Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

True love is,
When you are called upon
To make a sacrifice.
You must do it feeling no pain.
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Failure is not opposite to happiness.
It is a result of an attempt.
You are further seasoned.
Loss is not opposite to happiness.
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Hurt? Learn not to [in turn].
Hit? Learn not to.
Robbed? Learn not to.
Ignored? Pursue, Pursue.
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A cock loved with his commune hens.
Into yard, he started loving other hens.
Into jungle, other fowls too are appealing.
Once used to, you love any breed of woman.
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Drink not, lie not, steal not,
Kill not, covet not others’ wives,
Are acts against five sins, advocated.
Easy to observe the four.
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Pray to a stone with faith.
You are healed.
Pray to God with greed.
You are nowhere.
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Be proud, rightly so,
That you are an artisan,
An intellectual or an inventor.
You get respect.
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Let me be known
To them to whom I am known.
To them are my writings.
Being known to unknown
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A child builds a house on sand,
Not bothering about its end.
You too build a house of mortar,
Its permanency being the matter.
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Old man is in rage,
For, over ages,
His store of knowledge
And the acquired skill
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