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
Modern English
“After her companion leaves, her former beauty fades and her bracelets grow loose on her thinner arms.”
Modern Interpretation
After her companion leaves, her former beauty fades and her bracelets grow loose on her thinner arms. Long stress and sadness can affect the body as well as the heart.
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Modern Plain English
After her companion leaves, her former beauty fades and her bracelets grow loose on her thinner arms.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
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
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
In the absence of your consort, your shoulders having lost their former beauty and fulness, your bracelets of pure gold have become loose
Tamil commentary
அவர் என்னைப் பிரிந்ததால் பழைய இயற்கை அழகை இழந்த என் தோள்கள், இப்போது வளையல்களும் கழலும்படி மெலிந்திருக்கின்றன.
Chapter 124
More from Wasting Away
உறுப்புநலன் அழிதல்
To lift from want he left me afar His thought makes my eyes blush the flower
Kural 1232My pale tearful eyes betray The hardness of my husband, away
Kural 1233These arms that swelled on nuptial day Now shrunk proclaim \"He is away\"
Kural 1234Bracelets slip off the arms that have Lost old beauty for He took leave
Kural 1235Bereft of bracelets and old beauty Arms tell the cruel's cruelty
Kural 1236Arms thin, armlets loose make you call My sire cruel; that pains my soul
Kural 1237Go and tell the cruel, O mind Bruit ov'r my arms and glory find
Kural 1238The front of this fair one O paled As my clasping arms loosed their hold
Kural 1239Cool breeze crept between our embrace Her large rain-cloud-eyes paled at once
Kural 1240Pale eyes pained seeing the pallor Of the bright forehead of this fair