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Thirukkural 1095

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

Kural 1095

குறிக்கொண்டு நோக்காமை அல்லால் ஒருகண்
சிறக்கணித்தாள் போல நகும்

Kurikkontu Nokkaamai Allaal Orukan
Sirakkaniththaal Pola Nakum

She seemed to see me not; but yet the maidHer love, by smiling side-long glance, betrayed

Meaning

She not only avoids a direct look at me, but looks as it were with a half-closed eye and smiles.

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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