Thirukkural 1132 in English
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Tamil original
நோனா உடம்பும் உயிரும் மடலேறும்
நாணினை நீக்கி நிறுத்து.
Transliteration
Nonaa Utampum Uyirum Matalerum
Naaninai Neekki Niruththu
Modern English
“The pain of separation becomes so strong that the speaker is ready to set aside shame and make that public declaration.”
Modern Interpretation
The pain of separation becomes so strong that the speaker is ready to set aside shame and make that public declaration. Someone who has endured a long silence may finally speak openly rather than continue hiding the hurt.
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Modern Plain English
The pain of separation becomes so strong that the speaker is ready to set aside shame and make that public declaration.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Pining body and mind lose shame And take to riding of the palm
G.U. Pope Translation
My body and my soul, that can no more endure,Will lay reserve aside, and mount the 'horse of palm'
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Having got rid of shame, the suffering body and soul save themselves on the palmyra horse
Tamil commentary
காதலை நிறைவேற்ற முடியாது வருந்தும் இந்த உடலும் உயிரும் வெட்கத்தை விட்டுவிட்டு மடல் ஏற எண்ணுகின்றன.
Chapter 114
More from The Abandonment of Reserve
நாணுத் துறவுரைத்தல்
Pangs of passion find no recourse Except riding *`palmyra horse' * Palmyra horse or 'Madal' is a torture expressive of the burning passion of the lover to the beloved The lover's body is laid on a rough pricking palmyra bed and he is carried along the street with songs of love pangs The parents of the lovers first reproach them and then consent to their marriage
Kural 1132Pining body and mind lose shame And take to riding of the palm
Kural 1133Once I was modest and manly My love has now Madal only
Kural 1134Rushing flood of love sweeps away The raft of shame and firmness, aye!
Kural 1135Palm-ride and pangs of eventide Are gifts of wreath-like bracelet maid
Kural 1136Madal I ride at midnight for My eyes sleep not seeing this fair
Kural 1137Her sea-like lust seeks not Madal! Serene is woman's self control
Kural 1138Lust betrays itself in haste Though women are highly soft and chaste
Kural 1139My perplexed love roves public street Believing that none knows its secret
Kural 1140Fools laugh at me before my eyes For they feel not my pangs and sighs