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Thirukkural 1114

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

Kural 1114

காணின் குவளை கவிழ்ந்து நிலன்நோக்கும்
மாணிழை கண்ணொவ்வேம் என்று.

Kaanin Kuvalai Kavizhndhu Nilannokkum
Maanizhai Kannovvem Endru

The lotus, seeing her, with head demiss, the ground would eye, And say, 'With eyes of her, rich gems who wears, we cannot vie.'

Meaning

If the blue lotus could see, it would stoop and look at the ground saying, "I can never resemble the eyes of this excellent jewelled one."

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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