Use of Spouse

1.Conducting husband’s earning regarded
best life partner.	
2.Degrading virtue of wife
grandeur life worthless. 
3.Her virtue, husband possesses
all, vice, contrary.
4.Conserving chaste of determined
 woman, deserve admiration.
5.Deifying unique husband, rain
obeys her spell.
6.Conserving virtues of both
confer her supreme.
7.Supreme woman guards chaste
self than others.
8.Esteeming dutiful husband ranks
wife in Elysium
9.Lacking virtuous wife, husband
scornful among critics.
10.Virtuous wife, family’s honour
good heir crown. 
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Dedicated to Thiruvalluvar(31B.C), the author in Tamil
Translated by S.Kandasamy, MUSIRI, TAMILNADU,INDIA
Published in poetrysoup.com on 7-12-13
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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