THE JOY RAN from all the world to build my body.
The lights of the skies kissed and kissed her till she woke.
Flowers of hurrying summers sighed in her breath and voices of winds and water sang in her movements.
The passion of the tide of colours in clouds and in forests flowed into her life, and the music of all things caressed her limbs into shape.
She is my bride,-she has lighted her lamp in my house.

IF PEOPLE came to know where my king's palace is, it would vanish into the air.
The walls are of white silver and the roof of shining gold.
The queen lives in a palace with seven courtyards, and she wears a jewel that cost all the wealth of seven kingdoms.
But let me tell you, mother, in a whisper, where my king's palace is.
It is at the corner of our terrace where the pot of the tulsi plant stands.
The princess lies sleeping on the far-away shore of the seven impassable seas.
There is none in the world who can find her but myself.
She has bracelets on her arms and pearl drops in her ears; her hair sweeps down upon the floor.
She will wake when I touch her with my magic wand, and jewels will fall from her lips when she smiles.
But let me whisper in your ear, mother; she is there in the corner of our terrace where the pot of the tulsi plant stands.
When it is time for you to go to the river for your bath, step up to that terrace on the roof.
I sit in the corner where the shadows of the walls meet together.
Only puss is allowed to come with me, for she knows where the barber in the story lives.
But let me whisper, mother, in your ear where the barber in the story lives.
It is at the corner of the terrace where the pot of the tulsi plant stands.

দেখিনু যে এক আশার স্বপন
  শুধু তা স্বপন, স্বপনময়--
   স্বপন বই সে কিছুই নয়।
অবশ হৃদয় অবসাদময়
হারাইয়া সুখ শ্রান্ত অতিশয়--
    আজিকে উঠিনু জাগি
কেবল একটি স্বপন লাগি!
বীণাটি আমার নীরব হইয়া
      গেছে গীতগান ভুলি,
ছিঁড়িয়া টুটিয়া ফেলেছি তাহার
     একে একে তারগুলি।
নীরব হইয়া রয়েছে পড়িয়া
    সুদূর শ্মশান-'পরে,
কেবল একটি স্বপন-তরে!
থাম্‌ থাম্‌ ওরে হৃদয় আমার,
    থাম্‌ থাম্‌ একেবারে,
নিতান্তই যদি টুটিয়া পড়িবি
   একেবারে ভেঙে যা রে--
   এই তোর কাছে মাগি।
আমার জগৎ, আমার হৃদয়--
    আগে যাহা ছিল এখন তা নয়
কেবল একটি স্বপন লাগি।