Thirukkural 1236 in English

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Tamil original

தொடியொடு தோள்நெகிழ நோவல் அவரைக்
கொடியர் எனக்கூறல் நொந்து.

Transliteration

Thotiyotu Tholnekizha Noval Avaraik
Kotiyar Enakkooral Nondhu

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

I am greatly pained to hear you call him a cruel man, just because your shoulders are reduced and your bracelets loosened

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

I grieve, 'tis pain to me to hear him cruel chid,Because the armlet from my wasted arm has slid

Plain-English Meaning

I am greatly pained to hear you call him a cruel man, just because your shoulders are reduced and your bracelets loosened

வளையல்கள் கழன்று தோள்கள் மெலிய, அவரைக் கொடுமையானவர் என்று அவை நொந்து பேசுவதைக் கேட்டு நான் வருந்துகிறேன்.

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