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Thirukkural 1217

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

Kural 1217

நனவினால் நல்காக் கொடியார் கனவனால்
என்எம்மைப் பீழிப் பது.

Nanavinaal Nalkaak Kotiyaar Kanavanaal
Enemmaip Peezhip Padhu

The cruel one, in waking hour, who all ungracious seems, Why should he thus torment my soul in nightly dreams

Meaning

The cruel one who would not favour me in my wakefulness, what right has he to torture me in my dreams?

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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