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Thirukkural 1223

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Kural 1223

பனிஅரும்பிப் பைதல்கொள் மாலை துனிஅரும்பித்
துன்பம் வளர வரும்.

Paniarumpip Paidhalkol Maalai Thuniarumpith
Thunpam Valara Varum

With buds of chilly dew wan evening's shade enclose; My anguish buds space and all my sorrow grows

Meaning

The evening that (once) came in with trembling and dimness (now) brings me an aversion for life and increasing sorrow.

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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