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Thirukkural 1112

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

Kural 1112

மலர்காணின் மையாத்தி நெஞ்சே இவள்கண்
பலர்காணும் பூவொக்கும் என்று.

Malarkaanin Maiyaaththi Nenje Ivalkan
Palarkaanum Poovokkum Endru

You deemed, as you saw the flowers, her eyes were as flowers, my soul, That many may see; it was surely some folly that over you stole

Meaning

O my soul, fancying that flowers which are seen by many can resemble her eyes, you become confused at the sight of them.

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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