Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Artists entertain the mass.
God men entertain the mass.
Both get their wages and praises
More than their dues and toils
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Jewels lost their luster.
Women discarded them.
Plaited hair is not a fashion.
It has become ceremonial.
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Eat rich food, watch movies,
See beauties, go to parties
And spend in luxuries.
What else can you do
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The grandmother and the grandchild,
Are friends to their common enemy
Who can be the child’s parents.
Father-in-law and daughter-in-law
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I am not at ease when a man pursues a woman.
A woman held by a man is an irksome affair.
Womanizers are contemptuously seen.
Am I jealous of men or of pity for women?
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When truths reveal and prevail
Many heads will roll down,
Including the revealers.
The buried truths outnumber
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Who loves looking beautiful
Fares better than beauties.
Who loves growing popular
Grows faster than the worthy ones.
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I must have a girl friend, who is lovely.
I must have a wife stunningly charming.
I must own things that others envy for.
Not for needs but for pride, I do all these.
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The very hero worship,
The very superstitions,
The very thirst for pride
And the very possessiveness,
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