Tirukkural Chapter 125 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 125 - நெஞ்சொடு கிளத்தல்.
CHAPTER 125 - TO EXPLAIN HEART CLEARLY.
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125/04. கண்ணும் கொளச்சேறி நெஞ்சே! இவையென்னைத்
தின்னும் அவர்க்காணல் உற்று.

125/04. Kannum kollachcherri nenje! Ivaiennaith
Thinnum avarkkaannal utrru.

125/04. "Oh Mind! When you go to my lover
You take my eyes also with you;
Otherwise, they will start troubling me to see him
After you have gone to him."
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Madhur: Mind and eyes belong to the same body.
Mind cannot leave her eyes and then go to him.

Pallav: Mind is dragging her to see him,
Her eyes also willing to see him.
But where is he? She doesn't know well.
So, mentally she becomes ill.

In so many ways she tries
But she doesn't know where he stays
She asks her mind to watch
Followed by her eyes to search.

Her eagerness to see him
Is visible from her commands
To her eyes as well as mind,
But how? She is yet to find.
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125/05. செற்றார் எனக்கை விடல்உண்டோ நெஞ்சேயாம்
உற்றால் உறாஅ தவர்.

125/05. Setrraar enakkai vidalunndo nenjeyam
Utrraal urraa dhavar.

125/05. "Oh Mind! Whenever I wanted him to come, but he hasn't come,
For that can I leave him assuming he hates me? "
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Madhur: As he hasn't come, she can't presume herself
That he hates her and leave him.

Pallav: Yes, he may be held up somewhere
For some reason on his tour,
Without verifying all facts
How can she presume that he hates?

It is silly to take hasty decision,
And come to the conclusion,
That her lover hates her;
So, he was hiding elsewhere

She does not doubt him,
Nor once for all leaving him,
Just because he hasn't come,
Throwing this blame on him.
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125/06. கலந்துணர்த்தும் காதலர்க் கண்டால் புலந்துணராய்
பொய்க்காய்வு காய்திஎன் நெஞ்சு!

125/06. Kalandhunnarththum kaadhalark kanndaal pularndhunnaraai
Poikkaaivu kaaidhien nenju!

125/06. "Oh Mind! On seeing him you don't know how to avoid him,
But now why do you avoid him on false pretense."
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Madhur: When her mind can't avoid on seeing him
Now how can she avoid him?

Pallav: She may say it orally,
But doesn't mean it really,
As she can't remain forever.
Without seeing her lover.

It is an inherent nature of woman
To say one thing to anyone,
And do another thing in action,
So, she'll see him once again.

In her mind the fact still remains,
That she is awaiting his return,
Sooner the better for her,
As her dear most lover.
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