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Chapter 123: பொழுது கண்டிரங்கல்

On Love Married Love Chapter 123

Kural 1223

பொழுது கண்டிரங்கல்

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திருக்குறள்

பனிஅரும்பிப் பைதல்கொள் மாலை துனிஅரும்பித் துன்பம் வளர வரும்.

Paniarumpip Paidhalkol Maalai Thuniarumpith Thunpam Valara Varum

“Wet eve came pale and trembling then Now it makes bold with growing pain”

With buds of chilly dew wan evening's shade enclose;My anguish buds space and all my sorrow grows

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Kural #1223

The Shadow of the Evening

The story mirrors the Kural's theme of how the onset of evening, once beautiful, becomes a source of increasing misery when a loved one is absent. The evening that (once) came in with trembling and dimness (now) brings me an aversion for life and increasing sorrow

6–10 yr 1 min