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Thirukkural 1271

Chapter 128: குறிப்பறிவுறுத்தல் (The Reading of the Signs) · Love

Kural 1271

கரப்பினுங் கையிகந் தொல்லாநின் உண்கண்
உரைக்கல் உறுவதொன் றுண்டு.

Karappinung Kaiyikan Thollaanin Unkan
Uraikkal Uruvadhon Runtu

Thou hid'st it, yet thine eye, disdaining all restraint, Something, I know not, what, would utter of complaint

Meaning

Though you would conceal (your feelings), your painted eyes would not, for, transgressing (their bounds), they tell (me) something.

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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