Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

I shall see you by daylight,
If not, by moonlight,
If not, by star-light,
If not, under the roof by lamp,
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Low breeds are discarded and weaklings, eliminated;
Hybrids are propagated and high-breeds, nurtured.
This is the kingdom of Plants and Animals.
Low breeds are promoted and weaklings, protected;
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No bulls! All bullocks!
All castrated, libido arrested,
They toil for their men-folks.
All cows! Only to yield calves,
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Grafted in different stalks,
I, late in life, you still in middle,
We met rather late, yet unable to hate.
Pleasant are we, each in other’s company
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Love between you and me
Knowingly or unknowingly
Budded before we blossomed,
But blossomed after we withered,
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I gaze the face of the Moon
That by no way is my own;
I pursue the moving twin Stars
That fall beyond my bar;
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The Prophet was born
to make people free;
To him people became slaves!
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The deep abyss that divides us
Couldn’t block us.
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A sapling, she and I together grew,
pouring as much affection,
and nourishing with as much caress,
but on a forbidden soil,
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Very few snaps I take of you.
Enough! Each of its negatives
Gives me repeated positives,
Each copy a new lease to enthuse.
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