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Thirukkural 1296

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

Kural 1296

தனியே இருந்து நினைத்தக்கால் என்னைத்
தினிய இருந்ததென் நெஞ்சு.

Thaniye Irundhu Ninaiththakkaal Ennaith
Thiniya Irundhadhen Nenju

My heart consumes me when I ponder lone, And all my lover's cruelty bemoan

Meaning

My mind has been (here) in order to eat me up (as it were) whenever I think of him in my solitude.

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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