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
Modern English
“Loneliness can make a heart follow an unavailable person as if no other friendship exists.”
Modern Interpretation
Loneliness can make a heart follow an unavailable person as if no other friendship exists. Someone going through a hard time may return to a neglectful partner simply because being alone feels worse.
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Modern Plain English
Loneliness can make a heart follow an unavailable person as if no other friendship exists.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
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
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
O my soul! do you follow him at pleasure under the belief that the ruined have no friends?
Tamil commentary
நெஞ்சே! நீ என்னிடம் இல்லாமல் உன் விருப்பப்படியே அவரிடம் செல்லக் காரணம், இந்த உலகத்தில் கெட்டுப் போனவர்களுக்கு நண்பர் இல்லை என்பதனாலோ?
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?