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Thirukkural 1161

Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந் திரங்கல் (Complainings) · Love

Kural 1161

மறைப்பேன்மன் யானிஃதோ நோயை இறைப்பவர்க்கு
ஊற்றுநீர் போல மிகும்.

Maraippenman Yaaniqdho Noyai Iraippavarkku
Ootruneer Pola Mikum

I would my pain conceal, but see! it surging swells, As streams to those that draw from ever-springing wells

Meaning

I would hide this pain from others; but it (only) swells like a spring to those who drain it.

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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