{"id":545,"date":"2013-07-13T01:28:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=545"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:28:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:47","slug":"69-refuge-vol-08-translations-volume-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/08-translations-volume-08\/69-refuge-vol-08-translations-volume-08","title":{"rendered":"-69_Refuge.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nRefuge*<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 <\/span>Though thou shouldst not
\nspare me the anguish of the world, yet I have no refuge but thy feet. 0 Lord of
\nthe City of the wise begirt by gar-dens full of sweet flowers, if, in a
\nkeen-edged wrath, the mother cast off the babe, what can it do but cry for the
\nmother’s love? I am like that babe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.<\/i>\u00a0 <\/span>If the man whom she loves subject her to
\ncontumely, the high-born wife still clings to him; for he is her chosen lord.
\nAnd I, too, 0 Lord of the City of the wise whose walls reach up to Heaven, I
\nwill ever praise thy victorious feet, even if thou shouldst leave me
\nunprotected.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 <\/span>Reject me, 0 Lord, and I
\nwill yet hold on to thee, not knowing another prop. 0 Lord of the City of the
\nwise encircled by green fields with their glancing fish, the rightful king may
\ncause much pain to his country’s heart, not looking at things with his own
\neyes, but still the country trusts in him. I am like that country.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 <\/span>The sufferer loves the
\nwise physician even when his flesh is cut and burnt. 0 Lord of the City of the
\nwise, let thy Illusion inflict on me an end-less pain, I will yet remain thy
\nservant, I will yet look up to thy feet.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 <\/span>0 Lord of the City of the wise, who didst slay the strong and cruel
\nBeast, ah, where shall I fly for refuge, if I leave thy feet? On the tossing
\nsea the bird leaves the mast of the ship, he flies to all sides but no shore is
\nvisible, and he again returns to the mast. I am like that bird.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 <\/span>Let Fire himself assail with its heat the lotus-flower, it will
\nblossom to none but the Sun. Even if thou shouldst refrain from healing its
\npain, my heart can be melted by nothing else as by thy unlimited beauty.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 <\/span>The Rain may forget the fields, but the fields will ever be
\nthirsting for its coming. 0 Lord of the City of the wise, what care I whether
\nthou heal my wound or no, my heart shall ever be thine.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

* Kulasekhara Alwar, the Chera king and
\nsaint.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 402<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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8. \u00a0 <\/span>The rivers course down
\nthrough many lands but must yield them-selves to the Sea, they cannot flow
\nback. 0 sea-hued Lord of the City of the wise, even so must I ever be drawn to
\nthy resplendent glory.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 <\/span>Illusory Power ever seeks him who seeketh thee not, not seeking thy
\nlasting Might. 0 Lord of the City of the wise whose discus flashes like the
\nlightning, I must ever seek thee, who am thy servant.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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