The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1173

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Eyes consumed with Grief · Love

கதுமெனத் தாநோக்கித் தாமே கலுழும் இதுநகத் தக்க துடைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கதுமெனத் தாநோக்கித் தாமே கலுழும் இதுநகத் தக்க துடைத்து.

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The eyes that threw such eager glances round erewhile Are weeping now. Such folly surely claims a smile!

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain