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Thirukkural 1133

Chapter 114: நாணுத் துறவுரைத்தல் (The Abandonment of Reserve) · Love

Kural 1133

நாணொடு நல்லாண்மை பண்டுடையேன் இன்றுடையேன்
காமுற்றார் ஏறும் மடல்.

Naanotu Nallaanmai Pantutaiyen Indrutaiyen
Kaamutraar Erum Matal

I once retained reserve and seemly manliness; To-day I nought possess but lovers' 'horse of palm'

Meaning

Modesty and manliness were once my own; now, my own is the palmyra horse that is ridden by the lustful.

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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