I Have Felt The Breath

I Have Felt The Breath written by Jibanananda Das

I have felt the breath of autumn wind,
With the fragrance of spring still in my heart;
I have touched, shiveringly, the skirt
Of Autumn — her treasures nervously grinned;
She laughed not like summer. nor gleaned
Like the wind-weary phantom-girt;
Nights that out of winder dart
To her own winning sadness she is pinned.

With a flower, or two — a vanishing scent,
A flash of smile on her demure face,
She walks with a light half-spent
By life and half in death's embrace;
She looks like a lady that is gracefully bent
To track the lost lover's fading trace.

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This work is now in the public domain because it originates from India and its term of copyright has expired. According to The Indian Copyright Act, 1957, all literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works (other than photographs) published within the lifetime of the author (s. 22) enter the public domain after sixty years counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (ie. as of 2026, prior to 1 January 1966) after the death of the author. Posthumous works (s. 24), photographs (s. 25), cinematograph films (s. 26), and sound recordings (s. 27) enter the public domain sixty years after the first publication.