Thirukkural 1224 in English
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Tamil original
காதலர் இல்வழி மாலை கொலைக்களத்து
ஏதிலர் போல வரும்.
Transliteration
Kaadhalar Ilvazhi Maalai Kolaikkalaththu
Edhilar Pola Varum
Modern English
“Without her beloved, evening arrives like an enemy entering a place of slaughter.”
Modern Interpretation
Without her beloved, evening arrives like an enemy entering a place of slaughter. The quiet at sunset can feel frightening when an empty room brings back the fact that someone is gone.
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Modern Plain English
Without her beloved, evening arrives like an enemy entering a place of slaughter.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Lover away, comes eventide Like slayer to field of homicide
G.U. Pope Translation
When absent is my love, the evening hour descends,As when an alien host to field of battle wends
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
In the absence of my lover, evening comes in like slayers on the field of slaughter
Tamil commentary
அவர் என்னைப் பிரியாமல் என்னுடன் இருந்தபோது எல்லாம் என் உயிர் வளர வந்த இந்த மாலைப் பொழுது, அவர் என்னைப் பிரிந்து இருக்கும் இப்போது, கொலைக் காலத்திற்கு வரும் கொலையாளிகள் போலக் கருணை இல்லாமல் வருகிறது.
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