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Thirukkural 1119

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

Kural 1119

மலரன்ன கண்ணாள் முகமொத்தி யாயின்
பலர்காணத் தோன்றல் மதி.

Malaranna Kannaal Mukamoththi Yaayin
Palarkaanath Thondral Madhi

If as her face, whose eyes are flowers, thou wouldst have charms for me, Shine for my eyes alone, O moon, shine not for all to see

Meaning

O moon, if you wish to resemble the face of her whose eyes are like (these) flowers, do not appear so as to be seen by all.

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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