Secular Songs 216 to 220

216 Patience is in need

As the patience is lost within few seconds

He lost himself, what can I say about it?

What can we do for them, as they live?

Not thinking about the consequence

None survive by destroying others

We live not for ourselves

Whatever might be the difference of opinion?

Those who think that ‘I will destroy’, never survived

What kind of anger is this; within the blink of an eye

He got anger without having any mercy

What is the use of lamenting after that?

He will reap the fruit of his action

Destroying others and thereby oneself

None has achieved any benefit

There is none to console their children

As there is none to substitute the lost one

‘I will do what I think’, if one thinks like this

None can have peace of mind

If one controls his mind before act

There is no place for defeat in life

Giving food (‘anna-danam’) is noble indeed

But greater than that is to have patience

‘anna-dhanam’ will remove hunger

But to remove the poverty of mind, patience is more required.

Mathigiri, 12-8-16 11.30 pm.

In our neighbourhood one person killed his own elder brother over a small dispute about the money borrowed from him.  Both were in a drunken stage and when the quarrel started first, they shouted at each other, then began to beat and finally overcoming his elder brother he killed him.  All these happened within a few seconds and the family members never knew it as they were watching T.V. inside the house.  When his son came out to answer a phone call, he noticed his father lying down in a pool of blood and his uncle sitting next to him with a knife.  So extreme wrath added with intoxication brought such a tragedy to the entire joint family and nobody gained anything from this.  That murderer went to jail, his children’s education was troubled and his mother lost two of her sons on the same day and both the wives suffered along with the children.

216 தேவை நிதானம்

நொடியினில் இழந்த நிதானத்தால்

தன்னையே இழந்ததை நான் என்ன சொல்ல

விளைவை சற்றும் எண்ணியே பாராமல்

வாழ்ந்திடும் மனிதரை நாம் என்ன செய்ய

பிறரை அழித்து வாழ்ந்தவர் இல்லை

பிறருக்கன்றி நாம் வாழ்வதும் இல்லை

இடையில் எத்தனை பேதங்கள் இருந்தும்

அழிப்பேன் என்பவன் வாழ்ந்ததும் இல்லை

இமை மூடி திறக்கும் முன் எத்தனை வேகம்

இரக்கமே இல்லாமல் வந்தது கோபம்

செய்தபின் வருந்தி இனியென்ன லாபம்

செயலின் பலனை அடைவது நிச்சயம்

தன்னையும் இழந்து பிறரையும் அழித்து

பயன் அடைந்தது எவருமே இல்லை

பின்வரும் சந்ததி துயரத்தில் ஆழ

அவர் துயர் துடைக்க எவருமே இல்லை

நினைத்ததை முடிப்பேன் என்று எண்ணினால்

நிம்மதி என்பது எவருக்கும் இல்லை

முடிக்கும் முன் நினைப்பை தன்வயப்படுத்த

தோல்விக் கென்றும் இடமே இல்லை

தானத்தில் சிறந்தது அன்ன தானம்

அதனினும் உயர்ந்தது நிச்சயம் நிதானம்

பசிப்பிணி போக்கும் அன்ன தானம்

மனப்பிணி நீக்கும் அவசியம் நிதானம்

மத்திகிரி, 12-8-16 இரவு 11.30

Secular Song 217217 போகிறேன்

எத்தனை எழுதி படித்தாலும்

என்னையே ஆராய்ந்து பார்த்தாலும்

இறுதி விடை என்னவென்று

இன்னும் எனக்குத் தெரியவில்லை

கேள்வியும் கேட்டு பதிலில்லை

கேட்பதிலும் ஒரு தெளிவில்லை

மாற்றி மாற்றி கேட்பதாலே

மனதிற்கும் எதுவும் புரியவில்லை

யாரிடம் சென்று கேட்டாலும்

என்னையே கேள்வி கேட்கின்றார்

எனக்குத் தெரிந்ததை சொன்னாலும்

ஏளனம் பண்ணி நகைக்கின்றார்

“குழம்பித்தான் போய் இருக்கின்றாய்

குழப்பமும் செய்ய பார்க்கின்றாய்

எத்தனை எத்தனம் செய்தாலும்

ஏதும் பயனில்லை” என்கின்றார்

என்ன செய்வது இனியென்று

ஏதும் முடிவும் செய்யவில்லை

எப்படி சொல்வது இனியென்று

எனக்கு வழியும் தெரியவில்லை

போகும் இலக்கு தெரியாமல்

போகிறவழியும் புரியாமல்

போகிற போக்கிலே போகிறேன்

போவதெங்கென்று அறியாமல்

17-8-16, மத்திகிரி, மதியம் 3.05

217 Just I am pressing forward

How much I might have written and read

How much have I analyse about me

Yet I cannot understand

About the final answer

There is no answer even after questioned

There is no clarity in asking

As I often changes the questions

Nothing is clear to my mind

Whomever I approach and ask

They in turn ask me question

Though I share what I know

They laugh at me

“You are already in confusion

Try to confuse others

However you try to resolve this

There is no use” they say

I didn’t come to any conclusion

About what to do further

I don’t know

Which way I should go

Not knowing the goal

The path is also not very clear

I go just as I am

Not knowing where I am going.

17-8-16, Mathigiri, 3.05 pm.

Whenever I read something which challenges me, then I began to ask question on those issues which challenges me and also the very issues which I uphold very dear to me.  But in the end my questions remain only question not getting any satisfying answer from any source.  I need to live with it till the end.

Secular Song 218 கசப்பும் இனிப்பும்

எனக்கு பிடித்த ஒன்று

தேவை எனக்கு என்று

எங்கும் தேடிக் கொண்டு

ஓடுகிறேன் நான் நன்று

பிடித்த ஒன்று கிடைத்தது

பிறகு அதுவே கசந்தது

அதனால் வெறுப்பு வந்தது

அடுத்து என்ன செய்வது

முதலில் பிடித்த போதிலும்

முடிவில் இனிக்க மறுத்தது

நுனியில் இனித்த கரும்புகூட@

அடியில் கசந்து போனது

தின்ன தின்ன திகட்டிடும்

இனிப்பு கூட வெறுத்திடும்

பழக பழக பாலும் கூட

இறுதியாக புளித்திடும்

பிடித் தென்று உலகிலே

நிரந்தரமாய்  இல்லையே

புடிக்கும் போது ரசிக்கணும்

புளிக்கும் போது ஒதுக்கணும்

புளிக்கு மென்று எண்ணியே

ரசிக்க மறுத்து ஒதுக்கினால்

இறுதி வரை ஒன்றுமே

உதவிடாது உணருமே

விருப்பு வெறுப்பு சேர்ந்ததே

உலகில் வாழ்வு என்பதே

இடை யிடையே சுவைப்பதே

இதில் உள்ள உண்மையே

மத்திகிரி, 18-8-16, காலை, 6.00

218 Sweet and bitter

Longing to have

Something which I like

I run every where

Seeking after it

Finally I got what I liked

But then it became bitter

Therefore I hate it

Next what I can do?

Though I liked it in the beginning

At the end I don’t like it

The sugarcane which was sweet at top

Fail to remain sweet at the end@

Eating too much sweet

Will bring bad taste to the mouth

The milk which remain nice at first

Also become savour at the end

No taste remain tasteful

Till the end

When it is tasteful we should enjoy

When it becomes bitter, we should reject it

Thinking that at the end we may not like it

If we reject it even in the beginning

Then till the end

Nothing will be useful to us

Love and hate is

Part of this life on earth

Enjoying the taste in between

Is the reality of life?

@ Actually, sugar can is sweet at the bottom and less at the top.  But eating excess might end up reversing the order.

Mathigiri, 18-8-16, 6.00 am.

Often my mother will lament that nothing happens in her life as she likes.  But the fact is, relatively she enjoys a better life than others of her age. But this longing for a better life than what we have always will deprive us to see the good that we enjoy at present.

Secular Song 219 யாருக்கு இழப்பு

காட்சிக்கு ஏற்ப பாடலை அமைத்து

கதைக்கு ஏற்ப வார்த்தைகள் தொகுத்து

இசைக்கு ஏற்ப ஓசையை வகுத்து

என்னவோ எழுதரார் பாடல் ஒன்று

அவசரமாக பாடலைக் கேட்க

அரைமணித் துளியில் எழுதியே கொடுக்க

அதற்கென மதுவை ஊற்றியே குடிக்க

அந்த போதையில் எழுதியே முடிக்க

இதைபற்றி நான் இனியென்ன சொல்ல

எவர்செய்தது பிழையென சொல்ல

பொன்முட்டை வேண்டி வயிற்றைக் கிழிக்க

உயிரே போன கொடுமையை நினைக்க

அழுவதா-சிரிப்பதா தெரியவும் இல்லை

ஆயினும் இதனை ஏற்கவும் முடியலை

ஆனால் புலம்பிபே பயனும் இல்லை

அவரச உலகில் மாற்றமும் இல்லை

இதிலே உண்மையில் இழந்தவர் யாரு

என்பது மட்டுமே கேள்வி இப்போது

ஆயிரம் பதிலை அனைவரும் சொல்வார்

அதன்பின் வழக்கம்போல் வாழ்வை ஓட்டுவார்

கலையின் பெயரால் காசுமே சேர்ப்பார்

கவிதையின் பெயரால் புகழுமே எடுப்பார்

கனவுலகென்னும் திரையுள் நுழந்தோர்

கானல்பின் ஓடி தன்னையே அழிப்பார்

மத்திகிரி, 18-8-16, இரவு, 11.30

219 Who is the loser?

Writing a poem according to the scene

Arranging the words as per the story

Setting the tone according to the composition

Somehow they write a poem

As a poem is demanded within short notice

In order to write it within short time

They consume alcohol

In order to get inspiration

What is there more for me to say about this?

Who is wrong, how can I say that

In order to get more golden egg

As the goose’s stomach is cut and opened, it died

I don’t know whether to laugh or weep

Yet it is not acceptable to me

But there is no point of lamenting about it

As there is no alternate for this world under pressure

But the question that begs now is

‘Who is the real loser’?

They might give thousands of reasons for this

And will continue their life as before

They will accumulate money in the name of art

And will become fame in the name of poet

Those who entered in the dream world called cinema

Will get perished after chasing the mirage

Mathigiri, 18-8-16, 11.30 pm.

Recently one lyric writer for Tamil film Muthukumar died due to excessive drinking.  As I don’t know anything about Film world, I never heard about him.  But when I read that he is an upcoming poet who writes very sober songs not only for the films but also on various issues.  In order to extract more songs for the films within short period, the producers and directors arrange a separate room in a beach bungalow and keep all kinds of liquors.  Coming under the influence of the liquor, he will quickly write beautiful poems according to the situation of the film. Finally, this costed his very life and not only the film industry lost one of its best lyricists, but also the Tamil world a good poet and his wife and children lost their only support in life.  As I read about this (Reporter, Tamil, 19-08-16, pp.6-8) I wrote this song.  Those who arranged the drink and extracted lyrics for their film will continue the same, but ultimately who is the loser here?  Not even Muthukumar, but his poor wife and children and parents.

Secular Song 220220 கழுதையை சுமக்கணும்

அடுத்தவர்க்காக வாழவும் முடியாது

அவர்க்கென கருத்தை மாற்றவும் கூடாது

என்னை முழுமையாய் நான் ஏற்ற பின்னே

என்னை மறுக்க அவர்க்காக இயலாது

பிறர் சொல்ல கேட்பதில் தவறேதும் இல்லை

பயனுள்ளவற்றை மறுபதற் கில்லை

ஆயினும் தனக்கென கருத்தேதும் இன்றி

அலைமீது துரும்பானால் பயனேதும் இல்லை

ஏற்றபடி எத்தனை வாதங்கள் வைத்தாலும்

இறுதித் தீர்மானம் எனதாக வேண்டும்

ஏற்கும்படி இருக்கின்ற வாதத்தை மட்டும்

ஏற்றிடத் தாழ்மையும் அதனுடன் வேண்டும்

எடுப்பார் கைப்பிள்ளை ஆகியே போனாலோ

எல்லோரும் ஒவ்வொன்றாய் என்னிடம் எதிர்பார்ப்பார்

எதற்காக வாழ்கிறேன் என்பது புரிந்தபின்

என்பாதை தன்னிலே துணிந்துமே போகிறேன்

பிறர்மனம் புண்பட பேசாதிருக்கணும்

பிறருக்கு இடறலாய் வாழாதிருக்கணும்

இவற்றிலே ஏதேனும் தவறுமே நடந்தாலோ

இயன்றவரை அவற்றை செய்யாதிருக்கணும்

புரியாது பலசமயம் புரளியும் பேசுவார்

புரிந்தாலும் இட@ராய் என்றுமே கூறுவார்

எல்லோர் பேச்சையும் கேட்கத் தொடங்கினால்

இறுதியில் கழுதையை சுமந்துதான் போகணும்

மத்திகிரி, 18-8-16 (19-8-16) இரவு 12.30

220 Then have to carry the donkey

We cannot live (only) for others

We cannot change our principle for their sake

Once I accepted as I am

I cannot deny myself just for others’ sake

Nothing wrong in listening to other’s views

We cannot reject which are good in them

But living not having any personal conviction

Is like a log on the wave, there is no use in it

How much others might present their good arguments

The final decision should be mine

We need humility to accept only those arguments

Which make sense to us (compatibility with our conviction????)

Once if I become a baby for all

Each one will expect one thing from me

Once I understood what is the purpose of my life

I go in my own way taking courage in it

We should not talk hurting others

We should never live as a stumbling block for others

If something went wrong in us

Then we should try to avoid them

They might talk so many rumours about me without having proper understanding

Even if they understand, they will say many things to cause stumbling

If I began to listen to everybody’s word

In the end I have to carry the donkey alone.

Mathigiri, 18-8-16 (19-8-16) 12.30 am. Personal conviction and deep commitment is need for us to uphold any principle in our life. Though we need to listen to others advice and try to accept correction with much humility, without having strong conviction, if we began to change our views to accommodate everybody’s views, then we will be tossed often in life constantly changing our goal post.  Finally we will become that fool who carried the donkey along with his son listening others’ opinion, finally the donkey fell in the river when they crossed a river over a small bridge.  As you all know the story, I am not sharing this here.

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