A Guava fruit a day
An apple a day
keeps the doctor away
is a proverb;
Alas! the cost of an apple
is more than twenty rupee;
It does not suit everybody's pocket,
So go to another alternative fruit,
Cost effective to all purse
and competitive in price;
Take it as a policy,
A Guava fruit a day
keeps diabetes away,
It is a new saying to follow from today.
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I Have The Sole Right To Protect You
Many people would like to have you,
A girl is fond of having you
to beautify her hair on her head,
A lover would like to impress his girl
and offer her, A ROSE, to get her love,
A leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, kept you
with pleasure close to his heart,
But, O'.. I have the sole right to protect you,
Said the thorn in the stock of flower ROSE!
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A School Bus Broke Down
A school bus broke down
while passing through the village road,
in a single road with ups and downs;
The youthful children alighted down,
Enchanted by the fields around,
Jumped with joy and singing all around,
in tune with sparrow merry go round;
The accompanying school teacher
who missed the childhood pleasure
got irritated and said, 'Shut up'.
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Knowledge Of Letters And Numbers
Knowledge of Letters and Numbers
are essentials and EQUIVALENT to EYES;
In those days, say in olden days
the scope of education was very low;
Those people acquired the knowledge
by way of learning numbers to count,
And letters to interact with, in a learned court.
Ref: ThirukkuRaL 392
eNNenpa Enai ezhuththenpa ivviraNtum
kaNNenpa vaazhum uyirkku.
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Saved me before I swoon
As if the metallic shield the elephant
wears that saves the people
while it goes wild and rut
during the sexual active period,
The beautiful breast-band of my lover
adorning the full formed breast
saved me before I swoon,
if I happened to see her
beauty without it.
Ref: kataa.ak kaLiRRinmEl kaNpataam maathar
pataa.a mulaimEl thukil. ThirukkuRaL - 1087
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Showing her teeth pearls!
I heard some wonderful sounds
floating through the air into my ears;
Is it her anklets made of fine sounds....!
Is it her bangles made such sounds..!
Or is it the sounds of dropped coins;
I am puzzled and turned around,
I could not find anybody,
Suddenly there appeared a beautiful girl,
She came giggling with a broad smile,
Showing her teeth pearls!
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The Persons Who Lose Their Sleep
Any person who plans to steal
will lose his sleep, waiting for others to sleep;
A person who falls in love with a fiancee
will have no sleep for ever and you will see;
Any person who likes to enlarge his wealth
will have no sleep, irrespective of his health;
The persons who like to safeguard
the accumulated wealth also lose their sleep!
NaanmaNik katikai 7
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Active Bees Fly In The Garden
Beautiful flowers in the orchid,
Active bees fly in the garden round and round,
They are humming around each and every flower,
They go around smelling for honey flavor,
Are those flowers Poppy or Rose?
While the bees find lots of flower,
They are happy and dance forever,
They will consume lots of honey,
They will inebriate and buzz
as if consumed wine in a winery!
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Enemies Won't Match For Friendship
Even if the mahout uses the goad,
the elephant carries him and goes ahead;
Even if the mother beats her child for mischief,
the child crying 'Ammaa....' runs behind her with grief;
Even if you chide your friend for some mistake,
he won't do any furious harm and put you in stake;
Even if they live for quite long with you,
ENEMIES won't match for friendship with you!
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Helping Tendency Of Your Relatives
The quality of the nine precious stones
is valued after properly washing the dirts;
The quality of the horse is ascertained
after mounting the horse over the saddle;
The impurities and the purity of the gold
are confirmed after melting the gold;
The thankfulness and helping tendency
of your relatives, you will come to know only
when you lost your wealth and be poor!
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