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Chapter 122: கனவுநிலை உரைத்தல்

On Love Married Love Chapter 122

Kural 1212

கனவுநிலை உரைத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

கயலுண்கண் யானிரப்பத் துஞ்சிற் கலந்தார்க்கு உயலுண்மை சாற்றுவேன் மன்.

Kayalunkan Yaanirappath Thunjir Kalandhaarkku Uyalunmai Saatruven Man

“I beg these fish-like dark eyes sleep To tell my lover how life I keep”

If my dark, carp-like eye will close in sleep, as I implore,The tale of my long-suffering life I'll tell my loved one o'er

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Kural #1212

The Eyes That Never Sleep

The story reflects the Kural's idea that being awake is essential to expressing the depth of one's suffering and love to a loved one. If my fish-like painted eyes should, at my begging, close in sleep, I could fully relate my sufferings to my lord

6–10 yr 1 min