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Thirukkural 1227

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

Kural 1227

காலை அரும்பிப் பகலெல்லாம் போதாகி
மாலை மலரும்இந் நோய்.

Kaalai Arumpip Pakalellaam Podhaaki
Maalai Malarumin Noi

My grief at morn a bud, all day an opening flower, Full-blown expands in evening hour

Meaning

This malady buds forth in the morning, expands all day long and blossoms in the 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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