Thirukkural 1270 in English
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Tamil original
பெறின்என்னாம் பெற்றக்கால் என்னாம் உறினென்னாம்
உள்ளம் உடைந்துக்கக் கால்.
Transliteration
Perinennaam Petrakkaal Ennaam Urinennaam
Ullam Utaindhukkak Kaal
Modern English
“Reunion brings no comfort if grief has already broken the heart.”
Modern Interpretation
Reunion brings no comfort if grief has already broken the heart. Do not delay an apology or a return until the person you love has lost all hope.
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Modern Plain English
Reunion brings no comfort if grief has already broken the heart.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
When her heart is broken, what is The good of meeting and love-embrace?
G.U. Pope Translation
What's my return, the meeting hour, the wished-for greeting worth,If she heart-broken lie, with all her life poured forth
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
After (my wife) has died of a broken heart, what good will there be if she is to receive me, has received me, or has even embraced me?
Tamil commentary
என் பிரிவைத் தாங்காமல் உள்ளம் உடைய, அவளுக்கு ஒன்று ஆகிவிட்டால் அதன் பிறகு அவள் என்னைப் பெறுவதால் ஆவது என்ன? பெற்றால்தான் என்ன? உடம்போடு கலந்தால்தான் என்ன? ஒரு பயனும் இல்லை.
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?