Spgm 038 - The Dream That Told The Story Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(Kannagi dreamt a bad dream. She told
her friend about the same. The dream
was, Kovalan came back to Kannagi.
she offered him her anklets. Before
sunrise they left their house at Pugar
and traveled towards Madurai.)

GIRLS WORSHIPPING THE EVENING.

The day closed. The evening came.
The Pugar girls, fresh they became.
In their houses spreading jasmine,
They lighted the hanging lanterns.

They changed their dresses light,
To suit the oncoming night.
In this way they entertained
And this system they maintained.

MALATHI'S MENTAL WORRY.

Malathi by name, a woman
Was feeding her step-son,
Whose throat the milk choked,
And he suddenly died.

All the Gods in the Heaven,
She prayed for his return,
But they turned deaf ears
To her repeated prayers.

THE GRAVEYARD GHOST'S DEED.

A ghost came there at last,
And ate the dead as its breakfast.
Even the dead body she had lost,
In the graveyard of the ghost.

SATHAN'S BLESSINGS.

Sathan, the ruling deity,
On her he took pity,
And told her "Oh mother,
For the dead, don't bother."

He turned himself a baby then.
With this son, a new one,
She went home with mental relief,
And gave him to the other wife.

DEVANDHI'S TRAGIC STORY.

As the divine child grew of age,
He acquired all the knowledge.
He married Devandhi in time.
They both had a happy time.

One day, he said, "Oh my dear,
I'm going on pilgrimage this year.
You must bear this separation.
Bid me goodbye on this occasion."

So saying, he disappeared
And as Sathan he reappeared.
Devandhi was left alone,
On this her loss to mourn.

DEVANDHI'S PRAYERS.

In the temple she settled herself,
For years praying for her relief,
Praying the deity Sathan,
To restore her lost man.

SHE COMES TO KANNAGI.

Kannagi's story she learnt,
And to her house she went.
"God bless you, " she told
"You'll join your husband."

KANNAGI'S DREAM.

"I've lost my family life.
I may live as his parted wife.
As yester night he came
In my tragic dream."

"My hands he caught hold of,
And we left to a city far off.
One day, the people said,
He was killed and dead."

"I reported this to the king,
But shocked to find something
Like an accident to the king
And the city went wrong."

"I foresee something bad,
For me to lead a life sad,
Of this dream I'm afraid,
Will he join me? " she queried.