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Thirukkural 1093

Chapter 110: குறிப்பறிதல் (Recognition of the Signs) · Love

Kural 1093

நோக்கினாள் நோக்கி இறைஞ்சினாள் அஃதவள்
யாப்பினுள் அட்டிய நீர்.

Nokkinaal Nokki Irainjinaal Aqdhaval
Yaappinul Attiya Neer

She looked, and looking drooped her head:On springing shoot of love 'its water shed

Meaning

She has looked (at men) and stooped (her head); and that (sign) waters as it were (the corn of) our love.

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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