Thirukkural 1261 in English
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Tamil original
வாளற்றுப் புற்கென்ற கண்ணும் அவர்சென்ற
நாளொற்றித் தேய்ந்த விரல்.
Transliteration
Vaalatrup Purkendra Kannum Avarsendra
Naalotrith Theyndha Viral
English Translation
“My eyes are dim lustre-bereft Worn fingers count days since he left”
Plain-English meaning
My finger has worn away by marking (on the wall) the days he has been absent while my eyes have lost their lustre and begin to fail
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English Translation
My eyes are dim lustre-bereft Worn fingers count days since he left
G.U. Pope Translation
My eyes have lost their brightness, sight is dimmed; my fingers worn,With nothing on the wall the days since I was left forlorn
Plain-English Meaning
My finger has worn away by marking (on the wall) the days he has been absent while my eyes have lost their lustre and begin to fail
Tamil commentary
அவர் என்னைப் பிரிந்து போன நாள்களைச் சுவரில் குறித்துத் தொட்டு எண்ணுவதால் என் விரல்கள் தேய்ந்து விட்டன; அவர் வரும் வழியைப் பார்த்து என் கண்களும் ஒளி இழந்து, நுண்ணியவற்றைக் காணும் திறனில் குறைந்து விட்டன.
Chapter 127
More from Mutual Desire
அவர்வயின் விதும்பல்
My eyes are dim lustre-bereft Worn fingers count days since he left
Kural 1262Beauty pales and my bracelets slide; Why not forget him now, bright maid?
Kural 1263Will as guide he went to win Yet I live-to see him again
Kural 1264My heart in rapture heaves to see His retun with love to embrace me
Kural 1265Let me but gaze and gaze my spouse sallow on my soft shoulders files
Kural 1266Let my spouse return just a day Joy-drink shall drive my pain away
Kural 1267If my eye-like lord returneth Shall I sulk or clasp or do both?
Kural 1268May the king fight and win and give And with my wife I will feast this eve!
Kural 1269One day seems as seven to those Who yearn return of distant spouse
Kural 1270When her heart is broken, what is The good of meeting and love-embrace?