Thirukkural 1239 in English
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Tamil original
முயக்கிடைத் தண்வளி போழப் பசப்புற்ற
பேதை பெருமழைக் கண்.
Transliteration
Muyakkitaith Thanvali Pozhap Pasapputra
Pedhai Perumazhaik Kan
Modern English
“Even a breath of cool air slipping between the lovers during an embrace makes her large eyes lose their color.”
Modern Interpretation
Even a breath of cool air slipping between the lovers during an embrace makes her large eyes lose their color. When someone is already anxious about separation, the smallest interruption can feel like abandonment.
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Modern Plain English
Even a breath of cool air slipping between the lovers during an embrace makes her large eyes lose their color.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Cool breeze crept between our embrace Her large rain-cloud-eyes paled at once
G.U. Pope Translation
As we embraced a breath of wind found entrance there;The maid's large liquid eyes were dimmed with care
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
When but a breath of breeze penetrated our embrace, her large cool eyes became sallow
Tamil commentary
(அப்படி) நான் கையை மெல்ல எடுத்ததால் எங்கள் தழுவலுக்கு இடையே குளிர்ந்த சிறுகாற்று நுழைந்தது. இந்த இடைவெளியைக்கூடப் பொறுக்காமல் அவளுடைய பெரிய குளிர்ந்த கண்கள் நிறம் இழந்தன. இப்போது அவை எப்படி இருக்கின்றனவோ?
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