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Tirrukural, the - Book 3 Pining
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Tirrukural, the - Book 3 Pining
1161. I would hide this sickness gladly,
But it wells up like a spring.
1162. Hide this sickness I cannot;
To tell him who caused it I am ashamed.
1163. Love and shame hang poised on my life;
My body unable to bear them.
1164. I see the sea of love but not the raft
On which to cross it.
1165. If friendship can work such woe,
What will enmity?
1166. Love's joy is as the sea,
Its pangs vaster.
1167. Caught in love's whirlpool I find no shore;
Darkened I am alone.
1168. Poor night, putting all things to sleep,
Has only me for company.
1169. Even more cruel than my cruel lord
Are the long nights now
1170. If like my mind my eye could go to him,
It wouldn't be whelmed in a flood of tears.