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Thirukkural 1213

Chapter 122: கனவுநிலை உரைத்தல் (The Visions of the Night) · Love

Kural 1213

நனவினால் நல்கா தவரைக் கனவினால்
காண்டலின் உண்டென் உயிர்.

Nanavinaal Nalkaa Thavaraik Kanavinaal
Kaantalin Unten Uyir

Him, who in waking hour no kindness shows, In dreams I see; and so my lifetime goes

Meaning

My life lasts because in my dream I behold him who does not favour me in my waking hours.

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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