Tirukkural Chapter 109 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 109 - தகையணங்குறுத்தல்.
CHAPTER 109 - LOVER'S PANG
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109/04. கண்டார் உயிருண்ணும் தோற்றத்தால் பெண்டகைப்
பேதைக் கமர்த்தன கண்.

109/04. Kandaar uyirunnum thotrrththaal penndagaip
Pedhaik kamarththana kann.

109/04. The beauty of a girl attracts immediately on seeing her.
But for that pretty girl why her eyes are not fitting with her charm.
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Charusheela: He says, her eyes are deceptive
Though she looks beautiful.

Malika: He again says, "The moment
Her eyes saw me my life ran to her,
So, I felt she sucks life like Lord Yama,
Who similarly pulls away lives."

"But she is not like Lord Yama,
Though at my first sight,
She appeared to me like that,
But she is something else."

This way he feels for her,
That she is not a life sucker,
But then something else,
He now differently feels.
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109/05. கூற்றமோ? கண்ணோ? பிணையோ? மடவரல்
நோக்கம்இம் மூன்றும் உடைத்து.

109/05. Kootrramoa? Kannoa? Pinnaiyoa? Madavaral
Nokkamim Moondrrum udaiththu.

109/05. "Is it Yama, the Lord of Death? Or is it her eyes?
Or is it the female deer? Who is she? "

Charusheela: He is describing her again with the same words
About her beauty, eyes and deer.

Mallika: "Is she Lord Yama?
Is it her mere eyes?
Is she a female deer?
What should I decide? "

"No, she is not Lord Yama.
Her eyes are not life sucker.
She is not female deer
But she's a beautiful girl."

He goes on questioning himself,
And also answering himself,
Like this his mind is
Full of her thoughts.
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109/06. கொடும்புருவம் கோடா மறைப்பின் நடுங்கஞர்
செய்யல மன்இவள் கண்.

109/06. Kodumpuruvam kodaa marraaipin nadungangar
Seiyala manivall kann.

109/06. "Her bent eyebrows still further bent
And slightly hid her eyes; now her look is not so fearful
To create any trouble to me."
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Charusheela: Now he comes to the point
That he is not afraid of her look as before.

Malika: "Now her normal look
By her narrowed eyes,
Drove away my fears;
Now I don't feel troubles."

"Why I mistook her eyes
As they're life suckers,
They look more beautiful,
Than what I felt before."

He is now well satisfied
That her look is good
And not like a spear
That takes lives far away.
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