Thirukkural 1045 in English

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Tamil original

நல்குரவு என்னும் இடும்பையுள் பல்குரைத்
துன்பங்கள் சென்று படும்.

Transliteration

Nalkuravu Ennum Itumpaiyul Palkuraith
Thunpangal Sendru Patum

English Translation

“The pest of wanton poverty Brings a train of misery”

Plain-English meaning

The misery of poverty brings in its train many (more) miseries

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English Translation

The pest of wanton poverty Brings a train of misery

G.U. Pope Translation

From poverty, that grievous woe,Attendant sorrows plenteous grow

Plain-English Meaning

The misery of poverty brings in its train many (more) miseries

இல்லாமை என்னும் துன்பத்திற்குள் எல்லா வகைத் துன்பங்களும் அடங்கும்.

Chapter 105

நல்குரவு

What gives more pain than scarcity? No pain pinches like poverty

The sinner Want is enemy dire Of joys of earth and heaven there

The craving itch of poverty Kills graceful words and ancestry

Want makes even good familymen Utter words that are low and mean

The pest of wanton poverty Brings a train of misery

The poor men's words are thrown away Though from heart good things they say

Even the mother looks as stranger The poor devoid of character

The killing Want of yesterday Will it pester me even to-day?

One may sleep in the midst of fire In want a wink of sleep is rare

Renounce their lives the poor must Or salt and gruel go to waste