Spgm 070 - Complaint Lodged Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(Kannagi went to King Pandian
and lodged a complaint. The king
realized his mistake. He fell down
from the throne and gave up his life.
The queen also died along with the king.)

THE QUEEN'S BAD DREAM

The queen spoke:

"The king's scepter fell down.
With that his umbrella was down.
Non-stop rang the last gate bell.
In my dream, I saw a hell."

"The eight directions then,
They were badly shaken.
The darkness swallowed the sun.
In my dream, I saw this scene."

"At midnight, I saw a rainbow.
At midday, comets fell I saw.
All these bad dreams of mine
They foretell what'll happen? "

IN SHORT

"All these bad dreams, the scepter down
With the umbrella, the bell warns the crown,
At midnight the rainbow, at midday the comet,
They indicate a danger we'll have to meet."

"We'll inform this to our king."
She went to the court, so saying.
"What's pre-written on one's forehead,
Who can prevent it? " she said.

THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL

With mirror in hand some,
With ornament plates some,
With silk dresses some,
With the queen they came.

With tender betel leaves some,
With colored lime paste some,
With incense sticks some,
With the queen they came.

Maids, hunchbacked, dwarf,
Also some of them deaf,
They all accompanied her
"Long live the queen", hailed her.

She then narrated what she feared,
About her dream the king also heard,
But what was done, it was done,
One can't get back what was gone.

SHE LOST HER HUSBAND

Kannagi spoke:

"Oh guard, oh guard,
Go and tell your Lord,
With an anklet I'm here,
And I wish to be there."

Before the king the guard said:

"Long live the king, at the gate.
An angry woman with an anklet,
Having lost her husband
She wished to see my lord."