The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1329

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The Pleasures of Temporary Variance · Love

ஊடுக மன்னோ ஒளியிழை யாமிரப்ப நீடுக மன்னோ இரா.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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ஊடுக மன்னோ ஒளியிழை யாமிரப்ப நீடுக மன்னோ இரா.

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Let her, whose jewels brightly shine, aversion feign! That I may still plead on, O night, prolong thy reign!

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain