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Thirukkural 1048

Chapter 105: நல்குரவு (Poverty) · Wealth

Kural 1048

இன்றும் வருவது கொல்லோ நெருநலும்
கொன்றது போலும் நிரப்பு.

Indrum Varuvadhu Kollo Nerunalum
Kondradhu Polum Nirappu

And will it come today as yesterday, The grief of want that eats my soul away

Meaning

Is the poverty that almost killed me yesterday, to meet me today too ?

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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