Mogathai Kondruvidu

Kill the lust, or stop my breath
Smite the body, or banish the thoughts.
Discipline the senses, or demolish the flesh
You that does everything in all the worlds.

Destroy the bonds, or remove the burden of life
Cleanse my thoughts, or make me a corpse.
Oh, why do I have to depend on these mere mortals?
You that is the life force inside everything.

Will my heart not calm down? Will this deceptive body not leave me?
O Mother! Will the tears of devotion not flow?
In the flood that is your love, will this dog's thirst not quench?
You that is too precious to be uttered - the Omnipresent.

A crude crude translation of my favorite song of Bharathiyar - Mogathai Kondruvidu (Mahaasakthikku Vinnappam). To put this here in this toned down form is almost an insult to the great man - but I just wanted this to be here.