Thirukkural 1221 in English

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Tamil original

மாலையோ அல்லை மணந்தார் உயிருண்ணும்
வேலைநீ வாழி பொழுது.

Transliteration

Maalaiyo Allai Manandhaar Uyirunnum
Velainee Vaazhi Pozhudhu

English Translation

“Bless you! you are not eventide But killing dart to wedded bride!”

Plain-English meaning

Live, O you evening are you (the former) evening? No, you are the season that slays (married) women

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English Translation

Bless you! you are not eventide But killing dart to wedded bride!

G.U. Pope Translation

Thou art not evening, but a spear that doth devourThe souls of brides; farewell, thou evening hour

Plain-English Meaning

Live, O you evening are you (the former) evening? No, you are the season that slays (married) women

பொழுதே! நீ வாழ்க! முன்பெல்லாம் வருவாயே அந்த மாலையா நீ என்றால் இல்லை; திருமணம் செய்து கொண்ட பெண்களின் உயிரை வாங்கும் பொழுது நீ.

Chapter 123

பொழுதுகண்டு இரங்கல்

Bless you! you are not eventide But killing dart to wedded bride!

Hail sad eventide dim and grim Has your mate like mine, cruel whim!

Wet eve came pale and trembling then Now it makes bold with growing pain

Lover away, comes eventide Like slayer to field of homicide

What good have I done to morning And what evil to this evening?

Evening pangs I have not known When my lord nev'r left me alone

Budding at dawn burgeoning all day This disease blooms in evening gay

A deadly arm, this shepherd's flute Hails flaming eve and slays my heart

Deluding eve if it prolongs The whole town will suffer love-pangs

Thinking of him whose quest is wealth My life outlives the twilight stealth