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Thirukkural 1280

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

Kural 1280

பெண்ணினால் பெண்மை உடைத்தென்ப கண்ணினால்
காமநோய் சொல்லி இரவு.

Penninaal Penmai Utaiththenpa Kanninaal
Kaamanoi Solli Iravu

To show by eye the pain of love, and for relief to pray, Is womanhood's most womanly device, men say

Meaning

To express their love-sickness by their eyes and resort to begging bespeaks more than ordinary female excellence.

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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