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Song 201 - avAmaruvu (SwAmimalai)

avA maruvinA vasudhai kANu madavArenum
     avArkanalil vAzhven ...... druNarAdhE

arA nugara vAdhaiyuRu thErai gathi nAdum
     aRivAgiyuLa mAl koN ...... dadhanAlE

sivAyavenu nAmam orukAlu ninaiyAdha
     thimirAkaranai vAven ...... draruLvAyE

thirOdha malamARum adiyArgaL arumAthavar
     dhiyAnamuRu pAdhan ...... tharuvAyE

uvAviniya kAnuvi nilAvu mayil vAganam
     ulAsamudan ERung ...... kazhalOnE

ulA udhaya bAnu sathakOdi uruvAna
     oLivAgu mayil vElang ...... kaiyilOnE

dhuvAdhasa buyAchala shadAnana varA siva
     suthA eyinar mAnan ...... budaiyOnE

surAdhipathi mAl ayanu mAlodu salAmidu
     suvAmimalai vAzhum ...... perumALE.

......... Meaning .........

avA maruvinA: Desire leads to distress.

vasudhai kANu madavArenum: Urge to possess landed property and lust for women

avArkanalil vAzhven druNarAdhE: make life a fiery inferno; without realizing this fact,

arA nugara vAdhaiyuRu thErai gathi: I suffer like a frog caught in the mouth of a snake!

nAdum aRivAgiyuLa mAl koN dadhanAlE: Seeking pleasure even in that state has caused delusion in my mind; and

sivAyavenu nAmam orukAlu ninaiyAdha: not contemplating even once the name of SivA,

thimirAkaranai: I was consumed by the darkness of ignorance.

vAven draruLvAyE: Will You still kindly welcome me to come and rejoice at Your feet?

thirOdha malamARum adiyArgaL: Your devotees who are free from the fault of forgetting You,

arumAthavar dhiyAnamuRu pAdhan tharuvAyE: and the sages performing rare penances, constantly meditate upon Your holy feet which I too seek.

uvAviniya kAnuvi nilAvu mayil vAganam: Your chariot is the youthful peacock, roaming bright and brisk in the forest

ulAsamudan ERung kazhalOnE: and You mount it with pleasure, displaying victorious anklets on Your feet.

ulA udhaya bAnu sathakOdi uruvAna: Dazzling like a million suns rising in the sky

oLivAgum ayil vElang kaiyilOnE: is the brilliant sharp spear on Your hand!

dhuvAdhasa buyAchala: You have twelve shoulders looking like mountains!

shadAnana varA siva suthA: You have six faces! You are great! You are the son of Lord SivA!

eyinar mAnan budaiyOnE: You are the lover of the deer-like VaLLi, the damsel of the hunter-tribe!

surAdhipathi mAl ayanu mAlodu salAmidu*: IndrA, the King of DEvAs, Vishnu and BrahmA salute You!

suvAmimalai vAzhum perumALE.: You have Your abode at SwAmimalai, Oh Great One!

* 'salAm' is an Urdu word meaning 'greeting' used by Moghuls whose contemporary was our SwAmigaL.