The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1313

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Feigned Anger · Love

கோட்டுப் பூச் சூடினும் காயும் ஒருத்தியைக் காட்டிய சூடினீர் என்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கோட்டுப் பூச் சூடினும் காயும் ஒருத்தியைக் காட்டிய சூடினீர் என்று.

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I wreathed with flowers one day my brow, The angry tempest lowers; She cries, 'Pray, for what woman now Do you put on your flowers?'

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain