Thirukkural 1237 in English

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Tamil original

பாடு பெறுதியோ நெஞ்சே கொடியார்க்கென்
வாடுதோட் பூசல் உரைத்து.

Transliteration

Paatu Perudhiyo Nenje Kotiyaarkken
Vaatudhot Poosal Uraiththu

English Translation

“Go and tell the cruel, O mind Bruit ov'r my arms and glory find”

Plain-English meaning

Can you O my soul! gain glory by relating to the (so-called) cruel one the clamour of my fading shoulders?

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

Go and tell the cruel, O mind Bruit ov'r my arms and glory find

G.U. Pope Translation

My heart! say ought of glory wilt thou gain,If to that cruel one thou of thy wasted arms complain

Plain-English Meaning

Can you O my soul! gain glory by relating to the (so-called) cruel one the clamour of my fading shoulders?

நெஞ்சே! கொடுமையானவராகிய அவரிடம் சென்று என் மெலியும் தோள்களினால் ஏற்பட்டுள்ள வெற்றுரைகளைச் சொல்லி நீ பெருமை பெறுவாயோ?

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