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Thirukkural 999

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Kural 999

நகல்வல்லர் அல்லார்க்கு மாயிரு ஞாலம்
பகலும்பாற் பட்டன்று இருள்.

Nakalvallar Allaarkku Maayiru Gnaalam
Pakalumpaar Pattandru Irul

To him who knows not how to smile in kindly mirth, Darkness in daytime broods o'er all the vast and mighty earth

Meaning

To those who cannot rejoice, the wide world is buried darkness even in (broad) day light.

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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