THE GENERAL came before the silent and angry King and saluting him said: 'The village is punished, the men are stricken to dust, and the women cower in their unlit homes afraid to weep aloud.
        The High Priest stood up and blessed the King and cried: 'God's mercy is ever upon you.'
        The Clown, when he heard this, burst out laughing and startled the court. The King's frown darkened.
        'The honour of the throne,' said the minister, 'is upheld by the King's prowess and the blessing of Almighty God.'
Louder laughed the Clown, and the King growled,-'Unseemly mirth!'
        'God has showered many blessings upon your head,' said the Clown; 'the one he bestowed on me was the gift of laughter.'
        'This gift will cost you your life,' said the King, gripping his sword with his right hand.
        Yet the Clown stood up and laughed till he laughed no more.
A shadow of dread fell upon the Court, for they heard that laughter echoing in the depth of God's silence.

ENDLESSLY VARIED art thou in the exuberant world, Lady of Manifold Magnificence. Thy path is strewn with lights, thy touch thrills into flowers; that trailing skirt of thine sweeps the whirl of a dance among the stars, and thy many-toned music is echoed from innumerable worlds through signs and colours.
        Single and alone in the unfathomed stillness of the soul, art thou, Lady of Silence and Solitude, a vision thrilled with light, a lonely lotus blossoming on the stem of love.

ভোরের বেলায় যে জন পাঠালে রঙিন মেঘের পাঁতি
আজ সে কি সাড়া দিয়েছে তোমায় শুভ্র আলোর সাথী।