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Thirukkural 1146

Chapter 115: அலர் அறிவுறுத்தல் (The Announcement of the Rumour) · Love

Kural 1146

கண்டது மன்னும் ஒருநாள் அலர்மன்னும்
திங்களைப் பாம்புகொண் டற்று.

Kantadhu Mannum Orunaal Alarmannum
Thingalaip Paampukon Tatru

I saw him but one single day: rumour spreads soonAs darkness, when the dragon seizes on the moon

Meaning

It was but a single day that I looked on (my lover); but the rumour thereof has spread like the seizure of the moon by the serpent.

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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