The King of the Dark Chamber

by Rabindranath Tagore

KING.
I shall show myself again and again, from every side of the crowd. Surangama!

[Enter SURANGAMA]

SURANGAMA.
What is thy pleasure, lord?

KING.
To-night is the full moon festival of the spring.

SURANGAMA.
What have I to do to-night?

KING.
To-day is a festive day, not a day of work. The pleasure gardens are in their full bloom—you will join in my festivities there.

SURANGAMA.
I shall do as thou desirest, lord.

KING.
The Queen wants to see me to-night with her own eyes.

SURANGAMA.
Where will the Queen see you?

KING.
Where the music will play at its sweetest, where the air will be heavy with the dust of flowers—there in the pleasure grove of silver light and mellow gloom.