Endless Song

<p><b>A dazzling translation of one of the most revered ancient Bhakti poems</b></p><p>The <i>Tiruvaymoli</i> (sacred utterance or sacred truth) is a grand 1102-verse poem composed in the ninth century by Sathakopan-Nammalvar the greatest of the <i>alvar</i> poets. Ingeniously weaving a garland of words-where each beginning is also an ending-the poet traces his cyclical quest for union with the supreme lord Visnu. In this magnificent translation Archana Venkatesan transports the flavour and cadences of Tamil into English capturing the different voices and range of emotions through which the poet expresses his enduring desire for release. The scholarly introduction illuminates the poem's kaleidoscopic brilliance and the traditions of devotional religiosity it inspired.</p>