The Blue Bird

I am the bird of God in His blue;

Divinely high and clear

I sing the notes of the sweet and the true

For the god’s and the seraph’s ear.

I rise like a fire from the mortal’s earth

Into a griefless sky

And drop in the suffering soil of his birth

Fire-seeds of ecstasy.

My pinions soar beyond Time and Space

Into unfading Light;

I bring the bliss of the Eternal’s face

And the boon of the Spirit’s sight.

I measure the worlds with my ruby eyes;

I have perched on Wisdom’s tree

Thronged with the blossoms of Paradise

By the streams of Eternity.

Nothing is hid from my burning heart;

My mind is shoreless and still;

My song is rapture’s mystic art,

My flight immortal will.

NOTES

Sri Aurobindo writes in a letter:
"The bird is usually a symbol of some soul power when it is not the soul itself—here it is a power (awakened in the soul) of the whitish blue light—Sri Aurobindo's light. The Blue Bird is always a symbol of aspiration towards something Beyond. The blue bird is the symbol of aspiration to the heights."
(CWSA, Vol. 30, p. 174)

The Blue Bird" is a short, symbolic spiritual poem written by Sri Aurobindo on November 11, 1935. It features a divine messenger bird that connects the infinite, griefless spiritual realms of eternity with the suffering soil of mortal human life.

The message of the blue bird is fundamentally one of joy, hope, renewal, and the arrival of happiness. Universally known as the "bluebird of happiness," its appearance serves as a gentle reminder to look past present struggles, trust in brighter days ahead, and appreciate peace and inner contentment.

According to the Mother the Blue Bird is:

The Bird of Happiness

- Pictures of Sri Aurobindo's poems by Huta

Cinematic Presentation

The Blue Bird

- Sri Aurobindo

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The Blue Bird

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