Read further down on the « Golden Lid » (reblogged from the folowing blog:  https://auromere.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/the-golden-lid-or-hiranmaya-patra/ ).

Can be of interest when reading : «Le Vaisseau d’Or, a new English translation of Émile Nelligan’s masterpiece» – https://electrodes-h-sinclair-502.com/2009/03/13/nelligan-new-english-translation-of-le-vaisseau-dor-his-masterpiece/

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Le Vaisseau d’Or

It was a massive Ship carved out of solid Gold,
Its masts reaching azure, she sailed on unknown seas
With Aphrodite of love spreading out at the prow,
Hair dishevelled and naked under excessive sun.

But it came that the ship one night struck the great reef
On treacherous Ocean where the Siren was singing.
The horrible shipwreck tilted the hull aslant
Deep down the abyss depth, immutable coffin.

It was a Gold Vessel. Her diaphanous sides
Were revealing treasures that the secular crew,
Disgust and Neurosis, and Hatred, fought over.

What’s left of it after the brief abating storm?
What became of my heart, empty deserted ship?
Alas, it has sunk down in the abyss of Dream.

(translated from original in French by Loup Kibiloki (Jacques Renaud))

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Read here on the Golden Lid ( reblogged from : Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother )