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Thirukkural 1301

Kural 1301

புல்லா திராஅப் புலத்தை அவர்உறும்
அல்லல்நோய் காண்கம் சிறிது.

Pullaa Thiraaap Pulaththai Avar
Urum Allalnoi Kaankam Siridhu

Be still reserved, decline his profferred love; A little while his sore distress we 'll prove

Meaning

Let us witness awhile his keen suffering; just feign dislike and embrace him not.

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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