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Thirukkural 1270

Chapter 127: அவர்வயின் விதும்பல் (Mutual Desire) · Love

Kural 1270

பெறின்என்னாம் பெற்றக்கால் என்னாம் உறினென்னாம்
உள்ளம் உடைந்துக்கக் கால்.

Perinennaam Petrakkaal Ennaam Urinennaam
Ullam Utaindhukkak Kaal

What's my return, the meeting hour, the wished-for greeting worth, If she heart-broken lie, with all her life poured forth

Meaning

After (my wife) has died of a broken heart, what good will there be if she is to receive me, has received me, or has even embraced me?

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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