Nallodor veenai -
by Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati
Does one throw away to refuse,
A beautiful veena created for melodies?
Speak now, O Shiva-Shakti, of your purport
To have nurtured this bright intellect in me?
Give now, O mother, audacious prowess
To make me lead a life serving your world!
Speak now, O Shiva-Shakti, would you make it
Just a life laden with burdens on this earth?
Give me a body that obeys my will like
A ball powered by a forceful throw;
Give me a mind that constricts not and
A spirit that is born anew every day;
Give me a Heart that sings your praise, O Shiva-Shakti
Even when my body is scorched by fire;
Give me a Will that is unmoved by the world-
What stops thee from blessing me now?
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