Thirukkural 1243 in English
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Tamil original
இருந்துள்ளி என்பரிதல் நெஞ்சே பரிந்துள்ளல்
பைதல்நோய் செய்தார்கண் இல்.
Transliteration
Irundhulli Enparidhal Nenje Parindhullal
Paidhalnoi Seydhaarkan Il
Modern English
“She asks why her heart stays and suffers over the person who caused the pain, since he has no compassion for her.”
Modern Interpretation
She asks why her heart stays and suffers over the person who caused the pain, since he has no compassion for her. Replaying conversations with someone who will not respond only deepens the wound.
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Modern Plain English
She asks why her heart stays and suffers over the person who caused the pain, since he has no compassion for her.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
O mind, why pine and sit moody? Who made you so pale lacks pity
G.U. Pope Translation
What comes of sitting here in pining thought, O heart? He knowsNo pitying thought, the cause of all these wasting woes
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
O my soul! why remain (here) and suffer thinking (of him)? There are no lewd thoughts (of you) in him who has caused you this disease of sorrow
Tamil commentary
நெஞ்சே! அவர் இருக்கும் இடத்திற்கும் போகாமல், இங்கே இறந்தும் போகாமல், இங்கிருந்தபடியே அவர் வருவதை எண்ணி நீ வருந்துவது ஏன்? நமக்கு இந்தத் துன்ப நோயைத் தந்தவர்க்கு நம்மீது இரக்கப்படும் எண்ணம் இல்லை.
Chapter 125
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நெஞ்சொடு கிளத்தல்
Think of, O heart, some remedy To cure this chronic malady
Kural 1242Bless O mind! you pine in vain For me he has no love serene
Kural 1243O mind, why pine and sit moody? Who made you so pale lacks pity
Kural 1244Take these eyes and meet him, O heart Or their hunger will eat me out
Kural 1245He spurns our love and yet, O mind, Can we desert him as unkind?
Kural 1246Wrath is false, O heart, face-to face Sans huff, you rush to his sweet embrace
Kural 1247Off with love O mind, or shame I cannot endure both of them
Kural 1248Without pity he would depart! You sigh and seek his favour, poor heart!
Kural 1249The lover lives in Self you know; Whom you think, mind to whom you go?
Kural 1250Without a thought he deserted us To think of him will make us worse