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Thirukkural 1233

Chapter 124: உறுப்புநலன் அழிதல் (Wasting Away) · Love

Kural 1233

தணந்தமை சால அறிவிப்ப போலும்
மணந்தநாள் வீங்கிய தோள்.

Thanandhamai Saala Arivippa Polum
Manandhanaal Veengiya Thol

These withered arms, desertion's pangs abundantly display, That swelled with joy on that glad nuptial day

Meaning

The shoulders that swelled on the day of our union (now) seem to announce our separation clearly (to the public).

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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