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Thirukkural 1230

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

Kural 1230

பொருள்மாலை யாளரை உள்ளி மருள்மாலை
மாயும்என் மாயா உயிர்.

Porulmaalai Yaalarai Ulli Marulmaalai
Maayumen Maayaa Uyir

This darkening eve, my darkling soul must perish utterly; Remembering him who seeks for wealth, but seeks not me

Meaning

My (hitherto) unextinguished life is now lost in this bewildering night at the thought of him who has the nature of wealth.

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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