Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

You must have harmony within yourself.
You must have it with family and friends.
Harmony brings about peace in societies,
Foe which a code of conducts must prevail.
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Living in clusters begot societies,
Which bred cultures which in turn bred ethics.
Defiance is shame, which rules one’s conduct.
The stronger the shame, the richer the culture.
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A shepherd tends his sheep
Till they are useful to him.
People tend me for them.
Helpless, I’ll die alone.
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Unless you share the trouble of the one
Who loves you enough,
You will fail to give the one a chance
To love you enough.
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I love someone for the influence I have.
I love playing where I employ my force.
I love judging to assert my power.
I defend and offend to stay afloat.
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It is not important
That I love a woman
But it is important
If she accepts my love.
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I was in love with you
More than you were with me.
It was the privilege
With which I was honoured.
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Oedipus was king of Thebis;
Jacarta was wife of Oedipus.

Oedipus was sincere in his duty.
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If someone hurts you and intends to mend,
Accept him with grace, his pardon unasked,
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To regret is a kind of joy.
To repent is a kind of joy.
To render yourself pitiable
And to lament the loss of yours
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