Thirukkural 1293 in English

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Tamil original

கெட்டார்க்கு நட்டார்இல் என்பதோ நெஞ்சேநீ
பெட்டாங்கு அவர்பின் செலல்.

Transliteration

Kettaarkku Nattaaril Enpadho Nenjenee
Pettaangu Avarpin Selal

English Translation

“You follow him at will Is it \"The fallen have no friends\" my heart?”

Plain-English meaning

O my soul! do you follow him at pleasure under the belief that the ruined have no friends?

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English Translation

You follow him at will Is it \"The fallen have no friends\" my heart?

G.U. Pope Translation

'The ruined have no friends, 'they say; and so, my heart,To follow him, at thy desire, from me thou dost depart

Plain-English Meaning

O my soul! do you follow him at pleasure under the belief that the ruined have no friends?

நெஞ்சே! நீ என்னிடம் இல்லாமல் உன் விருப்பப்படியே அவரிடம் செல்லக் காரணம், இந்த உலகத்தில் கெட்டுப் போனவர்களுக்கு நண்பர் இல்லை என்பதனாலோ?

Chapter 130

நெஞ்சொடு புலத்தல்

You see, his heart is his alone; Why not my heart be all my own?

O heart, you see how he slights me Yet you clasp him as if friendly

You follow him at will Is it \"The fallen have no friends\" my heart?

You won't sulk first and then submit Who will then consult you, my heart?

Frets to gain and fears loss in gain O my heart suffers ceaseless pain

My itching mind eats me anon As I muse on him all alone

I forget shame but not his thought In mean foolish mind I'm caught

My heart living in love of him Hails his glory ignoring blame

Who support a man in grief If lover's heart denies relief?

Why wonder if strangers disown When one's own heart is not his own?