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Thirukkural 1195

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

Kural 1195

நாம்காதல் கொண்டார் நமக்கெவன் செய்பவோ
தாம்காதல் கொள்ளாக் கடை.

Naamkaadhal Kontaar Namakkevan Seypavo
Thaamkaadhal Kollaak Katai

From him I love to me what gain can be, Unless, as I love him, he loveth me

Meaning

He who is beloved by me, what will he do to me, if I am not beloved by him ?

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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