Samanyan Lakshminarayanan Poems

[ a translation of a tamil poet VAIRAMUTHU]


if you are the wind
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A bounty of wealth lies there untouched-
eventhough the whole world is after wealth
a bounty of wealth still lies there untouched.
A valueless wealth it may be-
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Where from will this flow into me
from what, from whom.from where
where from will this flow into you
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THE RICHNESS OF INDIA
it may be the sculptures
it may be it's scriptures
it may be it's culture
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As Betrand russel would say-
i may be just a book in god's library-
one in a million-or
just a page in a book even,
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whether you like it or not
whether you believe it or not
that is it
all good and bad are only at it
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the 'green' in the leaf
nourish the plant as a chef
the sun would provide
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science explores matter
religon explores man kind
man explores the truth
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[KEY.. a set of words contained in an answer...the mode of correcting the answer papers in a few state board examinations is by using these keys]

The examiner's work
made simple
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what a relationship
this is
even today i heard
a man say
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