POEM FROM TAMIL LITERATURE- CROW , THE HARBINGER (36)

ABOUT THE POEM: This is a translated version of an entrancing poem  CROW, THE HARBINGER from Tamil literature.  This poem is all about what the mother said, requesting a  crow to be a harbinger of the return of her eloped daughter with the person of her choice. She earnestly wishes that her daughter and her husband to come home after their chivalrous errand. CROW, THE HARBINGER Flawless padded little crow, I will overwhelm  you and your caring family to a delectable dinner of meat and fat on a plate of precious gold. Oh! Crow be the harbinger of homecoming of my daughter, with her delightful locks of hair and her reckless  young fellow with his champion's sharp spear with whom she made good her escape may gracefully retreat back home. (what the mother said, addressing a  crow)