The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1116

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The Praise of her Beauty · Love

மதியும் மடந்தை முகனும் அறியா பதியின் கலங்கிய மீன்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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மதியும் மடந்தை முகனும் அறியா பதியின் கலங்கிய மீன்.

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The stars perplexed are rushing wildly from their spheres; For like another moon this maiden's face appears.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain