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Kural 1164

Kural 1164 · Complainings

காமக் கடல்மன்னும் உண்டே அதுநீந்தும் ஏமப் புணைமன்னும் இல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

A sea of love, 'tis true, I see stretched out before, But not the trusty bark that wafts to yonder shore.

G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.

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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org

MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain

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