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the golden threshold(金色的门槛)-第4部分

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sons of the sea。 

    No longer delay; let us hasten away in the          track of the sea…gull's call; 

The    sea  is  our  mother;   the  cloud   is  our  brother;   the   waves    are  our 

comrades all。 What though we toss at the fall of the sun             where the hand 

of the sea…god drives? He who holds the storm by the hair; will hide                 in 

his breast our lives。 

     Sweet is the shade of the cocoanut glade; and           the scent of the mango 

grove; And sweet are the sands at the full o' the          moon with the sound of 

the voices we love。 But sweeter; O brothers; the kiss of the spray            and the 

dance of the wild foam's glee: Row; brothers; row to the blue of the verge; 

where the low sky mates with the sea。 



                        THE SNAKE…CHARMER 



    Whither   dost   thou   hide   from   the   magic   of   my   flute…call?   In   what 

moonlight…tangled meshes of perfume; Where the clustering keovas guard 

the squirrel's slumber; Where the deep woods glimmer with the jasmine's 

bloom? 

    I'll feed thee; O beloved; on milk and wild red honey; I'll bear thee in a 

basket of rushes; green and white; To a palace…bower where golden…vested 

maidens Thread with mellow laughter the petals of delight。 

    Whither      dost   thou   loiter;  by   what    murmuring      hollows;    Where 



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oleanders   scatter   their   ambrosial   fire?   Come;   thou   subtle   bride   of   my 

mellifluous wooing; Come; thou silver…breasted moonbeam of desire! 



                            CORN…GRINDERS 



    O    LITTLE    MOUSE;      WHY   DOST      THOU     CRY   WHILE      MERRY 

STARS LAUGH IN THE SKY? 

    Alas! alas! my lord is dead! Ah; who will ease my bitter pain? He went 

to seek a millet…grain In the rich farmer's granary shed; They caught him 

in a baited snare; And slew my lover unaware: Alas! alas! my lord is dead。 

    O    LITTLE     DEER;    WHY     DOST     THOU     MOAN;     HID    IN  THY 

FOREST…BOWER ALONE? 

    Alas! alas! my lord is dead! Ah! who will quiet my lament? 

    At fall of eventide he went To drink beside the river…head; A waiting 

hunter threw his dart; And struck my lover through the heart。 Alas! alas! 

my lord is dead。 

    O   LITTLE   BRIDE;   WHY   DOST   THOU   WEEP   WITH   ALL   THE 

HAPPY WORLD ASLEEP? 

    Alas! alas! my lord is dead! Ah; who will stay these hungry tears; Or 

still the want of famished years; And crown with love my marriage…bed? 

My soul burns with the quenchless   fire That lit   my lover's   funeral   pyre: 

Alas! alas! my lord is dead。 



                             VILLAGE…SONG 



    Honey; child; honey; child; whither are you        going? Would you cast 

your jewels all to the breezes    blowing? Would you leave the mother who 

on golden     grain has fed you? Would you grieve the lover who is riding 

forth   to wed you? 

    Mother mine; to the wild forest I am going; Where upon the champa 

boughs   the   champa    buds   are   blowing;   To   the   koil…haunted   river…isles 

where lotus lilies   glisten; The voices of the fairy folk are calling me:     O 

listen! 



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     Honey; child;  honey; child;  the  world is   full of         pleasure;  Of  bridal… 

songs and cradle…songs and sandal…             scented leisure。 Your bridal robes are 

in   the   loom;   silver   and  saffron   glowing;   Your   bridal   cakes   are   on   the 

hearth: O whither        are you going? 

     The    bridal…songs     and   cradle…songs     have   cadences     of    sorrow;   The 

laughter   of   the   sun   to…day;   the   wind   of death   to…morrow。   Far   sweeter 

sound the forest…notes where forest…            streams are falling; O mother mine; 

I cannot stay; the fairy…folk       are calling。 



                            IN PRAISE OF HENNA 



     A  kokila   called   from   a   henna…spray:   LIRA!   LIREE!   LIRA!   LIREE! 

Hasten; maidens; hasten away To gather the leaves of the henna…tree。 Send 

your   pitchers   afloat   on   the   tide;   Gather   the   leaves   ere   the   dawn   be   old; 

Grind them in mortars of amber and gold; The fresh green leaves of the 

henna…tree。 

     A  kokila   called   from   a   henna…spray:   LIRA!   LIREE!   LIRA!   LIREE! 

Hasten maidens; hasten away To gather the leaves of the henna…tree。 The 

tilka's   red   for   the   brow   of   a   bride; And   betel…nut's   red   for   lips   that   are 

sweet; But; for lily…like fingers and feet; The red; the red of the henna…tree。 



                                HARVEST HYMN 



                                        Men's Voices 

     Lord of the lotus; lord of the harvest; Bright and munificent lord of the 

morn! Thine is the bounty that prospered our sowing; Thine is the bounty 

that   nurtured   our   corn。   We   bring   thee   our   songs   and   our   garlands   for 

tribute;   The    gold   of  our  fields   and   the  gold   of  our   fruit;  O  giver   of 

mellowing radiance; we hail thee; We praise thee; O Surya; with cymbal 

and flute。 

     Lord of the rainbow; lord of the harvest; Great and beneficent lord of 

the   main!   Thine   is   the   mercy   that   cherished   our   furrows;   Thine   is   the 

mercy that fostered our grain。 We bring thee our thanks and our garlands 



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for tribute; The wealth of our valleys; new…garnered and ripe; O sender of 

rain   and   the dewfall;   we   hail   thee; We   praise thee; Varuna;   with   cymbal 

and pipe。 

                                     Women's Voices 

     Queen      of   the   gourd…flower;     queen     of  the   harvest;    Sweet     and 

omnipotent   mother;  O  Earth! Thine   is   the plentiful   bosom  that   feeds   us; 

Thine is the womb where our riches have birth。 We bring thee our love and 

our   garlands   for   tribute;   With   gifts   of   thy   opulent   giving   we   come;   O 

source of our manifold gladness; we hail thee; We praise thee; O Prithvi; 

with cymbal and drum。 

                                         All Voices 

     Lord of the Universe; Lord of our being; Father eternal; ineffable Om! 

Thou art the Seed and the Scythe of our harvests; Thou art our Hands and 

our   Heart   and   our   Home。   We   bring   thee   our   lives   and   our   labours   for 

tribute; Grant us thy succour; thy counsel; thy care。 O Life of all life and 

all   blessing;   we   hail   thee;   We   praise   thee;   O   Bramha;   with   cymbal   and 

prayer。 



                            INDIAN LOVE…SONG 



                                             She 

     Like a serpent to the
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