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Thirukkural 1085

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

Kural 1085

கூற்றமோ கண்ணோ பிணையோ மடவரல்
நோக்கமிம் மூன்றும் உடைத்து.

Kootramo Kanno Pinaiyo Matavaral
Nokkamim Moondrum Utaiththu

The light that on me gleams, Is it death's dart? or eye's bright beams?Or fawn's shy glance? All three appear In form of maiden here

Meaning

Is it Yama, (a pair of) eyes or a hind ?- Are not all these three in the looks of this maid ?

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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