The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1243

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Soliloquy · Love

இருந்துள்ளி என்பரிதல் நெஞ்சே பரிந்துள்ளல் பைதல்நோய் செய்தார்கண் இல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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இருந்துள்ளி என்பரிதல் நெஞ்சே பரிந்துள்ளல் பைதல்நோய் செய்தார்கண் இல்.

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What comes of sitting here in pining thought, O heart? He knows No pitying thought, the cause of all these wasting woes.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain