Sunday, September 17, 2000

Garden: Dance, my heart...


Dance, my heart! Dance today with joy. The strains of love fill the days and the nights with MUSIC, and the world is listening to its melodies: mad with JOY, life and death dance to the rhythm of this music.

Where to next: the MUSIC or the JOY?


[Source: RT 32 (partial); 2.103. nâco re mero man, matta hoy]

Here is the full poem:

XXXII

II. 103. nâco re mero man, matta hoy

  Dance, my heart! dance to-day with joy.
  The strains of love fill the days and the nights with music, and
    the world is listening to its melodies:
  Mad with joy, life and death dance to the rhythm of this music.
    The hills and the sea and the earth dance. The world of man
    dances in laughter and tears.
  Why put on the robe of the monk, and live aloof from the world in
    lonely pride?
  Behold! my heart dances in the delight of a hundred arts; and
    the Creator is well pleased.

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