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Thirukkural 1226

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

Kural 1226

மாலைநோய் செய்தல் மணந்தார் அகலாத
காலை அறிந்த திலேன்.

Maalainoi Seydhal Manandhaar Akalaadha
Kaalai Arindha Thilen

The pangs that evening brings I never knew, Till he, my wedded spouse, from me withdrew

Meaning

Previous to my husband's departure, I know not the painful nature of evening.

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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