How Can The Lives Of All The Living Things In This Earthly World Survive? Poem by Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

How Can The Lives Of All The Living Things In This Earthly World Survive?



O' the chieftain who has the country with the shore
of the reverberating sea with its waves
that keep aside the fleshy odour of the carp fish
by the pleasant smell of the flowers of Poon tree!

If and when the supposed to be the showering rain is not falling,
And when the virtuous people are not doing
what help they can do to others, How can the lives of
all the living things in this earthly world survive?

Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: life
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Hi,
This poem 'How can the lives of all the living things in this earthly world survive? ' is a translation by me of a poem from Tamil literature 'Naaladiyaar'

நேரிசை வெண்பா

பெயற்பால் மழைபெய்யாக் கண்ணும் உலகம்
செயற்பால செய்யா விடினும் - கயற்புலால்
புன்னை கடியும் பொருகடல் தண்சேர்ப்ப!
என்னை உலகுய்யு மாறு.97

- ஈகை, நாலடியார்
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Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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