Tirukkural Chapter 130 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 130 - நெஞ்சொடு புலத்தல்.
CHAPTER 130- SPEAKING WITH HEART.
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130/01. அவர்நெஞ்சு அவர்க்காதல் கண்டும் எவன்நெஞ்சே!
நீஎமக்கு ஆகா தது.

130/01. Avarnenju avarkkaadhal kanndum evannenjae!
Neeemakku agha dhadhu.

130/01. "Oh my heart, you yourself see that you are so submissive to my lover. But why are you refusing to obey me like that.
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Dharmalingam: why her heart is obeying her lover and not her?

Jivan: He's able to suppress his love.
And his mind obeys what he says.
But she's not able to control her love
As her mind says go to him.

While his mind is obeying him
Why her mind is not obeying her?
This is her question to her mind,
That directs her to her husband.

"Love is more delicate than a flower
There is a time for it, " says her lover,
Her mind is not obeying her.
But it forces her to rush to him?
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130/02. உறாஅ தவர்க்கண்ட கண்ணும் அவரைச்
செறாஅரெனச் சேறிஎன் நெஞ்சு!

130/02. Urraa thavarkkannda kannum avaraich
Serraarenach cherrien nenju!

130/02. "Oh my mind, you know he is not in love with me,
But still you're going to him saying he'll not hate me."
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Dharmalingam: Again why she is after him
Despite the fact he's not seeing her.

Jivan: That is her own problem,
And she starts blaming him,
Thru' her mind that prompts her
To go at once to her lover.

She appreciates his patience,
As he's totally avoiding her;
While feeling for her impatience,
She wants to break his reluctance.

A family has a code of conduct.
And both can't breach that.
It is a question of compromise,
Between them that should arise.
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130/03. கெட்டார்க்கு நட்டாரில் என்பதோ நெஞ்சே! நீ
பெட்டாங்கு அவர்பின் செலல்?

130/03. Kettaarkku nattaaril enbatho nenje! nee
Pettanghu avarpin selal?

130/03. "Oh mind, your surrendering to him according to your wish,
Does it belong to the justice for a poverty stricken man,
Who has no relatives or friends."
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Dharmalingam: Though she doesn't want to go to him
Her mind is forcing her to go and she is in a state of confusion.

Jivan: People will go a tree,
Which is full of fruits,
Not a barren tree,
Which grows no fruit.

So also one will go to a rich man,
For any kind of obligation,
Not a helpless poor man
Who can't help anyone.

Where there is rich love for her,
Her mind goes to him,
But when she goes to him,
He's just trying to avoid her.
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