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Ellin Ilivaamendru Enni AvardhiramUllum Uyirkkaadhal Nenju

If I contemn him, then disgrace awaits me evermore;My soul that seeks to live his virtues numbers o'er

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My soul which clings to life thinks only of his (own) gain in the belief that it would be disgraceful for it to despise him