To buy peace

I don’t find a charming woman

Who’s equally a warming one.

I don’t find a domineering one

Who’s as well a feminine one.

Women of intelligence too

Are found far from amenable;

Women of wealthy parents

Are found wanting compassion.

I was settled with a woman,

Who’s none of these, and bought peace.

25.12.2008

Man fights man.

A man can’t stand a woman’s glances

Nor does he ignore a woman’s tears.

He finds himself a timid before her.

He finds himself weaker than her.

To show his courage he made war with men.

To hide his fear he made the family

In which he imprisoned her for ever.

Man fights man for woman and gets lost.

26.12.2008

Calf and dog

A wagging dog that bites

Is not endeared by all.

A dumb calf that can’t wag

Is in command of love from all.

25.12.2008

The fortunate are not lucky

Every horror that you went though

Will be the armour of experience,

Which will lend you enough confidence,

With which you’ll face the future at ease.

The fortunate are more vulnerable

And the unfortunate, less susceptible,

To the stress they are subjected to.

The cactus is seasoned for the drought.

. 25.12.2008

Woman’s aspiration

The king may regard his concubine well,

But the kingdom will do only the queen.

That is why women prefer being wives

To being concubines of worthy lords.

20.12.2008

Generation to generation

I am lazier than my father

And my son is lazier than me.

I learn more than my father

And my son, more than me.

I earn more than my father did

And my son, more than I did.

Am I secure as my father was?

Is my son secure as I have been?

Generation to generation,

Do we progress or regress?

20.12.2008

The cost of love

Listen to me; agree with me;

Stand by me and be true to me.

Show me my face but not my back.

My love for you depends on these.

One must lose oneself to buy love.

Is it worth being loved by most?

17.12.2008