What is the use of begetting?

If people knew my book
But not me as its author,
If people knew my song
But not me as its writer,
If people knew my shrine
But not me as its builder
And if they knew my prince
But not me as his father,
What’s the use of begetting them?
For my name I did all these things.
08.08.2010

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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