Oru Anniyar

A stranger came into my life one day
Keeping his silent footsteps
He plucked out the sounds one by one
And took them away with him
The song of the birds, the rhythm of the rains
The strains of the breeze and the murmur of the waves
He plucked out the sounds one by one
The roll of the clouds, the claps of the hands
The babbling of a child, the bustle of the people
He plucked out the sounds one by one
The echo from the mountain, the laughter of a child
The Mother’s lullaby and the Father’s praise
He plucked out the sounds one by one
The howl of the wind, the whistle of the bamboo
The hymns of the priest, the chants of the devotees
He plucked out the sounds one by one
A stranger came into my life one day
Keeping his silent footsteps
He plucked out the sounds one by one
And took them away with him
When I experienced the silence,
All the sounds were contained in it
A stranger came into my life one day
And gifted the silence
A stranger came into my life one day
Keeping his silent footsteps
He plucked out the sounds one by one
And gifted the silence
And gifted the silence
And gifted the silence