Mother, how can I describe to you
The way in which
The Lotus eyed has entered my heart
with his conch and discus,
Riding his Garuda?
He is enjoying a flood of joy
At Thirupperai
Which resounds with the noise of Vedas and feasts
And of children at play
And I must go there.
Friends with dark curls musk scented,
Mothers and strangers,
I cannot guard my heart anymore,
It is not in my keeping.
Night and day it is with Kannan
Gem hued and divine in Tirupperai
With its watered groves and honied blossoms,
sucking his sweet mouth will not return.
Friend I have lost my shame and reserve
entranced by his sweet red lips
And his flaming flowing hair
His conch, discus and lotus eyes
have completely bewitched me
Here in Tirupperai
Where feasts and festivals are never forgotten.
Appropriate to the month and day.
Why be angry with me mothers?
I lost my colours and my heart
Sent after it to retrive it
Has decided to stay with it!
Having lost both now,
With whom, and what counsel, can I take?
I am simply lost in the magic
Of the conch in his hand at Tirupperai
Blown to the sound of the sea and the vedas.
I lost all to him who broke
The demon cart,
Sucked the demon brest, brought down
the demon trees,
Flung the demon calf at a fruit,
itself a demon.
What use your being annoyed with me?
just show me the way
To Tirupperai with its luscious fruits
and save time.
Save time and take me there for Love
is vaster than the sea.
My cloud hued Lord stands before me
but escapes my hands.
He is on earth at Tirupperai
Where vedas and offerings never cease,
and the comely red paddy
sways like fly whisks.
My heart went to Tirupperai
Where the destroyer of Lanka,
The walled city surrounded by the sea,
Has now repaired.
I cannot see it returning.
Who, friend, do I have now?
There is none here to call it back
I too shall go where it has!
Friend, they all got together
And spread a lot of scandal
Because of my love
For the dark hued Lord.
From that time my love for him
has grown larger than the earth,
the seven seas and the blue sky!
And I will go where he is,
Tirupperai girt with cool waves.
My friends and mother, don't console me.
What use your words?
My heart and strength are not here
I must go and join
Kannan the dark sea hued
Who swallowed the earth and the sea
And now resides in Tirupperai
With its shining waters.
In city, country and elsewhere shall I seek him;
I lack shame my friends.
The wizard who got the hundred killed,
The incomparable cloud hued
Is discus-armed now in tirupperai
With its tall mansions gem decked.
He has taken my heart eternally,
The Lord with the long earrings fish shaped!
Those who are able to recite
This decade of Tirupperai
Among the thousand which make up
Satagopan's andadi
In honour of the sea hued,
The imperishable Lord
Who through the ages takes on
Different forms and names
In order to save the world,
Will enter eternally
His blessed service.
The way in which
The Lotus eyed has entered my heart
with his conch and discus,
Riding his Garuda?
He is enjoying a flood of joy
At Thirupperai
Which resounds with the noise of Vedas and feasts
And of children at play
And I must go there.
Friends with dark curls musk scented,
Mothers and strangers,
I cannot guard my heart anymore,
It is not in my keeping.
Night and day it is with Kannan
Gem hued and divine in Tirupperai
With its watered groves and honied blossoms,
sucking his sweet mouth will not return.
Friend I have lost my shame and reserve
entranced by his sweet red lips
And his flaming flowing hair
His conch, discus and lotus eyes
have completely bewitched me
Here in Tirupperai
Where feasts and festivals are never forgotten.
Appropriate to the month and day.
Why be angry with me mothers?
I lost my colours and my heart
Sent after it to retrive it
Has decided to stay with it!
Having lost both now,
With whom, and what counsel, can I take?
I am simply lost in the magic
Of the conch in his hand at Tirupperai
Blown to the sound of the sea and the vedas.
I lost all to him who broke
The demon cart,
Sucked the demon brest, brought down
the demon trees,
Flung the demon calf at a fruit,
itself a demon.
What use your being annoyed with me?
just show me the way
To Tirupperai with its luscious fruits
and save time.
Save time and take me there for Love
is vaster than the sea.
My cloud hued Lord stands before me
but escapes my hands.
He is on earth at Tirupperai
Where vedas and offerings never cease,
and the comely red paddy
sways like fly whisks.
My heart went to Tirupperai
Where the destroyer of Lanka,
The walled city surrounded by the sea,
Has now repaired.
I cannot see it returning.
Who, friend, do I have now?
There is none here to call it back
I too shall go where it has!
Friend, they all got together
And spread a lot of scandal
Because of my love
For the dark hued Lord.
From that time my love for him
has grown larger than the earth,
the seven seas and the blue sky!
And I will go where he is,
Tirupperai girt with cool waves.
My friends and mother, don't console me.
What use your words?
My heart and strength are not here
I must go and join
Kannan the dark sea hued
Who swallowed the earth and the sea
And now resides in Tirupperai
With its shining waters.
In city, country and elsewhere shall I seek him;
I lack shame my friends.
The wizard who got the hundred killed,
The incomparable cloud hued
Is discus-armed now in tirupperai
With its tall mansions gem decked.
He has taken my heart eternally,
The Lord with the long earrings fish shaped!
Those who are able to recite
This decade of Tirupperai
Among the thousand which make up
Satagopan's andadi
In honour of the sea hued,
The imperishable Lord
Who through the ages takes on
Different forms and names
In order to save the world,
Will enter eternally
His blessed service.
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