Thirukkural 1235 in English
Tamil original, transliteration, English translation, meaning, commentary, pronunciation, and chapter context.
Tamil original
கொடியார் கொடுமை உரைக்கும் தொடியொடு
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.
Transliteration
Kotiyaar Kotumai Uraikkum Thotiyotu
Tholkavin Vaatiya Thol
Modern English
“Her loosened bracelets and faded shoulders tell everyone how cruelly the beloved has left her.”
Modern Interpretation
Her loosened bracelets and faded shoulders tell everyone how cruelly the beloved has left her. A person’s changed appearance can reveal neglect and heartbreak even when they try to hide both.
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Modern Plain English
Her loosened bracelets and faded shoulders tell everyone how cruelly the beloved has left her.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Bereft of bracelets and old beauty Arms tell the cruel's cruelty
G.U. Pope Translation
These wasted arms, the bracelet with their wonted beauty gone,The cruelty declare of that most cruel one
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The (loosened) bracelets, and the shoulders from which the old beauty has faded, relate the cruelty of the pitiless one
Tamil commentary
வளையல்கள் கழல, முன்னைய இயற்கை அழகையும் இழந்த என் தோள்கள் கொடிய அவரின் கொடுமையைப் பேசுகின்றன.
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