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Thirukkural 1288

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

Kural 1288

இளித்தக்க இன்னா செயினும் களித்தார்க்குக்
கள்ளற்றே கள்வநின் மார்பு.

Iliththakka Innaa Seyinum Kaliththaarkkuk
Kallatre Kalvanin Maarpu

Though shameful ill it works, dear is the palm-tree wineTo drunkards; traitor, so to me that breast of thine

Meaning

O you rogue! your breast is to me what liquor is to those who rejoice in it, though it only gives them an unpleasant disgrace.

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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