Tirukkural Chapter 128 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 128 - குறிப்பறிவுறுத்தல்.
CHAPTER 128- SPEAKING ON SIGNS.
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128/01. கரப்பினும் கையிகந்து ஒல்லாநின் உண்கண்
உரைக்கல் உறுவதொன்று உண்டு.

128/01. Karappinum kaiyikandhu ollaanin unnkann
Uraikkal urrvadhondrru unndu.

128/01. He says, "Even if you hide your black lined eyes,
Which are not in terms with you, are telling me some news."
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Mohinder: From her shining eyes
He picks up some news.

Nayan: When two eyes meet,
After lapse of many years,
No speech comes out,
But eyes convey their news.

She may hide things,
Out of her shyness,
But her eyes deliver,
All the news to her lover.

This is what he says,
That she may hide news,
But he can guess what she means,
Thru' her pair of shining eyes.
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128/02. கண்நிறைந்த காரிகைக் காம்பேர்தோள் பேதைக்குப்
பெண்நிறைந்த நீர்மை பெரிது.

128/02. Kannniraindha kaarigaik kaampertholl pedhaikku
Pennnirraindha neermai peridhu.

128/02. "She has attracting eyes, bamboo like smooth shoulders,
She possesses more than an ordinary girl's natural modesty."
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Mohinder: "It appears that she has more patience to endure all worries
She has been facing in his absence."

Nayan: In all the couplets she had said
All sorts of troubles she had,
In the long absence of her lover,
Who has now come back to her.

He's describing her profusely,
That her eyes shine beautifully,
Her shoulders are smooth like bamboos,
Her modesty more than other girls.

He's happy after his long absence,
And he's all the more speechless,
By seeing her attractive face,
Which he has not seen for months.
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128/03. மணியில் திகழ்தரும் நூல்போல் மடந்தை
அணியில் திகழ்வதொன்று உண்டு.

128/03. Mannyil thigazhtharum noolpoal madandhai
Annyil thigazhvathondrru unndu.

128/03. "How in a chain of beads the thread is invisible,
In all her jewels a truth is invisible."
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Mohindar: How much trouble she has undergone
Is visible in her ornaments.

Nayan: The thread that goes thru' beads
Is not visible to the eyes,
Yet one can guess that without it,
A chain of beads can't be made out.

Like that, he finds hidden in her jewels,
A kind of her depressed feelings,
She has been suffering from
Till he returned back home.

They need not speak words,
But their two soulful minds,
Can reveal many hidden things,
Just from their facial expressions.
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