Translation
The immaculate music from the Veena,
The luminous evening full moon,
The cool pleasant breeze,
The generous spring season,
The buzz of the honey bees,
near a cool pond with fresh water flowers,
and I perceive everything
under the shelter of my supreme Lord's feet.
Appar Tirunavukkarasar( "King of the Tongue, Lord of Language"), was a seventh-century Saiva Tamil poet-saint.
He praised Lord Shiva and composed nearly 4900 hymns but unfortunately only 313 hymns are available today. I translated a hymn here and fortunately it is applicable to all religions...
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