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Thirukkural 1084

Chapter 109: தகை அணங்குறுத்தல் (The Pre-marital love) · Love

Kural 1084

கண்டார் உயிருண்ணும் தோற்றத்தால் பெண்டகைப்
பேதைக்கு அமர்த்தன கண்.

Kantaar Uyirunnum Thotraththaal Pentakaip
Pedhaikku Amarththana Kan

In sweet simplicity, A woman's gracious form hath she; But yet those eyes, that drink my life, Are with the form at strife

Meaning

These eyes that seem to kill those who look at them are as it were in hostilities with this feminine simplicity.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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