Aiming The Arrow On An Elephant Hiding Behind The Coarse Milky Shrub! Poem by Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Aiming The Arrow On An Elephant Hiding Behind The Coarse Milky Shrub!



O' girl who wears the more enriched
..beautiful bangles!

If the people who are in accompaniment
..of illiteracy with idiocy

Say the abusing unwanted words
..in the disguise of their idiocy

Towards the highly esteemed,
..rich and knowledgeable intellectuals,

It is equivalent to a person
..who aims the arrow on an elephant

Hiding behind the coarse milky shrub!
..It leads to his destruction!

Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: life
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Hi,
This poem 'Aiming the arrow on an elephant hiding behind the coarse milky shrub! ' is a translation of a poem from Tamil literature 'pazhamozhi naanooRu'

எல்லாத் திறத்தும் இறப்பப் பெரியாரைக்
கல்லாத் துணையார்தாம் கைப்பித்தல் சொல்லின்
நிறைந்தார் வளையினாய்! அஃதால் எருக்கு
மறைந்துயானை பாய்ச்சி விடல்.376 - பழமொழி நானூறு
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 06 January 2016

When you say it leads to 'his' destruction, are you referring to the elephant or the person who aims the arrow?

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Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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