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Kural 555
கொடுங்கோன்மை
The Cruel Sceptre
அல்லற்பட்டு ஆற்றாது அழுதகண் ணீரன்றே
செல்வத்தைத் தேய்க்கும் படை
Allarpattu Aatraadhu Azhudhakan Neerandre / Selvaththaith Theykkum Patai
English
Groaning tears caused by tyrant's sway File the royal wealth away
— His people's tears of sorrow past endurance, are not theySharp instruments to wear the monarch's wealth away
Will not the tears, shed by a people who cannot endure the oppression which they suffer (from their king), become a saw to waste away his wealth ?