Thirukkural 1176 in English
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Tamil original
ஓஒ இனிதே எமக்கிந்நோய் செய்தகண்
தாஅம் இதற்பட் டது.
Transliteration
Oo Inidhe Emakkinnoi Seydhakan
Thaaam Itharpat Tadhu
Modern English
“The eyes that gave me this love-sickness are suffering from it too, and I am almost glad.”
Modern Interpretation
The eyes that gave me this love-sickness are suffering from it too, and I am almost glad. When the same eyes that kept checking for a message finally swell from crying, it feels like a small kind of justice.
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Modern Plain English
The eyes that gave me this love-sickness are suffering from it too, and I am almost glad.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Lo! eyes that wrought this love-sickness Are victims of the same themselves
G.U. Pope Translation
Oho! how sweet a thing to see! the eyeThat wrought this pain, in the same gulf doth lie
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The eyes that have given me this disease have themselves been seized with this (suffering) Oh! I am much delighted
Tamil commentary
எனக்கு இந்தக் காதல் துன்பத்தைத் தந்த கண்கள் தாமும் தூங்காமல் அழுவது நன்றாகத்தான் இருக்கிறது.
Chapter 118
More from Eyes consumed with Grief
கண் விதுப்பழிதல்
The eye pointed him to me; why then They weep with malady and pine?
Kural 1172Why should these dyed eyes grieve now sans Regrets for their thoughtless glance?
Kural 1173Eyes darted eager glance that day It's funny that they weep today
Kural 1174These eyes left me to endless grief Crying adry without relief
Kural 1175My eyes causing lust more than sea Suffer that torture sleeplessly
Kural 1176Lo! eyes that wrought this love-sickness Are victims of the same themselves
Kural 1177Let tears dry up pining pining In eyes that eyed him longing longing
Kural 1178Ther's he whose lips loved, not his heart Yet my eyes pine seeing him not
Kural 1179He comes; no sleep; he goes; no sleep This is the fate of eyes that weep
Kural 1180Like drum beats eyes declare my heart; From people who could hide his secret?