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Thirukkural 1197

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

Kural 1197

பருவரலும் பைதலும் காணான்கொல் காமன்
ஒருவர்கண் நின்றொழுகு வான்.

Paruvaralum Paidhalum Kaanaankol Kaaman
Oruvarkan Nindrozhuku Vaan

While Kaman rushes straight at me alone, Is all my pain and wasting grief unknown

Meaning

Would not cupid who abides and contends in one party (only) witness the pain and sorrow (in that party)?

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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