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Thirukkural 1220

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

Kural 1220

நனவினால் நம்நீத்தார் என்பர் கனவினால்
காணார்கொல் இவ்வூ ரவர்.

Nanavinaal Namneeththaar Enpar Kanavinaal
Kaanaarkol Ivvoo Ravar

They say, that he in waking hours has left me lone; In dreams they surely see him not,- these people of the town;

Meaning

The women of this place say he has forsaken me in my wakefulness I think they have not seen him visit 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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