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Thirukkural 1325

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

Kural 1325

தவறிலர் ஆயினும் தாம்வீழ்வார் மென்றோள்
அகறலின் ஆங்கொன் றுடைத்து.

Thavarilar Aayinum Thaamveezhvaar Mendrol
Akaralin Aangon Rutaiththu

Though free from fault, from loved one's tender armsTo be estranged a while hath its own special charms

Meaning

Though free from defects, men feel pleased when they cannot embrace the delicate shoulders of those whom they love.

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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