5 DECEMBER 1931, Page 12

Poetry

Love Discarnate

[A Translation front the Bengali Poem] AViiN the fire-burst of thine anger killed the god of lu. e, 0 Divine Ascetic, the world was haunted by his bodiless spirit- . its unspoken anguish moaning in the night-wind, its subtle tears misting the eyes of the morning.

Since then Poets' rhymes ache with a secret sorrow and a vague remembrance ; strange whispers in the air puzzle the young hearts ; the sunflower carries the gaze of an undefined hope, the waterfall an answer to an unheard voice ; the dream of an absent smile passes over the moonlight and that of some rustling footfalls across the grass. For in thine anger, 0 Divine Ascetic, thou hast killed Love, Spreading the lament of .his unbodied spirit •