The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1224

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Lamentations at Eventide · Love

காதலர் இல்வழி மாலை கொலைக்களத்து ஏதிலர் போல வரும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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காதலர் இல்வழி மாலை கொலைக்களத்து ஏதிலர் போல வரும்.

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When absent is my love, the evening hour descends, As when an alien host to field of battle wends.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain