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Thirukkural 1136

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

Kural 1136

மடலூர்தல் யாமத்தும் உள்ளுவேன் மன்ற
படல்ஒல்லா பேதைக்கென் கண்.

Mataloordhal Yaamaththum Ulluven Mandra
Patalollaa Pedhaikken Kan

Of climbing 'horse of palm' in midnight hour, I think; My eyes know no repose for that same simple maid

Meaning

Mine eyes will not close in sleep on your mistress's account; even at midnight will I think of mounting the palmyra horse.

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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