Thirukkural 1245 in English

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Tamil original

செற்றார் எனக்கை விடல்உண்டோ நெஞ்சேயாம்
உற்றால் உறாஅ தவர்.

Transliteration

Setraar Enakkai Vitalunto Nenjeyaam
Utraal Uraaa Thavar

English Translation

“He spurns our love and yet, O mind, Can we desert him as unkind?”

Plain-English meaning

O my soul! can he who loves not though he is beloved, be forsaken saying he hates me (now)?

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English Translation

He spurns our love and yet, O mind, Can we desert him as unkind?

G.U. Pope Translation

O heart, as a foe, can I abandon utterlyHim who, though I long for him, longs not for me

Plain-English Meaning

O my soul! can he who loves not though he is beloved, be forsaken saying he hates me (now)?

நெஞ்சே! நான் அவர்மீது அன்பு காட்டியும், என்மீது அன்பு காட்டாத அவரை, நம்மை வெறுத்தவர் என்று எண்ணிக் கைவிடும் உள்ள உறுதி எனக்கு உண்டோ?

Chapter 125

நெஞ்சொடு கிளத்தல்

Think of, O heart, some remedy To cure this chronic malady

Bless O mind! you pine in vain For me he has no love serene

O mind, why pine and sit moody? Who made you so pale lacks pity

Take these eyes and meet him, O heart Or their hunger will eat me out

He spurns our love and yet, O mind, Can we desert him as unkind?

Wrath is false, O heart, face-to face Sans huff, you rush to his sweet embrace

Off with love O mind, or shame I cannot endure both of them

Without pity he would depart! You sigh and seek his favour, poor heart!

The lover lives in Self you know; Whom you think, mind to whom you go?

Without a thought he deserted us To think of him will make us worse