Thirukkural 1180 in English
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Tamil original
மறைபெறல் ஊரார்க்கு அரிதன்றால் எம்போல்
அறைபறை கண்ணார் அகத்து.
Transliteration
Maraiperal Ooraarkku Aridhandraal Empol
Araiparai Kannaar Akaththu
Modern English
“People here can easily discover our secret because eyes like mine beat it out like a drum.”
Modern Interpretation
People here can easily discover our secret because eyes like mine beat it out like a drum. Even if you say nothing about a crush, tired, tearful eyes may tell everyone.
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Modern Plain English
People here can easily discover our secret because eyes like mine beat it out like a drum.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Like drum beats eyes declare my heart; From people who could hide his secret?
G.U. Pope Translation
It is not hard for all the town the knowledge to obtain,When eyes, as mine, like beaten tambours, make the mystery plain
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
It is not difficult for the people of this place to understand the secret of those whose eyes, like mine, are as it were beaten drums
Tamil commentary
அடிக்கப்படும் பறைபோன்று மனத்துள் இருப்பதை அழுது வெளியே காட்டிவிடும் எம்போன்ற பெண்களின் ரகசியத்தை அறிந்து கொள்வது இவ்வூரில் இருப்பவர்க்கு எளிது.
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?