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Thirukkural 1124

Chapter 113: காதற் சிறப்புரைத்தல் (Declaration of Love's Special Excellence) · Love

Kural 1124

வாழ்தல் உயிர்க்கன்னள் ஆயிழை சாதல்
அதற்கன்னள் நீங்கும் இடத்து.

Vaazhdhal Uyirkkannal Aayizhai Saadhal
Adharkannal Neengum Itaththu

Life is she to my very soul when she draws nigh; Dissevered from the maid with jewels rare, I die

Meaning

My fair-jewelled one resembles the living soul (when she is in union with me), the dying soul when she leaves me.

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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