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Thirukkural 337

Chapter 34: நிலையாமை (Instability) · Virtue

Kural 337

ஒருபொழுதும் வாழ்வது அறியார் கருதுப
கோடியும் அல்ல பல.

Orupozhudhum Vaazhvadhu Ariyaar Karudhupa
Kotiyum Alla Pala

Who know not if their happy lives shall last the day, In fancies infinite beguile the hours away

Meaning

Innumerable are the thoughts which occupy the mind of (the unwise), who know not that they shall live another moment.

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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