The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1086

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The Pre-marital love · Love

கொடும்புருவம் கோடா மறைப்பின் நடுங்கஞர் செய்யல மன்இவள் கண்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கொடும்புருவம் கோடா மறைப்பின் நடுங்கஞர் செய்யல மன்இவள் கண்.

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If cruel eye-brow's bow, Unbent, would veil those glances now; The shafts that wound this trembling heart Her eyes no more would dart.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain