Thirukkural 71 in English
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Tamil original
அன்பிற்கும் உண்டோ அடைக்குந்தாழ் ஆர்வலர்
புன்கணீர் பூசல் தரும்.
Transliteration
Anpirkum Unto Ataikkundhaazh Aarvalar
Punkaneer Poosal Tharum
English Translation
“What bolt can bar true love in fact The tricking tears reveal the heart”
Plain-English meaning
Is there any fastening that can shut in love ? Tears of the affectionate will publish the love that is within
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English Translation
What bolt can bar true love in fact The tricking tears reveal the heart
G.U. Pope Translation
And is there bar that can even love restrain?The tiny tear shall make the lover's secret plain
Plain-English Meaning
Is there any fastening that can shut in love ? Tears of the affectionate will publish the love that is within
Tamil commentary
அன்பிற்கும் கூடப் பிறர் அறியாமல் தன்னை மூடி வைக்கும் கதவு உண்டோ? இல்லை. தம்மால் அன்பு செய்யப்பட்டவரின் துன்பத்தைக் காணும்போது வடியும் கண்ணீரே அன்பு உள்ளத்தைக் காட்டிவிடும்.
Chapter 8
More from The Possession of Love
அன்புடைமை
What bolt can bar true love in fact The tricking tears reveal the heart
Kural 72To selves belong the loveless ones; To oth'rs the loving e'en to bones
Kural 73Soul is encased in frame of bone To taste the life of love alone
Kural 74Love yields aspiration and thence Friendship springs up in excellence
Kural 75The crowning joy of home life flows From peaceful psychic love always
Kural 76\"Love is virtue's friend\" say know-nots It helps us against evil plots
Kural 77Justice burns the loveless form Like solar blaze the boneless worm
Kural 78Life bereft of love is gloom Can sapless tree in desert bloom?
Kural 79Love is the heart which limbs must move, Or vain the outer parts will prove
Kural 80The seat of life is love alone; Or beings are but skin and bone!