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Thirukkural 1218

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

Kural 1218

துஞ்சுங்கால் தோள்மேலர் ஆகி விழிக்குங்கால்
நெஞ்சத்தர் ஆவர் விரைந்து.

Thunjungaal Tholmelar Aaki Vizhikkungaal
Nenjaththar Aavar Viraindhu

And when I sleep he holds my form embraced; And when I wake to fill my heart makes haste

Meaning

When I am asleep he rests on my shoulders, (but) when I awake he hastens into 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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