Thirukkural 1223 in English
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Tamil original
பனிஅரும்பிப் பைதல்கொள் மாலை துனிஅரும்பித்
துன்பம் வளர வரும்.
Transliteration
Paniarumpip Paidhalkol Maalai Thuniarumpith
Thunpam Valara Varum
Modern English
“Evening once arrived with only a little unease, but now it returns with sorrow that grows stronger and makes life feel unbearable.”
Modern Interpretation
Evening once arrived with only a little unease, but now it returns with sorrow that grows stronger and makes life feel unbearable. Each sunset can deepen the ache of someone waiting for a loved one who is far away.
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Modern Plain English
Evening once arrived with only a little unease, but now it returns with sorrow that grows stronger and makes life feel unbearable.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Wet eve came pale and trembling then Now it makes bold with growing pain
G.U. Pope Translation
With buds of chilly dew wan evening's shade enclose;My anguish buds space and all my sorrow grows
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The evening that (once) came in with trembling and dimness (now) brings me an aversion for life and increasing sorrow
Tamil commentary
அவர் என்னைப் பிரிவதற்கு முன்பு என்முன் வரவே நடுக்கம் எய்தி மேனி கறுத்து வந்த இந்த மாலைப் பொழுது இப்போது எனக்குச் சாவு வரும்படி தோன்றி, அதற்கான துன்பம் பெருகும்படி நாளும் வருகின்றது.
Chapter 123
More from Lamentations at Eventide
பொழுதுகண்டு இரங்கல்
Bless you! you are not eventide But killing dart to wedded bride!
Kural 1222Hail sad eventide dim and grim Has your mate like mine, cruel whim!
Kural 1223Wet eve came pale and trembling then Now it makes bold with growing pain
Kural 1224Lover away, comes eventide Like slayer to field of homicide
Kural 1225What good have I done to morning And what evil to this evening?
Kural 1226Evening pangs I have not known When my lord nev'r left me alone
Kural 1227Budding at dawn burgeoning all day This disease blooms in evening gay
Kural 1228A deadly arm, this shepherd's flute Hails flaming eve and slays my heart
Kural 1229Deluding eve if it prolongs The whole town will suffer love-pangs
Kural 1230Thinking of him whose quest is wealth My life outlives the twilight stealth