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Thirukkural 1234

Chapter 124: உறுப்புநலன் அழிதல் (Wasting Away) · Love

Kural 1234

பணைநீங்கிப் பைந்தொடி சோரும் துணைநீங்கித்
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.

Panaineengip Paindhoti Sorum Thunaineengith
Tholkavin Vaatiya Thol

When lover went, then faded all their wonted charms, And armlets' golden round slips off from these poor wasted arms

Meaning

In the absence of your consort, your shoulders having lost their former beauty and fulness, your bracelets of pure gold have become loose.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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