Thirukkural 1140 in English
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Tamil original
யாம்கண்ணின் காண நகுப அறிவில்லார்
யாம்பட்ட தாம்படா ஆறு.
Transliteration
Yaamkannin Kaana Nakupa Arivillaar
Yaampatta Thaampataa Aaru
Modern English
“People who have never felt this kind of suffering may laugh at the person who is struggling.”
Modern Interpretation
People who have never felt this kind of suffering may laugh at the person who is struggling. Someone who has never faced heartbreak may joke about a friend's sadness instead of understanding it.
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Modern Plain English
People who have never felt this kind of suffering may laugh at the person who is struggling.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Fools laugh at me before my eyes For they feel not my pangs and sighs
G.U. Pope Translation
Before my eyes the foolish make a mock of me,Because they ne'er endured the pangs I now must drie
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Even strangers laugh (at us) so as to be seen by us, for they have not suffered
Tamil commentary
நான் பார்க்க, இந்த அறிவற்ற மக்கள் என்னைப் பார்த்துச் சிரிக்கின்றனர். அப்படிச் சிரிக்க காரணம், நான் அனுபவித்த துன்பங்களை அவர்கள் அனுபவிக்காததே!
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