Tirukkural Chapter 114 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 114 - நாணுத்துறவுரைத்தல்.
CHAPTER 114 - SPEAK OUT WITHOUT SHYNESS.
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114/04. காமக் கடும்புனல் உய்க்குமே நாணொடு
நல்லாண்மை என்னும் புணை.

114/04. Kamam kadumpunal uyikkumea naannodu
Nallaannmai ennum punnai.

114/04. "With the boat of shyness and good manliness
Can I cross the fast river of love and reach the shore? "
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Balchandra: He is asking whether his love will
Succeed if he remains shy and keep manliness?

Eashwar: The girl will feel shy
More than the boy
Who must only decide
To talk from his side.

If he entertains doubt
If with a love boat
Can he cross the river?
Then it'll remain forever.

What is the next move
For him to go and prove
His deep seated love?
He must act now somehow.
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114/05. தொடலைக் குறுந்தொடி தந்தாள் மடலொடு
மாலை உழக்கும் துயர்.

114/05. Thodalaik kurrundhthodi thandhaal madalodu
Maalai uzhakkum thuyar.

114/05. He says, "In the evening time when I was worried
About doing the madal horse ride, my lover,
Who is bedecked with costly jewels,
Has given this trouble to me."
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Balchandra: His intention to do that horse ride
To bring his love in pubic is getting ready.

Eashwar: Yes, he finds no alternative,
But to go for that horse ride.
Keeping his shyness aside,
For the sake of his mad love.

He's then accusing her
In a lovable manner
That she was the cause
For all his troubles.

But when he thinks
Of her beautiful face
He feels more restless
To find out a way for this.
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114/06. மடல்ஊர்தல் யாமத்தும் உள்ளுவேன்; மன்ற
படல்ஒல்லா பேதைக்கென் கண்.

114/06. Madaloordhal yaamaththum ulluvean; mandrra
Padalollaa pethaikken kann.

114/06. He says, "For the sake of my lover my eyes never get its sleep. So, even during midnight I am thinking of madal horse ride.
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Balchandra: He doesn't get sleep even at midnight.

Eashwar: It happens to one naturally
When he's worried deeply,
And this sleep fails to come
When thoughts are haunting him.

Madal horse ride is not so easy
As it gives undue publicity
To the whole town people
About his dear most girl.

This being a private matter
Why it must spread everywhere?
But there seems to be no other way,
And he has to do madal ride one day.
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