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Thirukkural 1167

Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந் திரங்கல் (Complainings) · Love

Kural 1167

காமக் கடும்புனல் நீந்திக் கரைகாணேன்
யாமத்தும் யானே உளேன்.

Kaamak Katumpunal Neendhik Karaikaanen
Yaamaththum Yaane Ulen

I swim the cruel tide of love, and can no shore descry, In watches of the night, too, 'mid the waters, only I

Meaning

I have swam across the terrible flood of lust, but have not seen its shore; even at midnight I am alone; still I live.

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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