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Thirukkural 1169

Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந் திரங்கல் (Complainings) · Love

Kural 1169

கொடியார் கொடுமையின் தாம்கொடிய இந்நாள்
நெடிய கழியும் இரா.

Kotiyaar Kotumaiyin Thaamkotiya Innaal
Netiya Kazhiyum Iraa

More cruel than the cruelty of him, the cruel one, In these sad times are lengthening hours of night I watch alone

Meaning

The long nights of these days are far more cruel than the heartless one who is torturing me.

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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