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Kural 17
வான்சிறப்பு
The Blessing of Rain
நெடுங்கடலும் தன்நீர்மை குன்றும் தடிந்தெழிலி
தான்நல்கா தாகி விடின்.
Netungatalum Thanneermai Kundrum Thatindhezhili / Thaannalkaa Thaaki Vitin
English
The ocean's wealth will waste away, Except the cloud its stores repay
— If clouds restrain their gifts and grant no rain,The treasures fail in ocean's wide domain
Even the wealth of the wide sea will be diminished, if the cloud that has drawn (its waters) up gives them not back again (in rain)