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Thirukkural 1153

Chapter 116: பிரிவு ஆற்றாமை (Separation unendurable) · Love

Kural 1153

அரிதரோ தேற்றம் அறிவுடையார் கண்ணும்
பிரிவோ ரிடத்துண்மை யான்.

Aridharo Thetram Arivutaiyaar Kannum
Pirivo Ritaththunmai Yaan

To trust henceforth is hard, if ever he depart, E'en he, who knows his promise and my breaking heart

Meaning

As even the lover who understands (everything) may at times depart, confidence is hardly possible.

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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