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Thirukkural 1143

Chapter 115: அலர் அறிவுறுத்தல் (The Announcement of the Rumour) · Love

Kural 1143

உறாஅதோ ஊரறிந்த கெளவை அதனைப்
பெறாஅது பெற்றன்ன நீர்த்து.

Uraaadho Oorarindha Kelavai Adhanaip
Peraaadhu Petranna Neerththu

The rumour spread within the town, is it not gain to me?It is as though that were obtained that may not be

Meaning

Will I not get a rumour that is known to the (whole) town ? For what I have not got is as if I had got it (already).

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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