Thirukkural 1227 in English

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Tamil original

காலை அரும்பிப் பகலெல்லாம் போதாகி
மாலை மலரும்இந் நோய்.

Transliteration

Kaalai Arumpip Pakalellaam Podhaaki
Maalai Malarumin Noi

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

This malady buds forth in the morning, expands all day long and blossoms in the evening

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

My grief at morn a bud, all day an opening flower,Full-blown expands in evening hour

Plain-English Meaning

This malady buds forth in the morning, expands all day long and blossoms in the evening

காதல் துன்பமாகிய இப்பூ, காலையில் அரும்புகிறது; பகலில் முதிர்கிறது; மாலைப்பொழுதில் மலர்ந்து விடுகிறது.

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