At your wedding kannamma,
guests arrived in noisy herds.
They placed envelopes in your
sweaty palms. The flowers
(around your neck and in
your hair) seemed heavy.
At Pazhani, I promised my
hair to the barbers. I prayed
that you and I be married.
Your cousins were supervising
the cooks. For cashew nuts
are expensive. And because
content stomachs bless with
all the fullness of the heart.
You are married, and I am
not. Some lovers offer lives,
others offer fruits. In my
despair kannamma, I offer
my tonsured head to you.
nehamaami 
Nice one. Tonsured head with the santhanam, right ?
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Lovely. It’s practically a movie.
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Ah! The dark mood again… Hey, this has become your hallmark of late. Is the Dark Side taking over the Bright Side?
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aiyo paavame
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Nice one Neha.
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Nice. Somehow it reminded me of the kannamma from the Bharathiyaar poem.
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Nice! A short film won’t be a bad idea, no?
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Beautiful. Like Graves´s Love without hope:
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/763.html
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tragic and therefore, beautiful!
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You are married, and I am
not. Some lovers offer lives,
others offer fruits. In my
despair kannamma, I offer
my tonsured head to you.
I hereby nominate this for the greatest 5 lines.
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Your cousins were supervising
the cooks. For cashew nuts
are expensive. And because
content stomachs bless with
all the fullness of the heart.
These are the 5 best lines of the poem,
sappattu Raman
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Siva: Ah yes! That wonderful cooling paste of sandal. Worth shaving one’s locks for.
km: Thanks 🙂
Indisch: Well not the dark side really. More like the pensive one. It’s probably got something to do with the weather.
WA: Very much.
Vijesh: Thanks.
Suman: I think Bharatiyar immortalized the word kannamma. Such connotations, and such meanings. ..
Adithya: Anyone wants rights? 🙂
avataram: Thanks for the link.. a little Graves doesn’t hurt on such an afternoon…
guruprasad: I wonder why tragedy gets our gut before anything else does. But to be honest, I don’t have the stomach for too much tragedy.
Vairaamuthu: Graciously accepted.
jillumadrasi: I demand you war with Vairaamuthu on this one. 🙂 But yes, I like that image too. That teaming lot of “helpers” in a wedding, who overlook the proceedings – in the kitchen and in the mandapam..
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Very nice! My first time here and totally enjoying the posts.
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