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Thirukkural 1206

Chapter 121: நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல் (Sad Memories) · Love

Kural 1206

மற்றியான் என்னுளேன் மன்னோ அவரொடியான்
உற்றநாள் உள்ள உளேன்.

Matriyaan Ennulen Manno Avaroti
Yaan Utranaal Ulla Ulen

How live I yet? I live to ponder o'erThe days of bliss with him that are no more

Meaning

I live by remembering my (former) intercourse with him; if it were not so, how could I live ?

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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