Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Don’t disclose loss in trade.
Don’t reveal doubt on wife.
Don’t let out shame underwent.
These will lower you further.
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You are beyond the reach.
I am behind the ditch.
Can we shake hands?
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I read to my son a story
I heard read when I was a child.
I read it to my grandson
Each time my perception grew.
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Love between two would break
When one of them loses interest,
When one of them is usurped
Or when one finds a better one.
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Unless I know her face
I cannot love her as a whole.
Unless I see who she is
I cannot love her from my heart.
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With such figure as you have got,
I can’t but desire you utmost.
Maybe I’m a loafer to your eyes
And hence you might scorn me for that.
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A healthy life is not a guarantee
For one’s longevity, and accidents
Or enmity can put an end to it.
Wise men do not postpone their happiness.
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I like that I am poor,
That’d fetch me others’ concern.
I like that I fall ill,
That’d earn me others’ concern.
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When husband and wife practise sex
for procreation, sets in perversion.
When they prefer to have sex
as recreation, sets in aversion.
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A confident woman, the man seeks.
An intelligent man, the woman seeks.

A good-featured woman, the man seeks.
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