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

English Translation

“Like drum beats eyes declare my heart; From people who could hide his secret?”

Plain-English meaning

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

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

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

அடிக்கப்படும் பறைபோன்று மனத்துள் இருப்பதை அழுது வெளியே காட்டிவிடும் எம்போன்ற பெண்களின் ரகசியத்தை அறிந்து கொள்வது இவ்வூரில் இருப்பவர்க்கு எளிது.

Chapter 118

கண் விதுப்பழிதல்

The eye pointed him to me; why then They weep with malady and pine?

Why should these dyed eyes grieve now sans Regrets for their thoughtless glance?

Eyes darted eager glance that day It's funny that they weep today

These eyes left me to endless grief Crying adry without relief

My eyes causing lust more than sea Suffer that torture sleeplessly

Lo! eyes that wrought this love-sickness Are victims of the same themselves

Let tears dry up pining pining In eyes that eyed him longing longing

Ther's he whose lips loved, not his heart Yet my eyes pine seeing him not

He comes; no sleep; he goes; no sleep This is the fate of eyes that weep

Like drum beats eyes declare my heart; From people who could hide his secret?