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Thirukkural 1140

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

Kural 1140

யாம்கண்ணின் காண நகுப அறிவில்லார்
யாம்பட்ட தாம்படா ஆறு.

Yaamkannin Kaana Nakupa Arivillaar
Yaampatta Thaampataa Aaru

Before my eyes the foolish make a mock of me, Because they ne'er endured the pangs I now must drie

Meaning

Even strangers laugh (at us) so as to be seen by us, for they have not suffered.

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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