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Thirukkural 1224

Chapter 123: பொழுதுகண்டு இரங்கல் (Lamentations at Eventide) · Love

Kural 1224

காதலர் இல்வழி மாலை கொலைக்களத்து
ஏதிலர் போல வரும்.

Kaadhalar Ilvazhi Maalai Kolaikkalaththu
Edhilar Pola Varum

When absent is my love, the evening hour descends, As when an alien host to field of battle wends

Meaning

In the absence of my lover, evening comes in like slayers on the field of slaughter.

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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