Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Stand on your foot; live on your food;
Stay in your hut; you aren’t a burden.
When impossible, accept with grace
Humiliations from unexpected quarters.
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If your son hides from you doing something,
You must shut your eyes to retain his love.
If your spouse does something in secret,
You must shut your eyes to retain her bond
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Time changes but it does not change things,
Which change themselves with passage of time.
Time is not the culprit for my old age.
Time is not the god-spirit for your green age.
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To make a friend is easy.
Being interested in them is enough.
To be a friend is difficult.
You must get them interested in you.
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The God feeds those who pray to Him.
The God feeds those who don’t pray to Him.
The God feeds those who ignore Him.
He terminates them all any time too.
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The argument won; the truth suffered.
The money played; the truth suffered.
The power prevailed; the truth suffered.
The truth triumphed; the poor suffered
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‘What is the secret of your fifty year of marriage? ’
‘Simple, immediately after marriage,
I saw her shoot her horse to my alarm.
She said that she did it as he disobeyed.’
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Your eyes have let in me;
Your mind has let in me
Your heart too let in me.
Then why not your lips,
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To hear an anecdote already known,
To hear redundant explanation,
To hear inadequate description
And to hear exaggerated news
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