Thirukkural 1240 in English
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Tamil original
கண்ணின் பசப்போ பருவரல் எய்தின்றே
ஒண்ணுதல் செய்தது கண்டு.
Transliteration
Kannin Pasappo Paruvaral Eydhindre
Onnudhal Seydhadhu Kantu
Modern English
“Her eyes seem troubled when they see the bright forehead become pale with longing.”
Modern Interpretation
Her eyes seem troubled when they see the bright forehead become pale with longing. Noticing a loved one’s distress can make your own sadness feel heavier too.
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Modern Plain English
Her eyes seem troubled when they see the bright forehead become pale with longing.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Pale eyes pained seeing the pallor Of the bright forehead of this fair
G.U. Pope Translation
The dimness of her eye felt sorrow now,Beholding what was done by that bright brow
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Was it at the sight of what the bright forehead had done that the sallowness of her eyes became sad?
Tamil commentary
குளிர்ந்த சிறுகாற்று இடையே நுழைந்ததைக் கண்டு நெற்றி, நிற வேறுபாடு அடைந்தது. அதன் மென்மையைப் பார்த்து வெட்கப்பட்ட கண்ணும் துன்பம் உற்றதே!
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