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Thirukkural 1249

Chapter 125: நெஞ்சொடு கிளத்தல் (Soliloquy) · Love

Kural 1249

உள்ளத்தார் காத லவரால் உள்ளிநீ
யாருழைச் சேறியென் நெஞ்சு.

Ullaththaar Kaadha Lavaraal Ullinee
Yaaruzhaich Cheriyen Nenju

My heart! my lover lives within my mind; Roaming, whom dost thou think to find

Meaning

O my soul! to whom would you repair, while the dear one is within yourself?

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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