When the Creation was new

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When the creation was new

and all the stars shone in their first splendour,

the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang

"Oh, the picture of perfection! the joy unalloyed!"

 

But one cried of a sudden---

"It seems that somewhere there is a break in the chain of light

and one of the stars has been lost."

 

The golden string of their harp snapped, their song stopped,and

they cried in dismay---

"Yes, that lost star was the best, she was the glory of all heavens!"

>From that day the search is unceasing for her, and

the cry goes on from one to the other that

in her the world has lost its one joy!

 

Only in the deepest silence of night the stars smile and

whispher among themselves---

"Vain is this seeking! Unbroken perfection is over all!"

 

- Gitanjali #78