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Thirukkural 1172

Chapter 118: கண் விதுப்பழிதல் (Eyes consumed with Grief) · Love

Kural 1172

தெரிந்துணரா நோக்கிய உண்கண் பரிந்துணராப்
பைதல் உழப்பது எவன்?

Therindhunaraa Nokkiya Unkan Parindhunaraap
Paidhal Uzhappadhu Evan?

How glancing eyes, that rash unweeting looked that day, With sorrow measureless are wasting now away

Meaning

The dyed eyes that (then) looked without foresight, why should they now endure sorrow, without feeling sharply (their own fault).

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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