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Thirukkural 1229

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

Kural 1229

பதிமருண்டு பைதல் உழக்கும் மதிமருண்டு
மாலை படர்தரும் போழ்து.

Padhimaruntu Paidhal Uzhakkum Madhimaruntu
Maalai Patardharum Pozhdhu

If evening's shades, that darken all my soul, extend; From this afflicted town will would of grief ascend

Meaning

When night comes on confusing (everyone's) mind, the (whole) town will lose its sense and be plunged in 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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