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Thirukkural 1118

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

Kural 1118

மாதர் முகம்போல் ஒளிவிட வல்லையேல்
காதலை வாழி மத஧.

Maadhar Mukampol Olivita Vallaiyel
Kaadhalai Vaazhi Madhi

Farewell, O moon! If that thine orb could shineBright as her face, thou shouldst be love of mine

Meaning

If you can indeed shine like the face of women, flourish, O moon, for then would you be worth loving ?

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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