Red Lilies and Frightened Birds: Muttollayiram by Red Lilies & Frightened Birds (Penguin Classics)

Author:Red Lilies & Frightened Birds (Penguin Classics) [Retail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literary Collections, Ancient & Classical, Fiction, Classics
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2011-08-12T05:10:44+00:00

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First, the cattle would be taken,

then womenfolk captured,

and lastly, all the men routed.

The whole country would be devastated

to become the haunt of spirits.

This is the fate of the lands

of the hostile princes

who refused to pay tribute

to the Pandya king

who rides a killer elephant—

a terror to the passers-by

who are warned off

by drum beats.

His Conquests

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Formidable

even in death,

the soldiers lay there

propped up on a dead elephant,

biting their lower lips,

spears held firmly

in position,

refusing still

to give up their land.

And the victorious Pandya king,

holding his flag aloft

and wearing wreaths round his head,

stood looking at them

and felt defeated.

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