Dr.V.K. Kanniappan Poems

To be young and youth life of every one of us
Is like the nature of fruit yielding trees in the cool
And misty grove from which all the fruits,
As and when they ripen, wither and fall down!
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எங்கும் இருள், ஒரே இருள்,
நிலவும் இல்லை, ஒளியும் இல்லை,
நட்சத்திரம் இல்லா வானம்,
காற்று வீசுகிறது, அலைகள் வந்து மோதுகின்றன,
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The fine intelligent people will not use to others,
…the stick which was infected when applied medicine
for somebody's eye;
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சின்னச் சின்ன பையா வா!
இறைவன் பெயர் சொல்லி நீ
பொம்மை வைத்து விளையாடு!
பகல் நெடிய ஒளியுடன் இருக்கிறது,
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Wealth sufficient for essential needs,
the wife who knows etiquettes,

if you have the above things,
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During the mid-noon, during midnight,
…both early morning and early evening;

the days of respectable stars of
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To comfort someone who has come to you
…for his rescue is pleasant!

Doing what you should do,
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The knowledgeable persons,
...even while their wealth enlarges enormously,

should not do charity, conducting marriage celebrations,
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Even if you boil the milk, the taste shall not become less,
If you heat and liquefy the shell, it remains white as such!

Mean minded persons who don't have true friendship
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Even by growth and appearance of the trees so tall,
the fruits will never ripen unless the due season occurs;

Likewise, however we try repeatedly, whatsoever,
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