Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The right to ask is not the right to get.
The right to give is not the right to accept.
The right to love is not the right to fetch it.
Understand this to avoid tussles.
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When you have many loving you,
I shall be one of them.
If it is only one loving you,
That will be I only.
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There are two ways to move in-
The one to believe everything
And the other to disbelieve everything.
In both you are safe from thinking.
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The arrogant must choose a god
And must worship with all vehemence
Publicly and deliberately,
To appear to others as god fearing.
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To go without a reputation is a shame.
To lose the reputation is much more.
Shamelessness is the animalism,
Permissible only in sexual acts.
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I thought it noble to rear cows.
I’ve been sued by the grass
In the court of God.
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In death you will have lost
Your contact with the world,
The people knowing and known.
You have already come across
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You might be blessed with a son,
Who in turn might be with a son.
Can it be ever long since then?
Lost will be the link, now or later.
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Who all are much concerned
About woman's chastity?
Her husband ranks first, no doubt.
Next come close her children,
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Life is a pursuit; the pursuit of food,
Of shelter and mate and of wealth and fame.
Love and respect are always sought after.
The path of pursuits is fed with hurdles.
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