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Thirukkural 1274

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

Kural 1274

முகைமொக்குள் உள்ளது நாற்றம்போல் பேதை
நகைமொக்குள் உள்ளதொன் றுண்டு.

Mukaimokkul Ulladhu Naatrampol Pedhai
Nakaimokkul Ulladhon Runtu

As fragrance in the opening bud, some secret liesConcealed in budding smile of this dear damsel's eyes

Meaning

There is something in the unmatured smile of this maid like the fragrance that is contained in an unblossomed bud.

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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