Cempulapeyanirar

That is the name of a Sangam poet. It means 'he of the red earth and pouring rain.' What would it be like to be known to the world 2000 years later through one poem? Read on to see what I mean...

What could my mother be to yours?
What kin my father to yours anyway?
And how did you and I meet ever?
But in love
Our hearts have mingled
like red earth and pouring rain.

(translated by A. K. Ramanujan)
And here is the original Tamil verse in the Kuruntokai.