Thirukkural 1048 in English

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Tamil original

இன்றும் வருவது கொல்லோ நெருநலும்
கொன்றது போலும் நிரப்பு.

Transliteration

Indrum Varuvadhu Kollo Nerunalum
Kondradhu Polum Nirappu

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

Is the poverty that almost killed me yesterday, to meet me today too ?

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

And will it come today as yesterday,The grief of want that eats my soul away

Plain-English Meaning

Is the poverty that almost killed me yesterday, to meet me today too ?

நேற்று என்னைக் கொன்றது போன்ற துன்பத்தைத் தந்த இல்லாமை, இன்றும் கூட வருமோ?

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