Wake Them Not, If Asleep Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Wake Them Not, If Asleep

Rating: 3.7


Take serpent, or mad-hat king,
A tiger, wasp that would sting,
Take a stray dog, or small child,
Or a fool far off exiled:
These seven if asleep,
Never wake them from sleep!
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Translations | 22.11.18 |

Friday, March 1, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: humour,laughter,remember
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
From Chanakya Neeti, of a key adviser of Chandragupta Maurya (fourth century BCE) , who has done pioneering work on state craft, strategies, and economics.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Akhtar Jawad 04 March 2019

Well said Patak Ji, let them sleep and be safe.

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M Asim Nehal 02 March 2019

Wonderful poem. Wisely written, better they sleep like kumbhakarna......10++++

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M Asim Nehal 03 March 2019

Then I suggest you to chose the poem form as: Found poem since you added to the ideas of someone else's and improvised it with your thoughts.

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Aniruddha Pathak 02 March 2019

Thank you Mohammed Nehal, but the wisdom here is borrowed.

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Dr Antony Theodore 01 March 2019

The serpant, the king, the tiger and a wasp. the stray dog. in your imagination so many things and living beings appear. better not wake them up.........very fine warning. tony

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Aniruddha Pathak 02 March 2019

Thank you Dr Tony Brahmin, nice to see your words in print.

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Aniruddha Pathak

Aniruddha Pathak

Godhra - Gujarat
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