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Kural 1173

Kural 1173 · Eyes consumed with Grief

கதுமெனத் தாநோக்கித் தாமே கலுழும் இதுநகத் தக்க துடைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

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

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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