BT Song 1061
There is a Tamil proverb that says when separated friends or close people meet again, they need not talk. The same is true in bhakti. When a bhakta feels separated from the Lord, the reunion becomes sweeter than before. It is better to experience separation in life to understand the value of bhakti and the presence of God.
BT Song 1061: Benefit in Separation
Verse 1:
Finally, I arrived
At your feet
With an open heart
I shared my beat
Verse 2:
Not carrying
Unnecessary weight
I shared with you
And cleared my slate
Verse 3:
When I lack
This kind of bond
I realize
What I depend upon
Verse 4:
When I try
To connect within
Obstacles arise
Time and again
Verse 5:
Overcoming them
To reach you
Feels almost
Impossible to do
Verse 6:
When I lose
Your fellowship sweet
I realize
What I truly need
Verse 7:
When you return
And we reunite
I realize
What I missed outright
Verse 8:
My heart will beg
For your grace
To never again
Part from this place
Verse 9:
Though we’re apart
I clearly see
The benefit
It brought to me
Verse 10:
Oh, the joy
Without measure
When we reunite
After separation’s treasure
Mathigiri, 8-2-19, 10:50 p.m.
BT Song 1061: Benefit in Separation
Verse 1:
Finally, I came
To your feet
Opening my heart
I shared with you
Verse 2:
Not carrying
Unnecessarily in my mind
As I shared with you
I gave up my burden
Verse 3:
When I don’t have
This kind of fellowship
I realize the
Need of it
Verse 4:
When I communicate
With you within me
Many hurdles will
Come in between
Verse 5:
Overcoming them
And to come to you
Might become
Impossible for me
Verse 6:
Then as I lost
Your fellowship
I realize
The need of it
Verse 7:
When you come
Again to bestow it
Realizing that
How much I have missed
Verse 8:
My heart will
Ask your grace to
Never get
Separated again
Verse 9:
Though we are separated
I can clearly understand
The benefit that
It created
Verse 10:
Where is the limit
For the joy
Once we unite again
After that separation
Mathigiri, 8-2-19, 10:50 p.m.
BT Song 1062
Unless one comes as a blank paper, God cannot write His plan for them. To achieve this, one must rid themselves of many things. This is possible through the renewal of the mind, allowing one to feel the transformation both in mind and spirit.
BT Song 1062: New Page
Verse 1:
When I ponder
What to forgo
I want to quit
Writing and speaking so
Verse 2:
As I reflect deeply
What’s next to leave?
I’m eager to
Give up my mind’s weave
Verse 3:
Once I forfeit
Both writing and speech
My mind will be
An empty sheet
Verse 4:
Then as you
Write upon it anew
It becomes
A page of you
Verse 5:
For this to happen
I strive to give up
With my intellect
Both talk and script
Verse 6:
Yet I stand
Unable to erase
Before you now
A scribbled space
Verse 7:
However hard
I try to strive
I cannot
Completely wipe
Verse 8:
If you wish me
To be a new page
Grant me a heart
That transforms with age
Verse 9:
Then you can
Write anything there
And through that
New life will share
Verse 10:
Until that day
Your grace impart
Help me to
Relinquish part by part
Mathigiri, 8-2-19, 11:50 p.m.
BT Song 1062: New Page
Verse 1:
When I think about
What are the things that I should give up?
I want to give up both
Writing and talking
Verse 2:
When I think deeply
What is the next thing to give up?
I am eager to
Give up my intellect even
Verse 3:
Once I give up
Both writing and talking
My mind will become
An empty page
Verse 4:
Then as you
Write newly on it
That will become
Completely your page
Verse 5:
For you to do that
I often try to give up
Along with my intellect
Both writing and talking
Verse 6:
But unable to
Become like that
I stand before you
As a scribbled page
Verse 7:
However I try
I cannot
Erase everything
Completely
Verse 8:
If you want me
To become completely a new page
Give me a heart
Which will transform again
Verse 9:
Then you can
Write anything on it
Through that
I can receive new life
Verse 10:
But till you do that
You can give your grace
For me to give up
One by one
Mathigiri, 8-2-19, 11:50 p.m.
BT Song 1063
I can communicate my thoughts and feelings in silence to the Lord better than using too many words to express them. He too feels more relaxed when I come before Him without words than when I babble excessively or scribble too much in the name of writing. I am fortunate to have a God who understands me in my silence rather than in my babbling.
BT Song 1063: I Communicate Through Sense
Verse 1:
I shared my
Inner sense
I know that
You’ll comprehend
Verse 2:
With no chance
To speak aloud
I shared for you
To hear the sound
Verse 3:
I sought words
To express
Then arranged them
To impress
Verse 4:
I added starts and ends
In places right
With illustrations
To give them light
Verse 5:
But when they
All failed me
I realized words
Aren’t always key
Verse 6:
Understanding this
I ceased the strive
And finally
To you I arrived
Verse 7:
Standing before you
In silent grace
How clearly I
Communicate
Verse 8:
No words spoken
From my lips
No thoughts given
To mind’s grips
Verse 9:
Joined with you
In inner sense
There’s no need
For verbal pretense
Verse 10:
No language needed
For this touch
No name required
For love so much
Verse 11:
No other god
Communicates this way
With me in
Each day’s array
Mathigiri, 10-2-2019, 11:30 p.m.
BT Song 1063: I Communicate Through Sense
Verse 1:
I shared my
Inner sense
I know that
You will understand it
Verse 2:
As there is no chance
To share it openly
I told so that
You alone can listen
Verse 3:
I searched for words
To share it
Then I arranged them
Properly
Verse 4:
I added a beginning and end
In proper places
I also added proper illustrations
In needed places
Verse 5:
But once all of them
Were defeated
I realized that
There is no use in them
Verse 6:
After understanding that
Why all this
Unnecessary effort
I came finally to you
Verse 7:
When I stand before you
Without telling anything
How clearly I
Managed to communicate
Verse 8:
I never uttered
Any words from my mouth
I never gave any work
To my mind
Verse 9:
Once I joined you
With my inner sense
There is no need
For me to communicate with you
Verse 10:
No language is required
For this sense
There is not even any
Name for this relationship
Verse 11:
There is no other
God who
Communicates with me
Like this each day
Mathigiri, 10-2-2019, 11:30 p.m.
BT Song 1064
God also has His own burdens and problems. He always shares them with His bhaktas. When He came this night to share some of His burden, there was some hesitation on His part. Realizing this, I encouraged Him to share whatever it might be, promising not to disclose it to anyone. Finally, He shared His worries and concerns about my nature. There is no need to share them with others, as they already know. Since He cannot reform me, He has to live with this burden until the end of my life. But He can unload His burden by sharing it with me. At least He found that I am useful in this.
BT Song 1064: Don’t Hesitate to Tell
Verse 1:
Why do you come and
Speak like this?
What’s to tell
That brings you bliss?
Verse 2:
Do you carry
Burdens like mine?
Do you bear
Worries unkind?
Verse 3:
Let it be
Don’t be swayed
Don’t say you
Can’t find the way
Verse 4:
I’ll listen well
However you share
I’ll keep it quiet
Won’t take it elsewhere
Verse 5:
What’s the reason
For such delay?
Why hesitate
To find the way?
Verse 6:
Are you thinking
How to start?
Confused which
To impart?
Verse 7:
Is there something
About me?
Has someone
Complained needlessly?
Verse 8:
You needn’t worry
Whichever it be
Don’t hesitate
To tell it to me
Verse 9:
Wondering why
So many queries
Before you speak
Even a flurry?
Verse 10:
That’s my habit
As you know
Now I stop
Your turn to show
Verse 11:
I can’t share
With you here
What God has
Shared sincere
Verse 12:
All are His worries
For me, you see
No use
In sharing with thee
Mathigiri, 10-2-2019, 11:50 p.m.
BT Song 1064: Don’t Hesitate to Tell
Verse 1:
Why do you come and
Talk like this?
What to tell
You are coming to me
Verse 2:
Do you also have
Burdens like me?
Do you also have
Unnecessary worries?
Verse 3:
Ok, let it be
Don’t be disturbed
Don’t say that
You don’t know how to tell properly
Verse 4:
I will listen to you
However you tell
I will keep quiet
Not sharing with others
Verse 5:
What is the reason
For this much delay?
What is the need
For this hesitation?
Verse 6:
Do you think
How to begin?
Are you confused
Which one to tell?
Verse 7:
Is there anything
About me?
Did anyone complain
Unnecessarily about me?
Verse 8:
You need not worry
Whichever it might be
You need not hesitate
To share with me
Verse 9:
Are you wondering
Why so many questions
Before you say
Even one word?
Verse 10:
What to do, that is my habit
And you know about it
Therefore, I stop here
Now you have to tell
Verse 11:
There is no chance
For me to share with you
What God has
Shared about me
Verse 12:
All are His worries
About me
There is no use of
Sharing about it with you
Mathigiri, 10-2-2019, 11:50 p.m.
BT Song 1065
Sure, here is BT Song 1065 converted into a classic English style song with six stanzas, each with eight lines:
BT Song 1065
Another song of complaining to the Lord that He is not listening to me and has never given me what I wanted. I don’t know why I even wrote it. After my regular reading of Muktiveda and other books, when I sat for meditation, an inspiration came and compelled me to write a poem. Initially irritated, I wrote, but after two stanzas, I couldn’t continue. Relaxing a bit, I was about to go to sleep and was arranging the bed. At that time, the first line of this song began to echo in my mind. Ignoring it, I put up the mosquito net and was almost ready to go inside it. Then I realized that unless I wrote, my mind wouldn’t allow me to sleep. I took the paper and began to write while standing. As the words continued to flow without a break, I wrote this song within ten minutes. It is too much for both God and my mind to disturb me like this. The only solution is coming home.
BT Song 1065: Listen to This
Verse 1:
Whatever I say, you never heed,
No separate life, no separate need.
You’ve become my everything, it’s true,
Yet why do you ask as if anew?
Each thought I share, each word I speak,
To you, it seems, they’re mild and weak.
Why must I repeat my heart’s own plea,
When you’ve become the world to me?
Verse 2:
Even if I tell, will you comply?
What have you done, my heart to satisfy?
Consider first the things I’ve sought,
Then ask again what needs are brought.
Reflect on all the deeds unmade,
Promises unkept, prayers unpaid.
Then come to me with open hand,
Prepared to truly understand.
Verse 3:
To show the world your blessings clear,
You’ve forced my praise, though insincere.
My heart remains, unsatisfied,
In pretense, joy must oft abide.
These blessings, shallow, leave me cold,
Their worth to others still untold.
Proclaiming them, my voice is strained,
While true contentment is unclaimed.
Verse 4:
Do you not know my needs profound?
Can’t you hear the silent sound?
My inner thoughts, my open plea,
Shared oft with you, yet lost at sea.
Indifference, your quiet stance,
Ignoring all, my heart’s expanse.
Why stay aloof, so distant, far,
From whispers of my soul’s own scar?
Verse 5:
Why keep me here, what’s to be gained?
What purpose in my soul constrained?
The deeds I’ve done, now garbage laid,
Their worthiness, in shadows fade.
Why add to this, increase the load,
On paths where heavy burdens goad?
Release me from this weight I bear,
And free my heart from dark despair.
Verse 6:
It’s better you remove this blight,
Before it rots within the night.
Stop carrying this needless strain,
Release the bonds, unchain the pain.
Grant me the chance to come to you,
To seek the light, the pure, the true.
Come swiftly, take me to your shore,
Where burdens cease, and peace is more.
Mathigiri, 11-02-2019, 11:50 p.m.
Verse 1:
Whatever I say,
You never listen to me.
I don’t have a
Separate life for myself.
You’ve become everything
In my life.
Then why do you ask
Separately (about anything)?
Verse 2:
Even if I tell you,
Are you going to do that?
What have you done so far
Among the things I have asked?
First, think about it,
Then you can come and
Ask me
About further need.
Verse 3:
Just to show
To this world
That you have done
Some blessings for me,
Though my heart is not
Satisfied with them,
You made me praise you
By proclaiming them.
Verse 4:
Actually, do you not know
What my requirements are?
Can’t you understand
My inner thoughts,
Though I have openly shared
Many times with you?
Have you not remained
Indifferent to me?
Verse 5:
Why do you continue to
Keep me here?
What are you going to
Achieve through me?
Already what I have done
Remains as mere garbage.
Why do you keep increasing it
More and more?
Verse 6:
It’s better you remove it
Before it becomes rotten.
Stop carrying
Unnecessary burdens.
Give me an opportunity
To come to you.
Come and take me
Quickly to the Further Shore.
Mathigiri, 11-02-2019, 11:50 p.m.
BT Song 1061: பிரிவின் நன்மை
Verse 1:
இறுதியில் உன் பாதம்
வந்து நின்றேன்
இதயத்தைத் திறந்து
உன்னிடம் சொன்னேன்
Verse 2:
சிந்தையில் வீணாக
சுமக்காது நான்
உன்னிடம் சொல்ல
என் பாரம் துறந்தேன்
Verse 3:
இதுபோல உறவு
இல்லாத போது
உண்மையில் புரியும்
அதன் தேவை எனக்கு
Verse 4:
உள்ளூர உன்னோடு
உறவாடும் போதும்
இடையிடை வந்திடும்
தடைகளோ பலவும்
Verse 5:
அவைகளைத் தாண்டி
உன்னிடம் வந்திட
இயலாது போகும்
மனதிலே எனக்கு
Verse 6:
அதன்பின் அந்த
இழப்பினை உணர
அப்போது புரியும்
அதன் தேவை எனக்கு
Verse 7:
அதனை அருள
நீ வரும் போது
இழந்தது என்ன
என்பதை உணர்ந்து
Verse 8:
ஒருபோதும் இனியும்
பிரியாது உறவாட
என் மனம் வேண்டும்
அருளிட எனக்கு
Verse 9:
பிரிந்தாலும் பிரிவிலே
உண்டான நன்மை
நன்றாக எனக்கு
புரியும் அப்போது
Verse 10:
பிரிந்தபின் மீண்டும்
சேர்ந்திடும் போது
உண்டாகும் மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு
எல்லையும் ஏது
மத்திகிரி, 8-2-19, இரவு, 10:50
BT Song 1062: புதிய பக்கம்
Verse 1:
எவற்றை விட வேண்டும்
என எண்ணும் போது
எழுத்தையும் பேச்சையும்
விட்டிடத் தோணுது
Verse 2:
அதன்பின் எதுவென
ஆழ்ந்துமே சிந்திக்க
அறிவையும் விடவே
ஆர்வமும் வருது
Verse 3:
எழுத்தோடு பேச்சையும்
என் மனம் விட்டபின்
என் மனம் மாறிடும்
எழுத்திலாப் பக்கமாய்
Verse 4:
அதன்பின் அதன்மீது
புதிதாக நீ எழுத
முழுதாக மாறிடும்
உனது பக்கமாய்
Verse 5:
அதை நீ செய்திட
அடிக்கடி முயல்கிறேன்
அறிவோடு பேச்சையும்
எழுத்தையும் விட்டிட
Verse 6:
ஆயினும் முற்றாக
அவ்வாறு மாறாமல்
கிறுக்கிய பக்கமாய்
உன் முன் நிற்கிறேன்
Verse 7:
எத்தனை முயன்றாலும்
அதனையும் அழித்திட
என்னாலே இயலாது
போனதின் பின்னாலே
Verse 8:
புதிதான பக்கமாய்
நீ மாற்ற வேண்டினால்
மறுரூபம் அடையும்
மனதினைத் தந்திடு
Verse 9:
அதன்பின் அதன்மீது
எதையும் எழுதலாம்
அதன்மூலம் புதுவாழ்வு
மீண்டும் கிடைக்கலாம்
Verse 10:
ஆயினும் அதை நீ
செய்யும் வரையிலே
ஒவ்வொன்றாய் விட்டிட
நீயுமே அருளலாம்
மத்திகிரி, 8-2-19, இரவு, 11:50
BT Song 1063: உணர்வாலே பேசினேன்
Verse 1:
உள்ளான உணர்வை
உன்னிடம் சொன்னேன்
உனக்கது புரியும்
என்பதை அறிவேன்
Verse 2:
வாய்விட்டுச் சொல்ல
வழியில்லை என்பதால்
நீ மட்டும் கேட்க
நான் அதைச் சொன்னேன்
Verse 3:
சொல்ல முயன்று
சொற்களைத் தேடினேன்
தெளிவான முறையில்
அவைகளை அமைத்தேன்
Verse 4:
எதுகையும் மோனையும்
இடம் பார்த்துச் சேர்த்தேன்
ஏற்ற இடங்களில்
உவமைகள் அமைத்தேன்
Verse 5:
ஆயினும் அவையெல்லாம்
தோல்வி அடைந்தபின்
அவற்றால் பயனில்லை
என்பதை உணர்ந்தேன்
Verse 6:
எதற்காக இத்தனை
வீணான வேலை
என்பதைப் புரிந்து
உன்னிடம் வந்தேன்
Verse 7:
ஏதுமே பேசாமல்
உன் முன் நிற்கையில்
எவ்விதம் தெளிவாக
உன்னிடம் சொன்னேன்
Verse 8:
வாய்வார்த்தை ஒன்றும்
நான் கூற வில்லை
சிந்தைக்கு வேலை
நான் தர வில்லை
Verse 9:
உள்ளான உணர்வில்
உன்னோடு இணைய
உனக்கு உணர்த்திடத்
தேவையும் இல்லை
Verse 10:
இந்த உணர்வுக்கு
மொழித்தேவை இல்லை
இந்த உறவுக்குப்
பெயர்கூட இல்லை
Verse 11:
இவ்வாறு என்னோடு
அன்றாடம் உறவாடும்
உன் போன்ற தெய்வம்
வேறேதும் இல்லை
மத்திகிரி, 10-2-2019, இரவு, 11:30
BT Song 1064: தயங்காமல் சொல்லு
Verse 1:
எதற்காக இதுபோல
நீ வந்து பேசுறாய்
எதைச் சொல்லவேண்டி
என்னிடம் வருகிறாய்
Verse 2:
என் போன்ற மனப்பாரம்
உனக்குமா இருக்குது
இல்லாத பொல்லாத
கவலையா வருது
Verse 3:
சரி விடு போகட்டும்
சங்கடம் கொள்ளாதே
சரி வரச் சொல்லத்
தெரியலை என்காதே
Verse 4:
எப்படிச் சொன்னாலும்
கேட்டுமே கொள்வேன்
எவருக்கும் சொல்லாமல்
வாய்மூடி இருப்பேன்
Verse 5:
தாமதம் செய்திடக்
காரணம் என்ன?
தயக்கமும் கொண்டிடத்
தேவையும் என்ன?
Verse 6:
எப்படி ஆரம்பிக்க
என்கிற எண்ணமா?
எதனைச் சொல்வது
என்பதில் குழப்பமா?
Verse 7:
என்னைப் பற்றிய
ஏதேனும் இருக்கா?
இல்லாத பழிகளை
எவரேனும் சொன்னாரா?
Verse 8:
எதுவான போதும்
கவலையே வேண்டாம்
என்னிடம் சொல்லிட
தயக்கமும் வேண்டாம்
Verse 9:
ஒரு வார்த்தை நீயும்
பேசிடும் முன்னாலே
எதற்காக இத்தனை
கேள்விகள் என்றாயா?
Verse 10:
அது என் வழக்கம்
உனக்கது தெரியும்
இத்துடன் நிறுத்தினேன்
இனிநீ சொல்லணும்
Verse 11:
இதன்பின் இறைவன்
என்னிடம் சொன்னதை
உன்னிடம் சொல்லிட
வழியுமே இல்லை
Verse 12:
எல்லாமே என்னைப்
பற்றிய கவலை
அவற்றைச் சொல்லிப்
பயனேதும் இல்லை
மத்திகிரி, 10-2-2019, இரவு, 11:50
BT Song 1065: காதினில் வாங்கு
Verse 1:
நான் என்ன சொன்னாலும்
நீ கேட்பது இல்லை
எனக்கெனத் தனியாக
வாழ்வொன்று இல்லை
எல்லாமே என்வாழ்வில்
நீயாகிப் போனாய்
அதன்பின் தனியாக
எதற்காகக் கேட்கிறாய்
Verse 2:
சொன்னாலும் அதையென்ன
செய்யவா போகிறாய்
இதுவரை கேட்டதில்
எத்தனை செய்தாய்
அதனை முதலிலே
எண்ணிப் பாரு
அதன்பின் என்னிடம்
நீ வந்து கேளு
Verse 3:
ஊருக்கும் உலகுக்கும்
நீ காட்ட வேண்டி
என்னவோ சில நன்மை
எனக்குமே செய்தாய்
அவையாலே என்மனம்
நிறையாத போதும்
அவைகளைச் சொல்லியே
துதிபாட வைத்தாய்
Verse 4:
உண்மையில் என்தேவை
உனக்குமே தெரியாதா
உள்ளான என் எண்ணம்
உனக்கு புரியாதா
வாய்விட்டு நானும்
பலமுறை சொல்லியும்
காதில் வாங்காமல்
நீ போகவில்லையா
Verse 5:
இன்னும் எதற்காக
இங்கேயே வைக்கிறாய்
என் மூலம் என்னத்தை
சாதிக்கப் போகிறாய்
இதுவரை செய்ததே
குப்பையாய் இருக்கையில்
இன்னும் அதை மேலும்
நீ ஏன் சேர்க்கிறாய்
Verse 6:
வீணாக நாறும் முன்
விரைவாக நீக்கிடு
வேண்டாத சுமைகளை
சுமப்பதை நிறுத்திடு
உன்னிடம் வந்திடும்
வாய்ப்பினைத் தந்திடு
விரைவாக வந்து நீ
கரையென்னை சேர்த்திடு
மத்திகிரி, 11-02-2019, இரவு, 11:50
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