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Thirukkural 1166

Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந் திரங்கல் (Complainings) · Love

Kural 1166

இன்பம் கடல்மற்றுக் காமம் அஃதடுங்கால்
துன்பம் அதனிற் பெரிது.

Inpam Katalmatruk Kaamam Aqdhatungaal
Thunpam Adhanir Peridhu

A happy love 's sea of joy; but mightier sorrows rollFrom unpropitious love athwart the troubled soul

Meaning

The pleasure of lust is (as great as) the sea; but the pain of lust is far greater.

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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