The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1227

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Lamentations at Eventide · Love

காலை அரும்பிப் பகலெல்லாம் போதாகி மாலை மலரும்இந் நோய்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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காலை அரும்பிப் பகலெல்லாம் போதாகி மாலை மலரும்இந் நோய்.

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My grief at morn a bud, all day an opening flower, Full-blown expands in evening hour.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain