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Thirukkural 1193

Chapter 120: தனிப்படர் மிகுதி (The Solitary Anguish) · Love

Kural 1193

வீழுநர் வீழப் படுவார்க்கு அமையுமே
வாழுநம் என்னும் செருக்கு.

Veezhunar Veezhap Patuvaarkku Amaiyume
Vaazhunam Ennum Serukku

Who love and are beloved to them aloneBelongs the boast, 'We've made life's very joys our own.'

Meaning

The pride that says "we shall live" suits only those who are loved by their beloved (husbands).

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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