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Thirukkural 1104

Chapter 111: புணர்ச்சி மகிழ்தல் (Rejoicing in the Embrace) · Love

Kural 1104

நீங்கின் தெறூஉம் குறுகுங்கால் தண்ணென்னும்
தீயாண்டுப் பெற்றாள் இவள்?

Neengin Theruum Kurukungaal Thannennum
Theeyaantup Petraal Ival?

Withdraw, it burns; approach, it soothes the pain; Whence did the maid this wondrous fire obtain

Meaning

From whence has she got this fire that burns when I withdraw and cools when I approach ?

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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