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Thirukkural 1311

Chapter 132: புலவி நுணுக்கம் (Feigned Anger) · Love

Kural 1311

பெண்ணியலார் எல்லாரும் கண்ணின் பொதுஉண்பர்
நண்ணேன் பரத்தநின் மார்பு.

Penniyalaar Ellaarum Kannin Podhuunpar
Nannen Paraththanin Maarpu

From thy regard all womankind Enjoys an equal grace; O thou of wandering fickle mind, I shrink from thine embrace

Meaning

You are given to prostitution; all those who are born as womankind enjoy you with their eyes in an ordinary way I will not embrace you.

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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