Thirukkural 1292 in English
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Tamil original
உறாஅ தவர்க்கண்ட கண்ணும் அவரைச்
செறாஅரெனச் சேறியென் நெஞ்சு.
Transliteration
Uraaa Thavarkkanta Kannum Avaraich
Cheraaarenach Cheriyen Nenju
Modern English
“The heart may approach someone who does not love us while hoping not to be rejected again.”
Modern Interpretation
The heart may approach someone who does not love us while hoping not to be rejected again. A person may keep texting someone distant, telling themselves that the next reply will be kinder.
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Modern Plain English
The heart may approach someone who does not love us while hoping not to be rejected again.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
O heart, you see how he slights me Yet you clasp him as if friendly
G.U. Pope Translation
'Tis plain, my heart, that he 's estranged from thee;Why go to him as though he were not enemy
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
O my soul! although you have known him who does not love me, still do you go to him, saying "he will not be displeased."
Tamil commentary
என் நெஞ்சே! என்மீது அன்பு இல்லாதவரை உள்ளபடியே நீ அறிந்திருந்தும் நாம் போனால் அவர் கோபப்படமாட்டார் என்று எண்ணி நீ அவரிடமே செல்லுகின்றாய்!
Chapter 130
More from Expostulation with Oneself
நெஞ்சொடு புலத்தல்
You see, his heart is his alone; Why not my heart be all my own?
Kural 1292O heart, you see how he slights me Yet you clasp him as if friendly
Kural 1293You follow him at will Is it \"The fallen have no friends\" my heart?
Kural 1294You won't sulk first and then submit Who will then consult you, my heart?
Kural 1295Frets to gain and fears loss in gain O my heart suffers ceaseless pain
Kural 1296My itching mind eats me anon As I muse on him all alone
Kural 1297I forget shame but not his thought In mean foolish mind I'm caught
Kural 1298My heart living in love of him Hails his glory ignoring blame
Kural 1299Who support a man in grief If lover's heart denies relief?
Kural 1300Why wonder if strangers disown When one's own heart is not his own?