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Thirukkural 1200

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

Kural 1200

உறாஅர்க்கு உறுநோய் உரைப்பாய் கடலைச்
செறாஅஅய் வாழிய நெஞ்சு.

Uraaarkku Urunoi Uraippaai Katalaich
Cheraaaai Vaazhiya Nenju

Tell him thy pain that loves not thee?Farewell, my soul, fill up the sea

Meaning

Live, O my soul, would you who relate your great sorrow to strangers, try rather to fill up your own sea (of sorrow).

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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