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Thirukkural 16

Chapter 2: வான்சிறப்பு (The Blessing of Rain) · Virtue

Kural 16

விசும்பின் துளிவீழின் அல்லால்மற் றாங்கே
பசும்புல் தலைகாண்பு அரிது.

Visumpin Thuliveezhin Allaalmar Raange
Pasumpul Thalaikaanpu Aridhu

If from the clouds no drops of rain are shed'Tis rare to see green herb lift up its head

Meaning

If no drop falls from the clouds, not even the green blade of grass will be seen.

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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