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Thirukkural 1219

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

Kural 1219

நனவினால் நல்காரை நோவர் கனவினால்
காதலர்க் காணா தவர்.

Nanavinaal Nalkaarai Novar Kanavinaal
Kaadhalark Kaanaa Thavar

In dreams who ne'er their lover's form perceive, For those in waking hours who show no love will grieve

Meaning

They who have no dear ones to behold in their dreams blame him who visits me not 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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