Thirukkural 1269 in English

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Tamil original

ஒருநாள் எழுநாள்போல் செல்லும்சேண் சென்றார்
வருநாள்வைத்து ஏங்கு பவர்க்கு.

Transliteration

Orunaal Ezhunaalpol Sellumsen Sendraar
Varunaalvaiththu Engu Pavarkku

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

To those who suffer waiting for the day of return of their distant lovers one day is as long as seven days

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

One day will seem like seven to those who watch and yearnFor that glad day when wanderers from afar return

Plain-English Meaning

To those who suffer waiting for the day of return of their distant lovers one day is as long as seven days

தொலைதூரம் சென்று தன் கணவன் வரும் நாளை எண்ணி வருந்தும் பெண்களுக்கு ஒருநாள் பலநாள் போல நெடிதாகத் தோன்றும்.

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?