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Thirukkural 1116

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

Kural 1116

மதியும் மடந்தை முகனும் அறியா
பதியின் கலங்கிய மீன்.

Madhiyum Matandhai Mukanum Ariyaa
Padhiyin Kalangiya Meen

The stars perplexed are rushing wildly from their spheres; For like another moon this maiden's face appears

Meaning

The stars have become confused in their places not being able to distinguish between the moon and the maid's countenance.

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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