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Thirukkural 1261

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Kural 1261

வாளற்றுப் புற்கென்ற கண்ணும் அவர்சென்ற
நாளொற்றித் தேய்ந்த விரல்.

Vaalatrup Purkendra Kannum Avarsendra
Naalotrith Theyndha Viral

My eyes have lost their brightness, sight is dimmed; my fingers worn, With nothing on the wall the days since I was left forlorn

Meaning

My finger has worn away by marking (on the wall) the days he has been absent while my eyes have lost their lustre and begin to fail.

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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