Tirukkural Chapter 106 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 106 - இரவு.
CHAPTER 106 - ON BEGGING.
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106/04. இரத்தலும் ஈதலே போலும் கரத்தல்
கனவிலும் தோற்றாதார் மாட்டு.

106/04. Iraththalum eedhalum polum karaththal
Kanavilum thotrraadhaar maattu.

106/04. A person who does not know even in his dream
How to give what others want,
When a beggar goes to him for alms, he thinks
That the beggar is going to give him something.
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Revathi: What a miser that person is
To expect something from a beggar?

Nivedita: There was a king of beggars.
Who sat on a high platform always.
All beggars used to give him
A share of their day's alms.

A pretty daughter this king had,
And she was waiting to be married,
But the king wanted a real prince,
And not from his own beggar tribes.

The girl marries a real prince,
And not from beggars' boys,
Who were also beggars after all,
May be under her father's rule.
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106/05. கரப்பிலார் வையகத்து உண்மையான் கண்ணின்று
இரப்பவர் மேற்கொள் வது.

106/05. Karappilaar vaiagaththu unnmaiyaan kannindrru
Irappavar mearrkoll vadhu.

106/05. As there are charitable minded persons here and there,
Beggars without hesitation beg from everyone.
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Revathi: Beggars beg thinking
Everyone has a charitable mind.

Nivedita: How a beggar knows
Who're the real donors?
So, they go door to door,
And beg for their alms.

Finally, a donor he finds,
And asks for his alms;
The donor willingly gives,
What the beggar wants.

Beggars must be chosen,
Like blind, deaf, lame person,
And not able bodied lazy men,
Who can work and earn.
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106/06. கரப்பிடும்பை இல்லாரைக் காணின் நிரப்பிடும்பை
எல்லாம் ஒருங்கு கெடும்.

106/06. Karappidumbai illaaraik kaannin nirappidumbai
Ellaam orungu kedum.

106/06. If the world has blameless persons,
Who does not say "No, " hiding things,
All the sufferings due to poverty will disappear.
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Revathi: There are good persons,
Who give beggars something
Without saying "No" to them.

Nivedita: There are some donors
Who never hide their things
And say "No" to beggars.
Who come to them for alms.

What little they can offer
They give those beggars
Who knock their doors
Asking for some things.

It is the duty of a society,
To help men of poverty,
Due their physical handicaps
That made them as beggars.
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