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Thirukkural 1208

Chapter 121: நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல் (Sad Memories) · Love

Kural 1208

எனைத்து நினைப்பினும் காயார் அனைத்தன்றோ
காதலர் செய்யும் சிறப்பு.

Enaiththu Ninaippinum Kaayaar Anaiththandro
Kaadhalar Seyyum Sirappu

My frequent thought no wrath excites It is not so?This honour doth my love on me bestow

Meaning

He will not be angry however much I may think of him; is it not so much the delight my beloved.

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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