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Thirukkural 1162

Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந் திரங்கல் (Complainings) · Love

Kural 1162

கரத்தலும் ஆற்றேன்இந் நோயைநோய் செய்தார்க்கு
உரைத்தலும் நாணுத் தரும்.

Karaththalum Aatrenin Noyainoi Seydhaarkku
Uraiththalum Naanuth Tharum

I cannot hide this pain of mine, yet shame restrainsWhen I would tell it out to him who caused my pains

Meaning

I cannot conceal this pain, nor can I relate it without shame to him who has caused 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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