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Thirukkural 1285

Chapter 129: புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல் (Desire for Reunion) · Love

Kural 1285

எழுதுங்கால் கோல்காணாக் கண்ணேபோல் கொண்கன்
பழிகாணேன் கண்ட இடத்து.

Ezhudhungaal Kolkaanaak Kannepol Konkan
Pazhikaanen Kanta Itaththu

The eye sees not the rod that paints it; nor can ISee any fault, when I behold my husband nigh

Meaning

Like the eyes which see not the pencil that paints it, I cannot see my husband's fault (just) when I meet him.

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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