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Thirukkural 1287

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

Kural 1287

உய்த்தல் அறிந்து புனல்பாய் பவரேபோல்
பொய்த்தல் அறிந்தென் புலந்து.

Uyththal Arindhu Punalpaai Pavarepol
Poiththal Arindhen Pulandhu

As those of rescue sure, who plunge into the stream, So did I anger feign, though it must falsehood seem

Meaning

Like those who leap into a stream which they know will carry them off, why should a wife feign dislike which she knows cannot hold out long?

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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