Thirukkural 1205 in English
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Tamil original
தம்நெஞ்சத்து எம்மைக் கடிகொண்டார் நாணார்கொல்
எம்நெஞ்சத்து ஓவா வரல்.
Transliteration
Thamnenjaththu Emmaik Katikontaar Naanaarkol
Emnenjaththu Ovaa Varal
Modern English
“He has given her no place in his heart, yet he keeps returning to hers, so she asks whether he feels any shame.”
Modern Interpretation
He has given her no place in his heart, yet he keeps returning to hers, so she asks whether he feels any shame. A person may try to move on, but reminders of someone who left can keep appearing in the mind.
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Modern Plain English
He has given her no place in his heart, yet he keeps returning to hers, so she asks whether he feels any shame.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Shame! My heart often he enters Banning me entry into his
G.U. Pope Translation
Me from his heart he jealously excludes:Hath he no shame who ceaseless on my heart intrudes
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
He who has imprisoned me in his soul, is he ashamed to enter incessantly into mine
Tamil commentary
தம் நெஞ்சத்தில் என்னை விலக்கிவிட்ட அவர், என் நெஞ்சத்தில் மட்டும் ஓயாமல் வருவதற்கு வெட்கப் படமாட்டாரோ?
Chapter 121
More from Sad Memories
நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல்
Love is sweeter than wine; for vast Is its delight at very thought
Kural 1202Pains are off at the lover's thought In all aspects this love is sweet
Kural 1203To sneeze I tried hence but could not Me he tried to think but did not
Kural 1204Have I a place within his heart? Ah from mine he will never depart
Kural 1205Shame! My heart often he enters Banning me entry into his
Kural 1206Beyond the thought of life with him What else of life can I presume?
Kural 1207What will happen if I forget When his memory burns my heart?
Kural 1208I bring him to ceaseless memory He chides not; and thus honours me
Kural 1209Dear life ebbs away by thought Of him who said we are one heart
Kural 1210Hail moon! Set not so that I find Him who left me but not my mind