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Thirukkural 1202

Chapter 121: நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல் (Sad Memories) · Love

Kural 1202

எனைத்தொனறு இனிதேகாண் காமம்தாம் வீழ்வார்
நினைப்ப வருவதொன்று ஏல்.

Enaiththonaru Inidhekaan Kaamamdhaam Veezhvaar
Ninaippa Varuvadhondru El

How great is love! Behold its sweetness past belief!Think on the lover, and the spirit knows no grief

Meaning

Even to think of one's beloved gives one no pain Sexuality, in any degree, is always delightful.

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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