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Thirukkural 1151

Chapter 116: பிரிவு ஆற்றாமை (Separation unendurable) · Love

Kural 1151

செல்லாமை உண்டேல் எனக்குரை மற்றுநின்
வல்வரவு வாழ்வார்க் குரை.

Sellaamai Untel Enakkurai Matrunin
Valvaravu Vaazhvaark Kurai

If you will say, 'I leave thee not,' then tell me so; Of quick return tell those that can survive this woe

Meaning

If it is not departure, tell me; but if it is your speedy return, tell it to those who would be alive then.

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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