Secular Song 426 to 430

Secular Song 426 

Finally, Nangil Sambath, who migrated from one political party to another declared that he is leaving politics and going to spend the rest of his time in his favorite life as a speaker. Indeed he is a great (Tamil) orator.  And when he gave an interview, he said that so far almost every political party, in which he toiled used him when it served their purpose and then threw him away.  At the end of the interview, he said that actually he became tired of such betrayal and became dejected.  But he convincingly forgot that he too used all these parties when they served his interest and need.  Now playing a victim card, naturally he gives various reasons for it.  As no one ever lived above her own creed, there is a point of playing only a victim card while doing the same for others.

NB. Though Sambath said that he said that he left politics, after a few months, as per his habit now began to come closer to another party which he strongly opposed in the past.  This shows that we should never trust any promise made by the politicians, as they put different masks in different times.

Secular Song 426 செய்நன்றி

பயன்படும் போது       

பலருமே வருவார்

பயன்படும் வரையில்

புகழ்ந்து மகிழ்வார்

அவரது தேவை

முடிந்ததன் பின்னர்

அரைநொடி கூட

மீண்டும் நினையார்

இது ஒன்றும் உலகில்

புதியது அல்ல

என்றும் நிகழாத

புதுமையும் அல்ல

நாமொன்றும் இதிலே

விதிவிலக்கல்ல

நமக்குமே நடந்தால்

புதியது அல்ல

செய்நன்றி கொல்வது

இயற்கையில் ஒன்று

பிறர் செய்யும் போது

குறை சொல்வதுண்டு

நாம் செய்யும் போது

மறுப்பது உண்டு

நியாயங்கள் அதற்குமே

நம்மிடம் உண்டு

அறிவுரை கூறி

பயனேதும் இல்லை

அதற்கெல்லாம் இதில்

இடமே இல்லை

ஏனென்றால் எவர்க்கும்

தெரியாமல் இல்லை

எல்லோரும் செய்திட

மீட்பு இல்லை

மத்திகிரி, 18-3-18, இரவு 11.10௦

Secular Song 426 Gratitude

As long as we remain useful

Many will come to us

And they will praise us

As we are useful to them

Once their need is

Finished

They won’t think us

Even for a fraction of a second

This is not a

New thing in this world

And not that

It never happened before

We too are not

An exception to this

If that happen to us

Nothing new in it

Remaining ungrateful

Is a common nature

When others do it

We blame them for it

When we do the same

We deny it

And we have many

Excuses for that also.

There is no point

In giving advice here

There is no place

For it in that situation

Because

All know about it

As we all do it

There is no escape from it

Mathigiri, 18-3-18, 11.10௦ p.m.

Secular Song 427

See the article: ‘Scientific Sannyasis/Gurus’ for the background to this song.

[This narrative is posted separately as ‘Scientific Sannyasis/Gurus’ [both in New Website and FB]

Secular Song 427 புலம்பவா சிரிக்கவா

ஆழமாய் நானும்

ஆராய்ந்து பார்த்தேன்

அடிக்கடி பலவிதக்

கேள்விகள் கேட்டேன்

என்னையும் புரிந்திட

எத்தனம் செய்கிறேன்

இறுதியில் குழப்பத்தால்

தவித்து போகிறேன்

ஒருபுறம் மனது

ஒதுங்கிட சொல்லுது

மறுபடி மீண்டும்

இணைந்திட சொல்லுது

போதும் போதுமென

புத்தியும் புலம்புது

புதிதாக ஏதும்

இல்லை என்குது

மௌனத்தில் ஒருவித

மோனத்தை தேடுது

மறுபடி மறந்திட

மனமே தூண்டுது

சும்மா இருந்திடும்

சுகத்தை அறிந்தபின்

மீண்டும் விழித்திட

மனது மறுக்குது

ஏனிந்த போராட்டம்

என்பதும் புரியலை

எப்போது விடுதலை

வருமெனத் தெரியலை

புத்திக்கும் மனசுக்கும்

போராட்டம் நடக்கையில்

புலம்பவா சிரிக்கவா

என்பதும் புரியலை

மத்திகிரி, 23-3-18, இரவு 11.30

Secular Song 427 To laugh or lament

I deeply

Thought about it

I often asked

So many questions

I try to

Understand about me

Finally, I am frustrated

As I am confused.

On the one side

The mind asks me to keep away

Then it forces me

To join again

But the buddhi laments (by saying)

‘Enough is enough’

And it says that

There is nothing new (in all these activities)

Mind seeks a kind of bliss

In silence

And it also

Prompts me to keep quiet

Once I experienced

The bliss of silence

The mind refuses

To wake up again

I don’t know

Why this struggle

When the deliverance will come

I don’t know

When there is struggle between

Heart and buddhi (intellect)

I don’t know whether to

Laugh or weep

Mathigiri, 23-3-18, 11.30 pm.

Secular Song 428

I know that people become very busy with so many things and problems to handle simultaneously as he is running a big business also.  However, because of their various responsibilities and commitments many people in modern times remain too busy to keep in touch with each other.  Of course, they use social media to keep in touch with each other.  But visiting and spending time together now become a history in many homes.

The same is the case with my grandsons (my brother’s grandsons through his daughter).  Though they came to visit us after nearly forty years in 2017 August, after that in spite of my repeated efforts to keep in touch they were not reciprocated.  Of course they are very busy with their work and studies. But as they lack interest to nurture the relationship further, however we try, it remains one-way traffic.

In the past we used to visit our relatives and even friends’ homes and stayed several weeks.  But now visiting a few hours has become a luxury for the guest and a burden for the host.  There is no alternative but to cope with this reality in modern life.

Secular Song 428 காலம் கனியனும்

நெருங்கி வந்தாலும்

நீக்கித்தான் போகிறார்

நேசத்தைக் காட்டினும்

ஏற்கவும் மறுக்கிறார்

உறவாட சென்றாலும்

உதறியே தள்ளுறார்

உறவுதான் ஆயினும்

விலகி நிற்கிறார்

அவரது சூழ்நிலை

அறியாது போவதால்

அவர் பற்றி நாமும்

சரிவர அறியல

அதனையே அறிந்திட

நாமுமே முயன்றாலும்

அதுபற்றி தெரிவிக்க

அவரும் விரும்பல

ஒருபுறம் பாசமும்

உந்தி தள்ளுது

மறுபுறம் அவர் குணம்

அறிந்துமே ஒதுங்குது

அங்குதான் பொறுமைக்கு

வேலையும் இருக்குது

அவராக வரும் வரை

அமைந்திட சொல்லுது

உறவுண்டும் நட்பில்லை

என்கிற நிலையிலே

உறவாட இயலாமல்

உதறியும் தள்ளாமல்

காலம் கனியட்டும்

என்று இருப்பது

ஒன்று தான் நமக்குள்ள

நிலையாக இருக்குது

மத்திகிரி, 26-3-18, மதியம் 2.45

Secular Song 428 Time should ripe.

Even if come close

They go away

Though we show our affection

They refuse to accept it

Even if we go to have fellowship

They keep away from us

They are our relatives

But they stand away

As we don’t know

About their situation

We cannot

Understand about them

Even if try to

Understand about it

They don’t want to

Share with us

On the one side

Affection pushes us (towards them)

On the other hand

Their nature keeps us away (from them)

There alone patience

Has to do its work

Till they come on their own

It asks us to wait

When we have relationship

But there is no friendship in it

Unable to have fellowship

At the same time

Unable to forsake them

The only option left before us

Is to wait patiently

Till the time to ripe for that

Mathigiri, 26-3-18, 2.45 p.m.

Secular Song 429

When I am frustrated because of old age related issues when the younger generation refuses to cooperate with me, then I tell them that we have every right to get frustrated as we become old and they cannot do it because of their age..  ‘Don’t compare 67 with 27’, I used to rebuke him.  But when my mother does the same, I keep quiet knowing that I cannot compare her 93 with my 67.  And the one good lesson that I learn to overcome such frustration is to cooperate with others who try to understand and help us.  That is the only means available with every old person to spend the rest of the old age relatively with some peace.

Secular Song 429 எளிதாய் வென்றிடலாம்

ஒரு வித அலுப்பு வந்திடுது

உடலொடு மனமும் சோர்ந்திடுது

என்னடா வாழ்க்கை என்கிறது

எதுவரை என்று கேட்கிறது

வேறு வழியில்லை தெரிகிறது

இதற்கொரு மாற்று தேடிடுது

சுற்றும் முற்றும் பார்க்கிறது

சோர்ந்து மீண்டும் ஓய்கிறது

முதுமை ஒரு விதம் பாரம்தான்

முற்களின் படுக்கை ஆனதுதான்

அழுது சலித்துப் பயனில்லை

அதிலே தப்பிக்க வழியில்லை

ஆயினும் அதிலொரு நன்மையுண்டு

அலுத்துக் கொள்ள உரிமையுண்டு

ஏனென்று எவரும் கேட்க மாட்டார்

எரிச்சல் நம்மேல் படமாட்டார்

முடிந்தவரையில் புரிந்திடுவார்

முடிந்தால் உதவியும் செய்திடுவார்

தட்டிக் கொடுத்து அணைத்திடுவார்

தம்முடன் அழைத்துச் சென்றிடுவார்

அலுப்பு சலிப்பு விட்டுவிட்டு

அடுத்தவரோடு அனுசரித்து

வாழ்ந்தால் முதுமையை ஓட்டிடலாம்

விரக்தியை எளிதாய் வென்றிடலாம்

மத்திகிரி, 26-3-18, மதியம் 2.30௦

Secular Song 429 Easily we can overcome

Some kind of tiredness has come

Along with body mind also get depressed

‘What kind of life is this’ it asks

‘And how long’ it enquires

It knows that there is no alternative to this

And it tries to find an alternative

It looks around

And become depressed

Old age is indeed a burden

It is a bed of thorns

But there is no point of lamenting about it

And there is no escape from it

Still there is a benefit in it

We have right to get frustrated

No one will ask why

And they won’t become upset with us

They will try to understand us

And will try to help at their best

They will carry by encouraging us

And will take us along with them

So, giving up depression and frustration

And co-operating with others

If we live, we can spend rest of life

And can easily overcome frustration

Mathigiri, 26-3-18, 2.30௦ p.m.

Secular Song 430

Though I tease others that we old age people have so many rights—morally, socially, legally etc. etc., to become impatient and get upset easily when things don’t go as per our expectation, yet I know patience is the only option left with us to navigate the rest of our life.  When our own body and mind does not cooperate with us, we accept it as part of the old age scenario.  But conveniently we forgot that the same is the case with our expectation from others.

Secular Song 430 பொறுமை தேவை

முதுமைக்கு தேவை

பொறுமை அதிகம்

முதலில் இதையே

உணரனும் நாமும்

இளமையில் வந்த

வீம்புக்கு எல்லாம்

இடமே இல்லை

புரியணும் நாமும்

உடலும் முதலில்

ஒடுக்கும் நம்மை

உறவும் கூட

ஒதுக்கும் உண்மை

மனதுடன் அறிவும்

மழுங்கியே போக

மூளையும் சேர்ந்து

ஏளனம் செய்யும்

நாடி நரம்பு

தளர்ந்து போக

நடுக்கம் அதுவாய்

வந்தே சேரும்

பல்லுடன் சொல்லும்

தன்போல் போக

பேச்சுக் கூட

உளறலாய் மாறும்

நம் உடம்பே

நம்மை ஏய்க்க

பிறரைப் பற்றி

என்ன சொல்ல

அதனை ஏற்று

பொறுமை காத்து

வாயை மூடி

வாழ வேண்டும்

மத்திகிரி, 2-4-18, காலை, 6.00௦

Secular Song 430 We need patience

Old age requires

More patience

We should

Understand this

There is no place

Here for bragging

Which we had

When we were young

First the body will

Suppress us

Then the relatives will

Keep us away

Along with heart

Mind also get diminished

The brain also will

Laugh at us

As the pulse and nerves

Get diminished

The trembling will come

On its own

Along with teeth

The speech also gone

All our talking will

Become mere babbling

Once our own body

Deceives us

What to talk

About others

Accepting it

Keeping patience

We should live

Keeping quiet

Mathigiri, 2-4-18, 6.00௦ a.m.

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