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Thirukkural 1243

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Kural 1243

இருந்துள்ளி என்பரிதல் நெஞ்சே பரிந்துள்ளல்
பைதல்நோய் செய்தார்கண் இல்.

Irundhulli Enparidhal Nenje Parindhullal
Paidhalnoi Seydhaarkan Il

What comes of sitting here in pining thought, O heart? He knowsNo pitying thought, the cause of all these wasting woes

Meaning

O my soul! why remain (here) and suffer thinking (of him)? There are no lewd thoughts (of you) in him who has caused you this disease of 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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