Warnings to time [death]!

I chanced upon this poem of the great poet Subhramani Bharathi.

Kaala! Unnai nan siru pull yenna madhikiren;

Yenran kaal aruge vada ! chatthre unnai midhi ikkiran-adda kala

Hey time [death]!I regard you as a small blade of grass ,

Come on , come near me ! Let me stamp you under foot.

Hey death!

Adho moolla yendru kadharia yannaiai kaakave-

Nindrun mudhalaikku nerinthadai marandhaya

Ketta moodane?Ada kaala

Have you forgotten your emissary ,the crocodile's fate ,

When the elephant it had gripped

Implored Adhi moolame?

You wicked fool! Hey death.

Unnai vidhi ikkiren'

Hari narayanaga unn munne' uddhi ikkiren,

Ada kaala!

Your fate is doomed ,

When I become one with Hari narayana , Hey death!