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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)