Thirukkural 1297 in English
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Tamil original
நாணும் மறந்தேன் அவர்மறக் கல்லாஎன்
மாணா மடநெஞ்சிற் பட்டு.
Transliteration
Naanum Marandhen Avarmarak Kallaaen
Maanaa Matanenjir Pattu
Modern English
“A heart that cannot forget someone may even make us forget our usual modesty and restraint.”
Modern Interpretation
A heart that cannot forget someone may even make us forget our usual modesty and restraint. A person who promised not to message an ex may send a late-night confession anyway.
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Modern Plain English
A heart that cannot forget someone may even make us forget our usual modesty and restraint.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
I forget shame but not his thought In mean foolish mind I'm caught
G.U. Pope Translation
Fall'n 'neath the sway of this ignoble foolish heart,Which will not him forget, I have forgotten shame
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
I have even forgotten my modesty, having been caught in my foolish mind which is not dignified enough to forget him
Tamil commentary
தன்னை மறந்த காதலரைத் தான் மறக்க முடியாத, என் நிலையில்லாத மடநெஞ்சோடு கூடி, நான் நாணத்தையும் மறந்துவிட்டேன்.
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?