M.S.Subbulakshmi, The Singer

She was born as a koel,
Brought up among nightingales;
She excelled all nightingales,
And died as if a nightingale,
With no koel there to mourn.
I wish I would die among my folks.

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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