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Thirukkural 1241

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Kural 1241

நினைத்தொன்று சொல்லாயோ நெஞ்சே எனைத்தொன்றும்
எவ்வநோய் தீர்க்கும் மருந்து.

Ninaiththondru Sollaayo Nenje Enaiththondrum
Evvanoi Theerkkum Marundhu

My heart, canst thou not thinking of some med'cine tell, Not any one, to drive away this grief incurable

Meaning

O my soul, will you not think and tell me some medicine be it what it may, that can cure this incurable malady?

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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