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Thirukkural 1290

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

Kural 1290

கண்ணின் துனித்தே கலங்கினாள் புல்லுதல்
என்னினும் தான்விதுப் புற்று.

Kannin Thuniththe Kalanginaal Pulludhal
Enninum Thaanvidhup Putru

Her eye, as I drew nigh one day, with anger shone:By love o'erpowered, her tenderness surpassed my own

Meaning

She once feigned dislike in her eyes, but the warmth of her embrace exceeded my own.

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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