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
Modern English
“She asks whether she can give up loving a person simply because he does not return her love.”
Modern Interpretation
She asks whether she can give up loving a person simply because he does not return her love. Caring does not vanish on command, even when a relationship has become one-sided.
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Modern Plain English
She asks whether she can give up loving a person simply because he does not return her love.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
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
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
O my soul! can he who loves not though he is beloved, be forsaken saying he hates me (now)?
Tamil commentary
நெஞ்சே! நான் அவர்மீது அன்பு காட்டியும், என்மீது அன்பு காட்டாத அவரை, நம்மை வெறுத்தவர் என்று எண்ணிக் கைவிடும் உள்ள உறுதி எனக்கு உண்டோ?
Chapter 125
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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