POEM FROM TAMIL LITERATURE - A HERON'S TESTIMONY (19)

In this outlandish poem, A HERON'S TESTIMONY, the poet expresses the fear of a girl about the flirty nature of the lover. She takes comfort in the thought that there stood a Heron as a silent witness to the marriage and may stand testimony in case of any breach of faith by the man. A HERON'S TESTIMONY At the hour when my sweetheart Married me subtly, There were no one to authenticate However, the cheat himself if he retracts  on his promise what else is there to do? However, there stood a heron on thin, greenish legs fashioned like a millet's stem searching for fish in the shallow stream