Thirukkural 1262 in English

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Tamil original

இலங்கிழாய் இன்று மறப்பின்என் தோள்மேல்
கலங்கழியும் காரிகை நீத்து.

Transliteration

Ilangizhaai Indru Marappinen Tholmel
Kalangazhiyum Kaarikai Neeththu

English Translation

“Beauty pales and my bracelets slide; Why not forget him now, bright maid?”

Plain-English meaning

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

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

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

ஒளிரும் நகை அணிந்தவனே! என் காதலரை நான் இன்று மறந்தால் என்னைவிட்டு அழகு மிகுதியும் நீங்க, என் தோளும் வளையல்களை இழக்கும்.

Chapter 127

அவர்வயின் விதும்பல்

My eyes are dim lustre-bereft Worn fingers count days since he left

Beauty pales and my bracelets slide; Why not forget him now, bright maid?

Will as guide he went to win Yet I live-to see him again

My heart in rapture heaves to see His retun with love to embrace me

Let me but gaze and gaze my spouse sallow on my soft shoulders files

Let my spouse return just a day Joy-drink shall drive my pain away

If my eye-like lord returneth Shall I sulk or clasp or do both?

May the king fight and win and give And with my wife I will feast this eve!

One day seems as seven to those Who yearn return of distant spouse

When her heart is broken, what is The good of meeting and love-embrace?