Tirukkural Chapter 121 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 121 - நினைத்தவர் புலம்பல்.
CHAPTER 121 - REMEMBER AND TELL PAST LOVE.
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121/04. யாமும் உளேம்கொல் அவர்நெஞ்சத்து எம்நெஞ்சத்து
ஓஓ உளரே அவர்?

121/04. Yamum ullemkol avarnejaththu emnenjaththu
OO ullare avar?

121/04. She says, "He remains always in my heart.
But am I in his heart? "
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Amar: This kind of doubt occurs always
In the minds of a woman.

Das: Woman's heart is always tender,
And if she doubts, it is no wonder.
He goes out on his work
She's at home in her work.

But her mind is always,
Filled with many thoughts,
When he'll come back home,
And once again she'll see him.

When there is no news about him,
While she sits alone at home
She thinks of him to find
Why she's not in his mind?
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121/05. தம்நெஞ்சத்து எம்மைக் கடிகொண்டார் நாணார்கொல்
எம்நெஞ்சத்து ஓவா வரல்?

121/05. Thamnenjaththu emmaik kadikonndaar naannaarkol
Emnenjanththu Ovaa viral?

121/05. She says, "He has removed me from his mind,
But why he is still entering into my mind. Has he no heart? "
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Amar: Poor girl, she finds he has no heart
When he doesn't think of her
As she thinks of him always.

Das: In her feeling of separation
She's in a state of desperation;
At that moment, she feels
That her lover is heartless.

If he has heart, he'll come to her,
And relieve the pain of her,
But he doesn't think of her
When he's far away from her.

About her, had he thought,
It would mean he has heart,
That would convey to him
Her feelings about him.
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121/06. மற்றியான் என்னுளேன் மன்னோ? அவரொடுயான்
உற்றநாள் உள்ள உளேன்.

121/06. Matrriyaan ennullane manno? Avaroduyaan
Utrranaall ulla ullane.

121/06. She says, "But why am I still alive?
I am alive to think of my happy days with him."
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Amar: She is so sensitive to give up her life for him,
Yet, she lives for him with her thoughts of him.

Das: The girl's mind filled with love,
It'll kindle her feelings somehow,
To act herself in different ways,
As it remains restless always.

She wants to die for him
And she wants to live for him,
This kind of mixed thoughts
In her mind wavers always.

Her true love it just indicates,
When she feels his long absence,
And no word comes from him
He'll come back, at what time?
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