Compassion

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Aruludamai

Sympathising

Arutselvam selvathut selvam porutselvam
Pooriyar kannum ula

Of all compassion possession
Material remains accession

Nallatran naadi arylalga pallatran
Therin agthey thunai

Select and perform good
That alone stood

Arulserndha nenjinarku illai irulserndha
Inna ulagam pugal

Compassion kept at heart
Darkness sure thwart

Mannuyir ombi arulalvarku ilenba
Thannuyir anjum vinai

Trait of saving others
No death bothers

Allal arulvarku illai valivazhngum
Mallalma gnalam kari

No pains to compassionate
For there passionate

Porulneengi pochandhar enbar arulneengi
Allavai seidhuzhugu var

Shunning compassion doing evil
Forgetting pain devil

Arulillarku avvulagam illai porulillarku
Ivvulagam illagi yangu

Compassionless has no eternal
World material maternal

Porulattrar pooppar orukal arulattrar
Attrarnatru aathal arithu

Poor may beome rich
Unpitying goes witch

Theruladhan meiporul kandatral therin
Aruladhan seiyum aram

Deeds of compassionless amount
Brainless doings count

Valiyarmun thannai ninaikka thaan thannin
Meliyarmel sellum idathu

Anger shown on inferior
Compare that superior

Fame

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Pugazh

Earning name

Eedhal isaipada vazhdhal adhuvalladhu
Oodhiyam illai uyirku

Giving alms to needy
Fame others gaudy

Uraippar uraippavai ellam irapparkondru
Eevarmel nirkum pugazh

All fame sung favouring
Those who offering

Ondra ulagathu uyarndha pugazh allal
Pondathu nirpathondr ill

Fame uncomparable that stands
None other brands

Nilavarai neelpugazh aatrin pulavarai
Potradhu puththel ulagu

Fame spread earth boundary
God becomes secondary

Naththampol kedum ulathagum saakkadu
Viththagarku allal aridhu

Fame frame grows such
Even dead much

Thondrin pugazhodu thondruga agdhillar
Thondralin thondramai nandru

Come on earth fame
Other not shame

Pugazhpada vaazhadhar thamnovar thammai
Igazhvarai novadhu evan

Blaming those with fame
Not knowing shame

Vasaienba vaiyatharku ellam isaiennum
Echam pera vidin

Permanent fame not gotten
He remains rotten

Vasayila vanpayan kundrm isaiila
Yakkai porutha nilam

Land that unfame bears
Barren it rears

Vasaiozhiya vazhvaray vazhvar isaiozhiya
Vazhvaray vazha thavar

Blotless live others dead
Sans fame thread