Thirukkural 1262 in English
Tamil original, transliteration, English translation, meaning, commentary, pronunciation, and chapter context.
Tamil original
இலங்கிழாய் இன்று மறப்பின்என் தோள்மேல்
கலங்கழியும் காரிகை நீத்து.
Transliteration
Ilangizhaai Indru Marappinen Tholmel
Kalangazhiyum Kaarikai Neeththu
Modern English
“Trying to forget someone we love can drain our strength and change how we look and feel.”
Modern Interpretation
Trying to forget someone we love can drain our strength and change how we look and feel. After forcing themselves not to think about a partner, someone may lose sleep and appetite.
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Modern Plain English
Trying to forget someone we love can drain our strength and change how we look and feel.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Beauty pales and my bracelets slide; Why not forget him now, bright maid?
G.U. Pope Translation
O thou with gleaming jewels decked, could I forget for this one day,Henceforth these bracelets from my arms will slip, my beauty worn away
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
O you bright-jewelled maid, if I forget (him) today, my shoulders will lose their beauty even in the other life and make my bracelets loose
Tamil commentary
ஒளிரும் நகை அணிந்தவனே! என் காதலரை நான் இன்று மறந்தால் என்னைவிட்டு அழகு மிகுதியும் நீங்க, என் தோளும் வளையல்களை இழக்கும்.
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?