Thirukkural 1219 in English
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Tamil original
நனவினால் நல்காரை நோவர் கனவினால்
காதலர்க் காணா தவர்.
Transliteration
Nanavinaal Nalkaarai Novar Kanavinaal
Kaadhalark Kaanaa Thavar
Modern English
“People who never see their loved ones in dreams blame the man who does not visit her while she is awake.”
Modern Interpretation
People who never see their loved ones in dreams blame the man who does not visit her while she is awake. They judge the relationship from what they can see, not from the private comfort her dreams provide.
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Modern Plain English
People who never see their loved ones in dreams blame the man who does not visit her while she is awake.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
In dreams who don't discern lovers Rue their missing in wakeful hours
G.U. Pope Translation
In dreams who ne'er their lover's form perceive,For those in waking hours who show no love will grieve
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
They who have no dear ones to behold in their dreams blame him who visits me not in my waking hours
Tamil commentary
இன்னும் திருமணம் ஆகாத, ஆகிக் கணவனைப் பிரிந்து அறியாத இந்தப் பெண்கள், கனவில் காதலனைக் கண்டு அறியாதவர், ஆதலால், அவர்கள் அறிய நேரில் வந்து என்னிடம் அன்பு காட்டாத என்னவரை அன்பற்றவர் என்று ஏசுகின்றனர்.
Chapter 122
More from The Visions of the Night
கனவுநிலை உரைத்தல்
How shall I feast this dream-vision That brings the beloved's love-mission?
Kural 1212I beg these fish-like dark eyes sleep To tell my lover how life I keep
Kural 1213In wakeful hours who sees me not I meet in dreams and linger yet
Kural 1214In dreams I enjoy his love-bliss Who in wakeful hours I miss
Kural 1215Dream-sight of him delights at once Awake-What of seeing him -hence
Kural 1216If wakeful hours come to nought My lov'r in dreams would nev'r depart
Kural 1217Awake he throws my overtures Adream, ah cruel! he tortures!
Kural 1218Asleep he embraces me fast; Awake he enters quick my heart
Kural 1219In dreams who don't discern lovers Rue their missing in wakeful hours
Kural 1220The townsmen say he left me thus In dreams failing to see him close