Tamil Nadu Poems - Poems about Tamil Nadu

My Birth Place

...Cape Comorin  (Kanyakumari) of Tamil Nadu,
Might be copious of the core concept called Xanadu;
Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, 
Amalgamate and mingle here, like mermaids, full of glee......

Hindu Anarchy Coming To India: Canto Ii- Two States Begin Fighting

...Which is the easiest way to make two
Indian states to fight?
One is to throw power, language, water-
Issues on their face.

So you’ll have got two Dravid states
Fighting eternally,
O’er slight...

Translation - a Piece of Land

...I crave a piece of land,
Oh! Parasakthi!
I crave a piece of land...

Amidst the piece of land,
build me a palace grand
with sundecks and picturesque pillars;
everything in pristine colors.
An...

Bharathi's Modern Woman

...Holding her head high 
with a resolute look;
possessing dauntless courage and wisdom,
She never feels subservient.

The emerging modern woman
fabricates her own traits,
by obliterating the cus...

A Tribute To India's National Poet

...Oh, my dear honorable poet!
Words recess when I write about you
 For, they start loving you

You were a sincere lover,
   when you wrote about love;
You were a lovable mother,
    when you wro...

On the Need To Avoid Being Envious: Canto Xvii, K161, K162 of the Thiruk-Kural

...On the need to avoid being envious: Canto XVII, K161, K162 of the THIRUK-KURAL, Translation with Commentary

[ ENVY, of course, knows no racial nor ethnic boundaries, but I wouldn't be wrong, I ...

K375 and K376 of Canto Xxxviii of the Thirukkural With Commentary

...K375 and K376 of Canto XXXVIII of the THIRUKKURAL Translated with Commentary

(Biographical details of an author, especially of someone having thrived in a land given to scant regard for documen...

K373 and K374 of the Thirukkural Translated With Commentary

...K373 and K374 of the THIRUKKURAL: Translated with Commentary

The poet's name, THIRUVALLUVAR [Thiru = Sacred and Valluvar = the name of the priesthood caste of the « Pariah » (whom Mahatma Gandh...

A Money Order To Tamil Nadu

...His brain’s barren like
the surface 
              of the moon – alphabet 
could never
              grow there. I fill up the
money order
             form at his request. Our
 tongues are 
...

Translation

...Some people
    Quest for the daily food,
    prattle on about the trivial stories,
    Languish in agony and loose spirits,
    Execute deeds that hurt others,
    Grow senile with grey hairs(w...

Bharathidasan's Pulikku Nay Enta Mulai, Translated By T Wignesan

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Bharathidasan’s “Pulikku nay enta muulai” (To the Tiger, the Dog knows no safe dwelling!) translated by T. Wignesan 

Bharathidasan (1891-1964) was a self-proclaimed disciple of the eminent Br...

Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's Poem Asai Mugam By T Wignesan

...Translation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
                                                                                                By T. Wignesan

Out of...

Goodbye, My Course

...Father, hear, this is truth, I tried doing best, 
Although it was like mountain-climb, with no ropes to rest, 
By having started longing course, and then killed with hate, 
The people whom I gave my ...

Limerick: Once a Meat-Vendor In Mylapur

...Limerick: Once a Meat-Vendor in Mylapur

Once a Meat-Vendor in Mylapur*
Set up shop (O!) Brahmin virtue pure
No hungry customers
Knocked past the front shutters
Though brisk business raged at rear do...

Poem By Kasiananthan On the Tamil Diaspora and Eelam, Trans By T Wignesan

...The Parrot and the Woodpecker may turn...
    [Sung by TEnicayccal Cellappa]        Translated by T.Wignesan
 
mAnkiliyum marankottiyum                    The parrot and the woodpecker

   kUt...

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