Spgm 037 - Sending A Peace Letter Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

As if the Cupid's flowery arrow,
That came to end her sorrow,
"Let me send a letter, why not? "
At that very moment she thought.

O'er a long white flower petal,
With a pen made of light metal,
In red ink she wrote that love letter,
To be sent to her estranged lover.

"A young prince joined me here,
When the spring visited everywhere,
For all the living creatures to drown
In the ocean of that joyful season."

"At the close of the weary day,
It was chosen time for a love play,
The moon on the sky came to display
His bright face spreading his cool rays."

"How he influences lovers, you know,
He brings them closer somehow.
So, for my sake you come here,
And have mercy on this poor."

The words of sweetness,
With a tone of softness,
They dominated her letter,
Thus inviting him sooner or later.

Vasanthamalai, her servant,
Took that letter and went,
To bring him back to her,
And live with her forever.

THE DELIVERY OF THE LETTER.

Kovalan was in the market,
Where Vasanthamalai met.
The letter she gave him
As instructed, she invited him.

KOVALAN'S REFUSAL TO RECEIVE THE LETTER

"A tilak I saw on her forehead.
In colorful red it was pasted.
She had enchanting eyebrows.
They were curved like bows."

"Her nose resembled a flower bud.
Her mouth was like kovai fruit red.
That time she was beautiful, in fact,
But I found later, it was her dubious act."

"Her enchanting appearance,
Her shining moon like face,
Besides her dazzling necklace,
They all blinded my eyes."

"But her deceptive mouth,
It speaks words of no worth,
As it wants me to come
And go at her will and whim."

"With her sweet voice parrot like,
And her light walk swan like,
They were an act to trap me,
And out thereafter throw me."

"The sound of her anklets,
The jingles of her bracelets,
All the tricks of her actions,
They proved her false intentions."

"With all her fanciful dresses,
And her voluptuous advances,
She wanted to mesmerize me,
In her love play act with me."

"When I'm living elsewhere,
She's telling everywhere
That from my separation,
She lives in desperation."

"Only in the evenings she feels,
This story she goes and tells
Whoever she happens to meet,
But isn't a dramatic act? "

"As she's a dancing girl,
Her actions prove not real,
Though they befit her role,
To get me was her only goal."

MADHAVI LEARNT HIS REGUSAL.

Vasanthamalai felt very much,
O'er Kovalan's refusal to touch
Madhavi's invitation to him,
As his response appeared slim.

She brought back the letter.
The news Madhavi learnt from her,
Which gave her a terrible shock,
When she saw the letter back.

HER SLEEP SHE FORGOT.

The well dressed Madhavi,
Though her heart felt heavy,
She thought o'er sometime,
She would next day meet him.

She spent sleepless night,
Shaken by a real fright,
With her eyes full of tears,
She had her own fears.