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I left the world

by Pattinattar
(14th Century) Timeline

English version by
Kamil V. Zvelebil

Original Language
Tamil
Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)
14th Century

I left the world.
I do not wish the two-fold deeds.
I do not mix with idle, useless men.
I do not listen to their speech.

I touched the state
when only Truth
remains.
I swept away
pleasures and pains.
The Highest
which is beyond the reach
of the four ancient Vedas
came
     here
          to me!

 

 

-- from The Poets of the Powers: Freedom, Magic, and Renewal, Translated by Kamil V. Zvelebil

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Themes

  Pain and Wounding
  Sound
 
 
 


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