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Thirukkural 1244

Chapter 125: நெஞ்சொடு கிளத்தல் (Soliloquy) · Love

Kural 1244

கண்ணும் கொளச்சேறி நெஞ்சே இவையென்னைத்
தின்னும் அவர்க்காணல் உற்று.

Kannum Kolachcheri Nenje Ivaiyennaith
Thinnum Avarkkaanal Utru

O rid me of these eyes, my heart; for they, Longing to see him, wear my life away

Meaning

O my soul! take my eyes also with you, (if not), these would eat me up (in their desire) to see him.

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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