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Thirukkural 1329

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

Kural 1329

ஊடுக மன்னோ ஒளியிழை யாமிரப்ப
நீடுக மன்னோ இரா.

Ootuka Manno Oliyizhai Yaamirappa
Neetuka Manno Iraa

Let her, whose jewels brightly shine, aversion feignThat I may still plead on, O night, prolong thy reign

Meaning

May the bright-jewelled one feign dislike, and may the night be prolonged for me to implore her!

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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