Thirukkural 1268 in English

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Tamil original

வினைகலந்து வென்றீக வேந்தன் மனைகலந்து
மாலை அயர்கம் விருந்து.

Transliteration

Vinaikalandhu Vendreeka Vendhan Manaikalandhu
Maalai Ayarkam Virundhu

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

Let the king fight and gain (victories); (but) let me be united to my wife and feast the evening

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

O would my king would fight, o'ercome, devide the spoil;At home, to-night, the banquet spread should crown the toil

Plain-English Meaning

Let the king fight and gain (victories); (but) let me be united to my wife and feast the evening

அரசு போர் செய்து வெற்றி பெறட்டும்; நானும் மனைவியோடு கூடி மாலைப்பொழுதில் விருந்து உண்பேனாகுக.

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?