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Thirukkural 1111

Chapter 112: நலம் புனைந்து உரைத்தல் (The Praise of her Beauty) · Love

Kural 1111

நன்னீரை வாழி அனிச்சமே நின்னினும்
மென்னீரள் யாம்வீழ் பவள்.

Nanneerai Vaazhi Anichchame Ninninum
Menneeral Yaamveezh Paval

O flower of the sensitive plant! than theeMore tender's the maiden beloved by me

Meaning

May you flourish, O Anicham! you have a delicate nature But my beloved is more delicate than you.

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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