Thirukkural 1044 in English

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Tamil original

இற்பிறந்தார் கண்ணேயும் இன்மை இளிவந்த
சொற்பிறக்கும் சோர்வு தரும்.

Transliteration

Irpirandhaar Kanneyum Inmai Ilivandha
Sorpirakkum Sorvu Tharum

English Translation

“Want makes even good familymen Utter words that are low and mean”

Plain-English meaning

Even in those of high birth, poverty will produce the fault of uttering mean words

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English Translation

Want makes even good familymen Utter words that are low and mean

G.U. Pope Translation

From penury will spring, 'mid even those of noble race,Oblivion that gives birth to words that bring disgrace

Plain-English Meaning

Even in those of high birth, poverty will produce the fault of uttering mean words

நல்ல குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவரிடம் கூட, இல்லாமை வந்து விட்டால், இழிவான சொற்களைச் சொல்லும் தளர்ச்சியை உண்டாக்கி விடும்.

Chapter 105

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What gives more pain than scarcity? No pain pinches like poverty

The sinner Want is enemy dire Of joys of earth and heaven there

The craving itch of poverty Kills graceful words and ancestry

Want makes even good familymen Utter words that are low and mean

The pest of wanton poverty Brings a train of misery

The poor men's words are thrown away Though from heart good things they say

Even the mother looks as stranger The poor devoid of character

The killing Want of yesterday Will it pester me even to-day?

One may sleep in the midst of fire In want a wink of sleep is rare

Renounce their lives the poor must Or salt and gruel go to waste