Thirukkural 1235 in English

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Tamil original

கொடியார் கொடுமை உரைக்கும் தொடியொடு
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.

Transliteration

Kotiyaar Kotumai Uraikkum Thotiyotu
Tholkavin Vaatiya Thol

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

The (loosened) bracelets, and the shoulders from which the old beauty has faded, relate the cruelty of the pitiless one

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

The (loosened) bracelets, and the shoulders from which the old beauty has faded, relate the cruelty of the pitiless one

வளையல்கள் கழல, முன்னைய இயற்கை அழகையும் இழந்த என் தோள்கள் கொடிய அவரின் கொடுமையைப் பேசுகின்றன.

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