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Thirukkural 1144

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

Kural 1144

கவ்வையால் கவ்விது காமம் அதுவின்றேல்
தவ்வென்னும் தன்மை இழந்து.

Kavvaiyaal Kavvidhu Kaamam Adhuvindrel
Thavvennum Thanmai Izhandhu

The rumour rising makes my love to rise; My love would lose its power and languish otherwise

Meaning

Rumour increases the violence of my passion; without it it would grow weak and waste away.

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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