Spgm 022 - The Status Of Kannagi Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Spgm 022 - The Status Of Kannagi



Her beautiful, fine and small feet,
They became free from the anklets.
O'er her breast, the upper garments
Also became free from the ornaments.

Also became free her breast
From the usual Kumkum paste.
Barring the single sacred chain,
Her neck was free and plain.

Her two ears showed no earrings
Her charming face wasn't sweating.
Her eyes-lining forgot the paste black,
Her coral-reef forehead lost its tilak.

Her teeth shone, but Kovalan she lost.
Her hair was long, but hair oil it lost.
Separated from her lover, Kovalan,
In that moon light, she cried alone.

GIRLS SEPARATED FROM LOVERS.

Girls separated from lovers
Their hearts burnt like the red fires
Rising from the blower's end
With no shield to defend.

They were sweating in winter,
Also shut the windows in summer.
The need for sandalwood paste
Or ornaments, they had no taste.

Even the beds of roses,
They felt them thorns.
From beds they got up,
Not getting proper sleep.

Their watering-down noses
Became free from nose rings.
From the eyes tears flowed.
They mumbled and cried.

THE ACTION OF CUPID.

In the fresh waterfall swirling
The gentle swans started learning
Their footsteps and slow walking,
They practiced morning and evening.

The full-grown lilies sprayed their smell.
The water pool wasn't seem to be lull,
But full of sweet-smelling, honey-filled
Red-colored lotus majestically stood.

The bees sang the early-hours-bed-rise songs.
At that time, lily-buds opened their wings.
The drums, like birds, bet their signals early.
The speckled cocks crowed intermittently.

All these sounds woke up Pugar Town.
It saw both happy and sorrowful men.
The Cupids went on hunting at nights.
So, who wasn't wakeful at nights?

It was the Cupid's rule that went.
The nights at Pugar were spent,
Under his bow's influence,
Perhaps, for its love or annoyance.

Friday, January 27, 2017
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Rajaram Ramachandran

Rajaram Ramachandran

Chennai born, now at Juhu, Mumbai, India
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