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Thirukkural 1207

Chapter 121: நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல் (Sad Memories) · Love

Kural 1207

மறப்பின் எவனாவன் மற்கொல் மறப்பறியேன்
உள்ளினும் உள்ளம் சுடும்.

Marappin Evanaavan Markol Marappariyen
Ullinum Ullam Sutum

If I remembered not what were I then? And yet, The fiery smart of what my spirit knows not to forget

Meaning

I have never forgotten (the pleasure); even to think of it burns my soul; could I live, if I should ever forget it ?

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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