Anna was born to educate the illiterate,
To enlighten also the idle literate;
He toiled and toiled all day and night
And shed unto their minds the supreme light;
The depressed masses relied on Anna
And the toiling millions worshipped him;
No leader had ever so great an influence
Despite possession of tempting affluence;
Anna was born not with a spoon of silver
Yet with a mightier means-the tongue of silver;
Millions of audience were taken captive
By his power of oration so attractive;
Anna penetrated all the spheres to an extreme
Like drama, story, screen and all the arts so supreme;
He was the son of the Tamil Land
And the father of her modern fame all grand;
The youths he held so spell-bound,
And the students flocked to him all around;
To the teeming millions he was a brother elder
And their guiding friend, philosopher and leader;
Death may take Anna's body away,
But not his spirit that wields its sway;
Anna was a worthy ‘son’ of Thanthai Periyar,
And actualised his ideals all superior
Anna Christened this land as Tamil Nadu,
And made the Legislature unanimously applaud;
So great a son was our Elder Brother,
Who, in history, ever named his ‘Mother.’
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இப்பக்கம் மெய்ப்பு பார்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது
S. Nallarasu, M.A.B.T.,
(By Courtesy “Tamil Arasu" September 1980)
