Kural 1277Chapter 128: The Reading of the Signs

Thirukkural 1277 in English

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Tamil original

தண்ணந் துறைவன் தணந்தமை நம்மினும்
முன்னம் உணர்ந்த வளை.

Transliteration

Thannan Thuraivan Thanandhamai Namminum
Munnam Unarndha Valai

Modern English

“The body may notice a loved one's emotional distance before the mind admits it.”

Modern Interpretation

The body may notice a loved one's emotional distance before the mind admits it. Someone may realize a partner has changed when a ring or bracelet begins to slip from a suddenly thinner wrist.

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The body may notice a loved one's emotional distance before the mind admits it.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

Quick, my bracelets read before The mind of my lord of cool shore

G.U. Pope Translation

My severance from the lord of this cool shore,My very armlets told me long before

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

My bracelets have understood before me the (mental) separation of him who rules the cool seashore

Tamil commentary

குளிர்ந்த துறைகளுக்குச் சொந்தக்காரரான அவர் என்னை உடலால் கூடி உள்ளத்தால் பிரிந்திருப்பதை என்னைக் காட்டிலும் என் கை வளையல்கள் முன்னமே அறிந்துவிட்டன.

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