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Thirukkural 1323

Chapter 133: ஊடலுவகை (The Pleasures of Temporary Variance) · Love

Kural 1323

புலத்தலின் புத்தேள்நாடு உண்டோ நிலத்தொடு
நீரியைந் தன்னார் அகத்து.

Pulaththalin Puththelnaatu Unto Nilaththotu
Neeriyain Thannaar Akaththu

Is there a bliss in any world more utterly divine, Than 'coyness' gives, when hearts as earth and water join

Meaning

Is there a celestial land that can please like the feigned dislike of those whose union resembles that of earth and water?

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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