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Thirukkural 1210

Chapter 121: நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல் (Sad Memories) · Love

Kural 1210

விடாஅது சென்றாரைக் கண்ணினால் காணப்
படாஅதி வாழி மதி.

Vitaaadhu Sendraaraik Kanninaal Kaanap
Pataaadhi Vaazhi Madhi

Set not; so may'st thou prosper, moon! that eyes may seeMy love who went away, but ever bides with me

Meaning

May you live, O Moon! Do not set, that I mine see him who has departed without quitting my soul.

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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