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Thirukkural 1240

Chapter 124: உறுப்புநலன் அழிதல் (Wasting Away) · Love

Kural 1240

கண்ணின் பசப்போ பருவரல் எய்தின்றே
ஒண்ணுதல் செய்தது கண்டு.

Kannin Pasappo Paruvaral Eydhindre
Onnudhal Seydhadhu Kantu

The dimness of her eye felt sorrow now, Beholding what was done by that bright brow

Meaning

Was it at the sight of what the bright forehead had done that the sallowness of her eyes became sad?

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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