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Thirukkural 1228

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

Kural 1228

அழல்போலும் மாலைக்குத் தூதாகி ஆயன்
குழல்போலும் கொல்லும் படை.

Azhalpolum Maalaikkuth Thoodhaaki Aayan
Kuzhalpolum Kollum Patai

The shepherd's pipe is like a murderous weapon, to my ear, For it proclaims the hour of ev'ning's fiery anguish near

Meaning

The shepherd's flute now sounds as a fiery forerunner of night, and is become a weapon that slays (me).

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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