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Thirukkural 1203

Chapter 121: நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல் (Sad Memories) · Love

Kural 1203

நினைப்பவர் போன்று நினையார்கொல் தும்மல்
சினைப்பது போன்று கெடும்.

Ninaippavar Pondru Ninaiyaarkol Thummal
Sinaippadhu Pondru Ketum

A fit of sneezing threatened, but it passed away; He seemed to think of me, but do his fancies stray

Meaning

I feel as if I am going to sneeze but do not, and (therefore) my beloved is about to think (of me) but does not.

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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