As of 2015, the Tirukkuṟaḷ has been translated into Sinhalese at least twice.
Background The first Sinhalese translation of the Tirukkuṟaḷ was made by Govokgada Misihamy, with the assistance of S. Thambaiah, in 1961 under the title Thiruvalluvar's Kural. Mishamy considered his work an 'adaptation' rather than a translation, as he believed that no translation of a classic into a foreign language could do justice to the original.
Another translation of the Kural text was made by Charles De Silva in 1964, and was published by the Sri Lanka Sahitya Mandalaya.
Translations TranslationChapter 26, මස් කෑමෙන් වැළකීමKural 254 (Couplet 26:4)Kural 258 (Couplet 26:8)Govokgada Misihamy, 1961කූළුණ සහනු කූළුණ - පර පණ රැකූම නැසුමයිඑහෙයින් පණ නැසුව - සිරුරෙ මස් කෑම අදහම් වේ. වරදින් මිදි ඇති - පැහැදිලි දැනුම් ඇත්තෝඅනෙකකූගේ සිරුරේ - මසක් නුබුදිති කිසිම ලෙසකින්.
See also Tirukkural translations List of Tirukkural translations by language
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