Sarojini Naidu poems
Sarojini Naidu(13 February 1879 - 2 March 1949 / Hyderabad / India)
Autumn Song
- by Sarojini Naidu 70
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 leaves,
?The wild wind blows in a cloud.
Hark to a voice that is calling
?To 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
- by Sarojini Naidu 63
LIKE this alabaster box whose artIs 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.