Thirukkural 1244 in English
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Tamil original
கண்ணும் கொளச்சேறி நெஞ்சே இவையென்னைத்
தின்னும் அவர்க்காணல் உற்று.
Transliteration
Kannum Kolachcheri Nenje Ivaiyennaith
Thinnum Avarkkaanal Utru
Modern English
“She begs her heart to take her eyes along when it goes to the beloved, because they ache to see him so fiercely.”
Modern Interpretation
She begs her heart to take her eyes along when it goes to the beloved, because they ache to see him so fiercely. When the mind longs to visit someone, even the eyes seem restless for the sight.
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Modern Plain English
She begs her heart to take her eyes along when it goes to the beloved, because they ache to see him so fiercely.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Take these eyes and meet him, O heart Or their hunger will eat me out
G.U. Pope Translation
O rid me of these eyes, my heart; for they,Longing to see him, wear my life away
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
O my soul! take my eyes also with you, (if not), these would eat me up (in their desire) to see him
Tamil commentary
நெஞ்சே! நீ அவரைக் காணச் சென்றால் என் கண்களையும் உடன் கொண்டு செல். அவற்றை விட்டுவிட்டு நீ போய் விடுவாயானால் அவரைக் காண விரும்பும் என் கண்கள் என்னைத் தின்பன போல வருந்தும்.
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