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Chapter 129: புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல்

On Love Married Love Chapter 129

Kural 1288

புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல்

Position 8/10

திருக்குறள்

இளித்தக்க இன்னா செயினும் களித்தார்க்குக் கள்ளற்றே கள்வநின் மார்பு.

Iliththakka Innaa Seyinum Kaliththaarkkuk Kallatre Kalvanin Maarpu

“Like wine to addicts that does disgrace Your breast, O thief, is for my embrace!”

Though shameful ill it works, dear is the palm-tree wineTo drunkards; traitor, so to me that breast of thine

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Kural #1288

The Sweetness of Longing

The story illustrates how the lover finds a strange, intoxicating joy even in the sorrow or 'disgrace' caused by the beloved's absence. O you rogue! your breast is to me what liquor is to those who rejoice in it, though it only gives them an unpleasant disgrace

6–10 yr 1 min