The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1290

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Desire for Reunion · Love

கண்ணின் துனித்தே கலங்கினாள் புல்லுதல் என்னினும் தான்விதுப் புற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கண்ணின் துனித்தே கலங்கினாள் புல்லுதல் என்னினும் தான்விதுப் புற்று.

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

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain