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Thirukkural 1255

Chapter 126: நிறையழிதல் (Reserve Overcome) · Love

Kural 1255

செற்றார்பின் செல்லாப் பெருந்தகைமை காமநோய்
உற்றார் அறிவதொன்று அன்று.

Setraarpin Sellaap Perundhakaimai Kaamanoi
Utraar Arivadhondru Andru

The dignity that seeks not him who acts as foe, Is the one thing that loving heart can never know

Meaning

The dignity that would not go after an absent lover is not known to those who are sticken by love.

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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