Kindle it with the burning fire of desire

Light, oh where is the light?
Kindle it with the burning fire of desire!

There is the lamp
But never a flicker of a flame -
Is such thy fate, my heart!
Ah, death were better by far for thee!

Misery knocks at thy door,
And her message is that thy lord is wakeful,
And he calls thee to thy love-tryst
Through the darkness of night.

The sky is overcast with clouds
And the rain is ceaseless.
I know not what this is that stirs in me,
I know not its meaning.

A moment's flash of lightning
Drags down a deeper gloom on my sight,
And my heart gropes for the path
To where the music of the night calls me.

Light, oh where is the light!
Kindle it with the burning fire of desire!
It thunders and wind rushes screaming throughout the void.
The night is black as black stone.
Let not the hours pass by the dark.
Kindle the lamp of love with thy life.

Verse 27, Gitanjali,
Rabindranath Tagore