POEM FROM TAMIL LITERATURE OUT FOR ANY HUMILIATION (25)

ABOUT THE POEM This is a translated version of an epic poem OUT FOR ANY HUMILIATION from Tamil literature. It is a fervent outcry of a boy to his lover’s friend. He affirms that he is ready to face any type of humiliation and even be an object of ridicule in the public’s eyes when the blinding passion of love for his sweetheart overwhelms his heart OUT FOR ANY HUMILIATION Ready to fall head over heels The lunatic lover fraughts Even to mount a palm-stem horse and sport a ring of milkweed buds besides being an object of ridicule of the public locale he is out for any remonstration while the blinding energy of adoration overpowers his heart with veneration