Rajendran Muthiah Poems

21. It is pernicious to give more to the one not satisfied with
what is given. It is pining to eat with those who don't share.
It is a pique to fall ill in old age. The words of the Seers
who sing not holy verses are plaquing.
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26.It is wretched to sever the friendship of the elderly.
To trumpet about one's rare deeds in future is distressing.
It is woeful to share your pains with the graceless men.
To do harm to the great is tormenting.
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31.To sing under the lute that is out of sync, is embittering.
Painful to see the stupids in Maths predicting the better times
for doing acts! The sounds of the unpolished drum by mud irritate.
Enmity of the rude is harmful.
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36. Painful, if one in the grip of penury wants to help others!
Being empty handed in a town with palaces is distressing.
If the guest has to wait for someone, to eat, it is sickening.
Friendship with the robber of the poor is repressing.
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Love is an apple grove
where the breeze steals the heart of Nature.
Love is a spell of magic
where the flower is obsessed with the bee.
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As she nodded to the intruders
in the castle of her heart,
he exiled himself to a place
unknown and unseen by her
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