The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1237

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Wasting Away · Love

பாடுபெறுதியோ நெஞ்சே கொடியார்க்கென் வாடுதோட் பூசல் உரைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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பாடுபெறுதியோ நெஞ்சே கொடியார்க்கென் வாடுதோட் பூசல் உரைத்து.

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My heart! say ought of glory wilt thou gain, If to that cruel one thou of thy wasted arms complain?

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain