Kalidasa: Exhortation of the Dawn

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Exhortation of the Dawn

Kalidasa, Kalidasa poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Shakta (Goddess-oriented) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Kalidasa
(350? - 430?) Timeline

English version by
W. S. Merwin & J. Moussaieff Masson

Original Language
Sanskrit

Yoga / Hindu : Shakta (Goddess-oriented)

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the
Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And To-morrow is only a Vision;
But To-day well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!

-- from Sanskrit Love Poetry, Translated by W. S. Merwin / Translated by J. Moussaieff Masson

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Themes

Awakening

Bliss

Dawn

Dream

Garden

Recommended Books

	Abhijnanasakuntalam of Kalidasa, by Kalidasa / Translated by Moreshwar Ramchandra Kale
	The Origin of the Young God: Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava, Translated by Hank Heifetz
	The Recognition of Sakuntala: A Play in Seven Acts, by Kalidasa / Translated by W. J. Johnson
	Sanskrit Love Poetry, Translated by W. S. Merwin / Translated by J. Moussaieff Masson
	Theatre of Memory: The Plays of Kalidasa, by Barbara Stroller Miller / Edwin Gerow

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