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Thirukkural 1123

Chapter 113: காதற் சிறப்புரைத்தல் (Declaration of Love's Special Excellence) · Love

Kural 1123

கருமணியிற் பாவாய்நீ போதாயாம் வீழும்
திருநுதற்கு இல்லை இடம்.

Karumaniyir Paavaainee Podhaayaam Veezhum
Thirunudharku Illai Itam

For her with beauteous brow, the maid I love, there place is none; To give her image room, O pupil of mine eye, begone

Meaning

O you image in the pupil (of my eye)! depart; there is no room for (my) fair-browed beloved.

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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