Thirukkural 1198 in English
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Tamil original
வீழ்வாரின் இன்சொல் பெறாஅது உலகத்து
வாழ்வாரின் வன்கணார் இல்.
Transliteration
Veezhvaarin Insol Peraaadhu Ulakaththu
Vaazhvaarin Vankanaar Il
Modern English
“No one is harder-hearted than a person who can go on living without even one kind word from the beloved they love.”
Modern Interpretation
No one is harder-hearted than a person who can go on living without even one kind word from the beloved they love. Going days without a caring message from someone important can make the silence feel cruel.
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Modern Plain English
No one is harder-hearted than a person who can go on living without even one kind word from the beloved they love.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
None is so firm as she who loves Without kind words from whom she dotes
G.U. Pope Translation
Who hear from lover's lips no pleasant word from day to day,Yet in the world live out their life,- no braver souls than they
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
There is no one in the world so hard-hearted as those who can live without receiving (even) a kind word from their beloved
Tamil commentary
தம்மால் விரும்பப்படும் கணவனிடமிருந்து ஓர் இன்சொல் கூடப் பெறாமல் உயிர் வாழும் மனைவியைப் போன்ற கொடியவர் இவ்வுலகத்தில் வேறு இல்லை.
Chapter 120
More from The Solitary Anguish
தனிப்படர் மிகுதி
Stoneless fruit of love they have Who are beloved by those they love
Kural 1192The lover-and-beloved's self-givings Are like rains to living beings
Kural 1193The pride of living is for those Whose love is returned by love so close
Kural 1194Whose love is void of love in turn Are luckless with all esteems they earn
Kural 1195What can our lover do us now If he does not requite our love?
Kural 1196One sided pains; love in both souls Poises well like shoulder poles
Kural 1197This cupid aims at me alone; Knows he not my pallor and pain?
Kural 1198None is so firm as she who loves Without kind words from whom she dotes
Kural 1199The lover accords not my desires And yet his words sweeten my ears
Kural 1200You tell your grief to listless he Bless my heart! rather fill up sea!