O Arunachala!

2006-04-04 3:48 PM

O Arunachala! Will You let me wither away
like a plant not watered.
I have left all, now You are all i can live on.
You are my food, Beloved One.

Will You stand silent like a hill
O Arunachala? Whilst I wither
Whilst life ebbs away in Your sweet memory

Oh what a fool i was, to be attracted to You
like a moth to a flame
there is no recourse for me now
but to wait.

But where is this fire (my saviour)?
O Arunachala? All i can feel is the heat,
the burning as though i am near it
I am singed beyond repair
but i am still not burnt.

What will the world say of You
O Arunachala? Of Your gentle kindness,
when they hear my sad lament.
Of how i wilted away into dry earth
for want of Your company.

Who will come to You again
My beloved Arunachala?
After they hear my sad tale.


How long will You hide inside me,
waiting for me to reach You
Knowing how weak I am,
Gentle Arunachala!

Who will believe that You are the
nature of all that is,
My Arunachala! The nature of bliss,
and most loving of all.
If You do not come to now,
when I am alone and needy of You.

O Arunachala, my very soul,
why do You hide from me
why play this game
why test me
I am not strong-willed like You.
I wish to be close to You
with You, part of You.

O Arunachala, the life of all there is,
I know that You are the life inside me,
I know You are myself
And yet You do not reveal Yourself.
I will wait still more
knowing how You love me,
and that You too are waiting for me.

All happinesses have left me, all joys
all other routes have abandoned me,
i am of no use to the ways of this world,
You are my only joy, and also my pain
O Beloved Arunachala! The only true Joy,
the only Path, the Father of all.

O Arunachala, be kind to all Your seekers
like a mother to her new-born,
Hold us to You without wait and sorrow
Longing for You is the greatest suffering
of all these lives.


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Of all the temptations God has created for man,
You are the most dangerous and insidious, O Arunachala!