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Thirukkural 1273

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

Kural 1273

மணியில் திகழ்தரு நூல்போல் மடந்தை
அணியில் திகழ்வதொன்று உண்டு.

Maniyil Thikazhdharu Noolpol Matandhai
Aniyil Thikazhvadhondru Untu

As through the crystal beads is seen the thread on which they 're strungSo in her beauty gleams some thought cannot find a tongue

Meaning

There is something that is implied in the beauty of this woman, like the thread that is visible in a garland of gems.

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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