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Thirukkural 1163

Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந் திரங்கல் (Complainings) · Love

Kural 1163

காமமும் நாணும் உயிர்காவாத் தூங்கும்என்
நோனா உடம்பின் அகத்து.

Kaamamum Naanum Uyirkaavaath Thoongumen
Nonaa Utampin Akaththu

My soul, like porter's pole, within my wearied frame, Sustains a two-fold burthen poised, of love and shame

Meaning

(Both) lust and shame, with my soul for their shoulder pole balance themselves on a body that cannot bear them.

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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