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Thirukkural 1291

Chapter 130: நெஞ்சொடு புலத்தல் (Expostulation with Oneself) · Love

Kural 1291

அவர்நெஞ்சு அவர்க்காதல் கண்டும் எவன்நெஞ்சே
நீஎமக்கு ஆகா தது.

Avarnenju Avarkkaadhal Kantum Evannenje
Neeemakku Aakaa Thadhu

You see his heart is his aloneO heart, why not be all my own

Meaning

O my soul! although you have seen how his soul stands by him, how is it you do not stand by 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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