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Thirukkural 1198

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

Kural 1198

வீழ்வாரின் இன்சொல் பெறாஅது உலகத்து
வாழ்வாரின் வன்கணார் இல்.

Veezhvaarin Insol Peraaadhu Ulakaththu
Vaazhvaarin Vankanaar Il

Who hear from lover's lips no pleasant word from day to day, Yet in the world live out their life,- no braver souls than they

Meaning

There is no one in the world so hard-hearted as those who can live without receiving (even) a kind word from their beloved.

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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