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Thirukkural 1180

Chapter 118: கண் விதுப்பழிதல் (Eyes consumed with Grief) · Love

Kural 1180

மறைபெறல் ஊரார்க்கு அரிதன்றால் எம்போல்
அறைபறை கண்ணார் அகத்து.

Maraiperal Ooraarkku Aridhandraal Empol
Araiparai Kannaar Akaththu

It is not hard for all the town the knowledge to obtain, When eyes, as mine, like beaten tambours, make the mystery plain

Meaning

It is not difficult for the people of this place to understand the secret of those whose eyes, like mine, are as it were beaten drums.

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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