Thread: Old Thai Poem

Originally Posted by Bogon

The poet was called Sriprat.

Here is a translation of the poem.

"I call the Earth to act as a witness, for I too am a man with a teacher.
He ordered my execution though I have committed no wrong.
If I was not wrong, may this sword pay him back".

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The boatman understood nature, but the King did not.

Thanks for that wasabi, Can you tell me a bit more about the executed boatman please? I found a version of his life & death on-line but can't translate it all. It seems to me he crashed the royal Barge in order to avoid a ambush by rebels. He didn't want to report them for humanitarian reasons. The King was reluctant to order his death and beheaded a statue instead. But the coxswain insisted on his own beheading out of respect for the law. Was he a historical figure or a storybook legend? The canal/waterway he was said to be on was very twisty and the King ordered it to be straightened, so it may be a true story. or a urban legend.

(the older I get the better it was)

RR