Thirukkural 1135 in English
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Tamil original
தொடலைக் குறுந்தொடி தந்தாள் மடலொடு
மாலை உழக்கும் துயர்.
Transliteration
Thotalaik Kurundhoti Thandhaal Matalotu
Maalai Uzhakkum Thuyar
Modern English
“The beloved has brought both the sadness that grows at evening and the desperate thought of riding the palmyra horse.”
Modern Interpretation
The beloved has brought both the sadness that grows at evening and the desperate thought of riding the palmyra horse. Waiting alone at night for a reply can turn affection into restless sorrow and bold plans.
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Modern Plain English
The beloved has brought both the sadness that grows at evening and the desperate thought of riding the palmyra horse.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Palm-ride and pangs of eventide Are gifts of wreath-like bracelet maid
G.U. Pope Translation
The maid that slender armlets wears, like flowers entwined,Has brought me 'horse of palm,' and pangs of eventide
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
She with the small garland-like bracelets has given me the palmyra horse and the sorrow that is endured at night
Tamil commentary
மாலைப் பொழுதுகளில் நான் அடையும் மயக்கத்தையும் அதற்கு மருந்தாகிய மடல் ஏறுதலையும், மலை போல வளையல் அணிந்திருக்கும் அவளே எனக்குத் தந்தாள்.
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