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Thirukkural 1300

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

Kural 1300

தஞ்சம் தமரல்லர் ஏதிலார் தாமுடைய
நெஞ்சம் தமரல் வழி.

Thanjam Thamarallar Edhilaar Thaamutaiya
Nenjam Thamaral Vazhi

A trifle is unfriendliness by aliens shown, When our own heart itself is not our own

Meaning

It is hardly possible for strangers to behave like relations, when one's own soul acts like a stranger.

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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