Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

William Shakespeare is great,
I know but I haven’t read.
John Milton is great,
I know but I haven’t read.
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No one is more concerned about you than yourself.
No one can share with you advice and risk together..
You were born single and will die single.
In the meantime others to you are mere guests.
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When a movie, made in one language,
Is shown as dubbed in another,
It will irritate the audience
Who know both the languages.
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I feed my parents on their death anniversaries
As though they would eat, without conviction,
For before they met their death, they believed
That I would feed them as they did to theirs.
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His skin is white and mine is black.
Our blood is red and tears, salty.
The souls must have no disparity.
No use, the skin will dictate the terms.
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Before the God all are equal, don’t say.
Then all will be wise or all will be fools.
Then all will be good or all will be bad.
Why are there some fortunate and some not?
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To ignore who ignores you
Will spare you humiliation.
To heed who ignores you
Will spare you isolation.
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Be he a king or a clown;
Be she a queen or a maid;
Be one a lover or a beggar.
No one will be a failure
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As you must save for rainy days,
So must you, people’s goodwill as well,
For, in case you run out of money,
Men must be there to bail you out.
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He is fortunate who is blessed with a bride
As virgin as a bud, err it be blown.
He is fortunate who is blessed with a wife
As chaste as a rose, ever in bloom.
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