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Thirukkural 1250

Chapter 125: நெஞ்சொடு கிளத்தல் (Soliloquy) · Love

Kural 1250

துன்னாத் துறந்தாரை நெஞ்சத்து உடையேமா
இன்னும் இழத்தும் கவின்.

Thunnaath Thurandhaarai Nenjaththu Utaiyemaa
Innum Izhaththum Kavin

If I should keep in mind the man who utterly renounces me, My soul must suffer further loss of dignity

Meaning

If I retain in my heart him who has left me without befriending me, I shall lose even the (inward) beauty that remains.

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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