Distant pounding of a damaru Merging softly to a storming rain Lightning and thunder affiliate As if stones were rumbling on barren ground Riding the storm with screeching howls and wild flames Three strokes of ashes followed by ten thousand names Unchanging and formless rises the destroyer A pillar of fire, twist the earth, wrathful avenger Om Namah Shivaya Listen to the gods Om Namah Shivaya For you they sing Into darkness Plunge them all - everything The deadliest of creatures Here as your servants Om Namah Shivaya A crown of skulls Om Namah Shivaya Encircled with serpents Unchanging and formless rises the destroyer Twist the earth, wrathful avenger Transmigration from one life to another Transforming affliction to rediscover Absorbing the powers of aggressor First a lover, now murderer forever Om Namah Shivaya Listen to the dead For they never grow silent Om Namah Shivaya Even in the heart of twilight Bright are their dreams Om Namah Shivaya Uncover the violent face And lower your trident We will stand and rejoice In all three realms Om Namah Shivaya