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Thirukkural 1324

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

Kural 1324

புல்லி விடாஅப் புலவியுள் தோன்றுமென்
உள்ளம் உடைக்கும் படை.

Pulli Vitaaap Pulaviyul Thondrumen
Ullam Utaikkum Patai

'Within the anger feigned' that close love's tie doth bind, A weapon lurks, which quite breaks down my mind

Meaning

In prolonged dislike after an embrace there is a weapon that can break my heart.

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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