Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Desires- kill them to kill sorrow.
With them will go drive and urge.
So, do desire, which gives you impetus..
Desires- the multi-stimulant
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The downfall is experienced
By the one with humiliation.
The downfall is witnessed
By others with satisfaction.
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Do no favours; do no hurts
You are good to one and all.
Do favours ended with a hurt.
You stay as bad in the world.
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Artists entertain the mass.
God men entertain the mass.
Both get their wages and praises
More than their dues and toils
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Jewels lost their luster.
Women discarded them.
Plaited hair is not a fashion.
It has become ceremonial.
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Eat rich food, watch movies,
See beauties, go to parties
And spend in luxuries.
What else can you do
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The grandmother and the grandchild,
Are friends to their common enemy
Who can be the child’s parents.
Father-in-law and daughter-in-law
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I am not at ease when a man pursues a woman.
A woman held by a man is an irksome affair.
Womanizers are contemptuously seen.
Am I jealous of men or of pity for women?
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Rivalry is the rudimentary
Form of enmity.
Solidarity is the rudimentary
Form of fear.
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