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Thirukkural 1281

Chapter 129: புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல் (Desire for Reunion) · Love

Kural 1281

உள்ளக் களித்தலும் காண மகிழ்தலும்
கள்ளுக்கில் காமத்திற் குண்டு.

Ullak Kaliththalum Kaana Makizhdhalum
Kallukkil Kaamaththir Kuntu

Gladness at the thought, rejoicing at the sight, Not palm-tree wine, but love, yields such delight

Meaning

To please by thought and cheer by sight is peculiar, not to liquor but lust.

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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