Thirukkural 1234 in English

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Tamil original

பணைநீங்கிப் பைந்தொடி சோரும் துணைநீங்கித்
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.

Transliteration

Panaineengip Paindhoti Sorum Thunaineengith
Tholkavin Vaatiya Thol

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

In the absence of your consort, your shoulders having lost their former beauty and fulness, your bracelets of pure gold have become loose

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

When lover went, then faded all their wonted charms,And armlets' golden round slips off from these poor wasted arms

Plain-English Meaning

In the absence of your consort, your shoulders having lost their former beauty and fulness, your bracelets of pure gold have become loose

அவர் என்னைப் பிரிந்ததால் பழைய இயற்கை அழகை இழந்த என் தோள்கள், இப்போது வளையல்களும் கழலும்படி மெலிந்திருக்கின்றன.

Chapter 124

உறுப்புநலன் அழிதல்

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