This World Lives

This world lives
because
Some men
do not eat alone,
not even when they get
the sweet ambrosia of the gods;

they’ve no anger in them,
they fear evils other men fear
but never sleep over them;

give their lives for honor,
will not touch a gift of whole worlds
if tainted;

there’s no faintness in their hearts
and they do not strive
for themselves.

Because such men are,
this world is.

– Ilam Peruvaluti
translated by A.K. Ramanujam

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Published:
July 6, 2010 – 08:00
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