(Lines written on a brief stay at Kodaikanal Hills)

The Queen of the Hills keeps the health sound and top;
The herbal plants abound from the plains to the top;
Eucalyptus, exotic flower plants and sweet fruit trees, if you climb
Up and up the hills will freshen the breath with medicinal fragrance.
Floating all in exotic dizziness the vehicle negotiates many hairpin bends
And finally reaches the top of the misty dreamland with ease.

One bath at the Silver Falls is enough for the whole stay there;
So cool and fresh the pleasant environment keeps the body, mind and soul
That no further cleansing of the dirt is needed throughout the stay.
The effect of the Silver Falls and the freshness of the top purify all;
The effect of the Queen kindles the passion to remain there ever.

The Sunless day! What a pleasant climate the place has!
The cool, serene and unassuming lake below the misty sky,
Where couples go boating round the lake all round the day
And the children go horse riding around the lake on and on!
The tired and elderly people sit on the benches along the lake
And watch and enjoy the joy and serenity of one and all there.

Day or afternoon, the time nobody bothers there;
Rest and peace, indeed can anybody get there.
Such a lovely place it is that nobody misses to walk round
The lake, Bryant Park, Coker’s Walk, suicide point and Pillar Rocks
And many more places like the golf ground, observatory, temple, etc.

Like foreigners men wear apparels to go to the English Club
And play and play Cards or Billiards till they exhaust;
Grown up boys in groups hurry to the Boat Club
To get the boat and row and row round the lake till the evening;
Or they eat the boiled maize and enter the Hall to see the roller skating
And skate and skate round there till they sweat and roll down.

Eating, playing and chatting people do in this misty place,
Where except mystics all people mix with all in joyful mood.
Schools, church and temple attract many to know about these;
Flowers in the gardens before many estates tempt men to buy 0ne,
A nice place, indeed, to take rest in the summer, they think.

It is an heavenly hill where all earthly needs one can get;
To work long hours without sweats it is the best place in the world
And to do jobs with satisfaction this is the climate I prefer most.
The lake sites are the bridge between the heavenly hills
That attract the tourists from all over the country to come in
April-May for the summer and September for the second season!