MOTHER

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বীরবাণী

১৯০৫ (পৃ. ৩০-৩১)

KALI THE MOTHER.

The Stars are blotted out
The clouds are covering clouds,
It is darkness vibrant, sonant,
In the roaring, whirling wind,
Are the souls of a million lunatics,
Just loose from prison-house,
Wrenching trees by the roots
Sweeping all from the path.
The sea has joined the fray
And swirls up mountain waves,
To reach the pitching sky—
The flash of lurid light

Reveals on every side
A thousand, thousand shades
O-Death begrimed and black
Scattering plagues and sorrows,
Dancing mad with joy.
Come, Mother, come,
For terror is Thy name,
Death is in Thy breath,
And every shaking step
Destroys a world for e'er,
Thou 'Time' the All-Destroyer.
Come, O Mother, Come.

Who dares misery love,
And hug the form of death
Enjoy destruction's dance,
To him the Mother comes.

 

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