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Thirukkural 1245

Chapter 125: நெஞ்சொடு கிளத்தல் (Soliloquy) · Love

Kural 1245

செற்றார் எனக்கை விடல்உண்டோ நெஞ்சேயாம்
உற்றால் உறாஅ தவர்.

Setraar Enakkai Vitalunto Nenjeyaam
Utraal Uraaa Thavar

O heart, as a foe, can I abandon utterlyHim who, though I long for him, longs not for me

Meaning

O my soul! can he who loves not though he is beloved, be forsaken saying he hates me (now)?

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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