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Thirukkural 1278

Chapter 128: குறிப்பறிவுறுத்தல் (The Reading of the Signs) · Love

Kural 1278

நெருநற்றுச் சென்றார்எம் காதலர் யாமும்
எழுநாளேம் மேனி பசந்து.

Nerunatruch Chendraarem Kaadhalar Yaamum
Ezhunaalem Meni Pasandhu

My loved one left me, was it yesterday?Days seven my pallid body wastes away

Meaning

It was but yesterday my lover departed (from me); and it is seven days since my complexion turned sallow.

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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