EVER in the heart's core rings a faint strain,

      The ringing of His hidden flute:

Its dumb utterance evokes a sweet pain,

      The ardent desire of a burning love.

 

In the moonlight haze, in the love-game, steps around me

       Brush past to avoid eyes meeting:

Half-seen the body, foot-fall muffled, ­

       The soul is ever athirst.

 

In the dark a flickering smile, glimmering limbs,

         Some one unseen spinning around:

Love binds my soul as if trapped in a prison,

         I am in search of the body, the golden mine of love.

 

 

Lip to lip, hand in hand anon,

       A vain moment's thrill:

Failure increases the greed, hopelessness sweetens the regret,

       Sorrowful am I in my happiness.

 

O! when woulds't thou come into my arms with thy smile

                                                                                   divine

       Pouring out all the treasure of thy heart?

A mere touch is a world of delight, Beauty universal

                                                                          incarnate ­―

Revealed in one body!