Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The groom must win the confidence
Of the bride in their love making.
Winning a girl cannot be done
Just by falling in love with her,
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Most 0f women would turn away
From a man’s advance for reasons:
Concern for family members,
Fear of being thrown out by members,
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By marrying a high woman,
To her kin you are a serf.
By marrying a low woman,
To her kin you are a king.
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Man’ success is the success with woman.
An expert teller of stories and wit;
An associate since a woman’s childhood;
One in prime youth with robust health;
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It is only when a woman is sure
That the man who loves her will not leave her,
That she lets the aroused man do away
With her maidenhood, with her maid as a witness.
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On seeing a handsome man,
A woman will desire him.
She will not show it, nor spell it.
When prepositioned by a man,
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Madly a youth loved a maiden.
Daily he penned for her love poems.
Sadly it went on for years.
Lowly was he to other earstwhile youths.
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The second running came first.
The first running might have faltered.
The second running might have bettered.
Success is others’ failures too.
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I bought a piece of land
That I fenced, ploughed
Watered, mulched, sprayed
Weeded off and shaded
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Read a song a lad wrote
In love of her beloved.
Read a song a girl wrote
In praise of her own God.
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