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「インドのナイチンゲール」サロジーニ・ナイドゥが編み出した本作は、西洋詩の流麗な形式と東洋の深い精神性が見事に共鳴する、抒情詩の極致です。題名に冠された「時の鳥」が象徴するように、生と死、そして再生の象徴である春が織りなす循環の美学が、音楽的なリズムを伴って読者の魂を震わせます。 彼女の言葉は、単なる風景描写を超え、生命の燃焼と静謐な諦念を鮮やかに映し出します。インドの豊かな風土を背景に、刹那の美しさを永遠へと昇華させるその筆致は、混沌とした現代を生きる我々に、生を愛し抜くための情熱と深い洞察を与えてくれるでしょう。歴史に刻まれるべき、真に高潔な言葉の芸術がここにあります。