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Thirukkural 1160

Chapter 116: பிரிவு ஆற்றாமை (Separation unendurable) · Love

Kural 1160

அரிதாற்றி அல்லல்நோய் நீக்கிப் பிரிவாற்றிப்
பின்இருந்து வாழ்வார் பலர்.

Aridhaatri Allalnoi Neekkip Pirivaatrip
Pinirundhu Vaazhvaar Palar

Sorrow's sadness meek sustaining, Driving sore distress away, Separation uncomplaining Many bear the livelong day

Meaning

As if there were many indeed that can consent to the impossible, kill their pain, endure separation and yet continue to live afterwards.

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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