Tirukkural Chapter 119 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 119 - பசப்புறு பருவரல்.
CHAPTER 119 - PALENESS DUE TO DISTRESS
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119/04. உள்ளுவன் மன்யான்; உரைப்பது அவர்திறமால்
கள்ளம் பிறவோ பசப்பு.

119/04. Ulluvan manyaan; uraippadhu avarthirramaal
Kallam pirravo pasappu.

119/04. She says, "In my thoughts and in my talks he is always there.
Then how this pale color in me came? Is it due to any trick? "
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Ishwar: She is suspecting any trick played on her
To get this pale color in her body.

Nihal: Her mind is wavering always,
And gives room for many wild thoughts,
Sometime she is praising him,
And many times accusing him.

What trick anyone can play?
She presumes herself this way
Guessing openly this and that
In her confused mental state.

Even though he left her,
She has not so far left him,
As her mind is with him
Always thinking of him.
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119/05. உவக்காண்எம் காதலர் செல்வார் இவக்காண்என்
மேனி பசப்பூர் வது.

119/05. Uvakkaannem kaadhalar selvaar ivakkaannen
Meni pasappoor vadhu.

119/05. She says, "My lover has gone to an unknown place.
My body lost its color in my place here. What a wonder is this? "
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Ishwar: Yes, she wonders how her color can change
When he is far away and she is at her place?

Nihal: Normally their bodies may be two,
But their mindset is not two but one,
So, their thought waves can integrate
At one stage as one thought.

He may be thinking of her.
She may be thinking of him.
This way their thought waves
Can unite their two minds.

Otherwise why she feels
It a wonder, how her color
Changes when she thinks of him,
From a distance every time?
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119/06. விளக்கற்றம் பார்க்கும் இருளேபோல் கொண்கன்
முயக்கற்றம் பார்க்கும் பசப்பு.

119/06. Villakkatrram parkkum irullepoal konnkan
Muakkatrram parkkum kasappu.

119/06. She says, "Just like the darkness
Waits for the light to go off,
My pale color waits for my lover
To leave me after embracing me."
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Ishwar: She doesn't get pale color
As long as her lover is with her.

Nihal: That shows her emotional condition,
That may lead to her mental condition,
If her lover doesn't pay proper attention
To her physical requirements soon.

If her love sickness is not treated
It'll lead to her mental breakdown,
And it is in the hand of her lover
To keep her sane and sound forever.

Who is to be blamed for her paleness?
Is it because of her excess passion?
Is it because of her lover's negligence?
Who can answer these questions?
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