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Thirukkural 1235

Chapter 124: உறுப்புநலன் அழிதல் (Wasting Away) · Love

Kural 1235

கொடியார் கொடுமை உரைக்கும் தொடியொடு
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.

Kotiyaar Kotumai Uraikkum Thotiyotu
Tholkavin Vaatiya Thol

These wasted arms, the bracelet with their wonted beauty gone, The cruelty declare of that most cruel one

Meaning

The (loosened) bracelets, and the shoulders from which the old beauty has faded, relate the cruelty of the pitiless one.

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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