Thirukkural 1232 in English

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Tamil original

நயந்தவர் நல்காமை சொல்லுவ போலும்
பசந்து பனிவாரும் கண்.

Transliteration

Nayandhavar Nalkaamai Solluva Polum
Pasandhu Panivaarum Kan

English Translation

“My pale tearful eyes betray The hardness of my husband, away”

Plain-English meaning

The discoloured eyes that shed tears profusely seem to betray the unkindness of our beloved

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English Translation

My pale tearful eyes betray The hardness of my husband, away

G.U. Pope Translation

The eye, with sorrow wan, all wet with dew of tears,As witness of the lover's lack of love appears

Plain-English Meaning

The discoloured eyes that shed tears profusely seem to betray the unkindness of our beloved

பசந்து, நீர் சிந்தும் கண்கள், நான் விரும்பியவர் என்னை விரும்பவில்லை என்பதைப் பிறர்க்குச் சொல்லும் போலும்!

Chapter 124

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To lift from want he left me afar His thought makes my eyes blush the flower

My pale tearful eyes betray The hardness of my husband, away

These arms that swelled on nuptial day Now shrunk proclaim \"He is away\"

Bracelets slip off the arms that have Lost old beauty for He took leave

Bereft of bracelets and old beauty Arms tell the cruel's cruelty

Arms thin, armlets loose make you call My sire cruel; that pains my soul

Go and tell the cruel, O mind Bruit ov'r my arms and glory find

The front of this fair one O paled As my clasping arms loosed their hold

Cool breeze crept between our embrace Her large rain-cloud-eyes paled at once

Pale eyes pained seeing the pallor Of the bright forehead of this fair