The Living Kural
Love / CHAPTER 109

Kural 1083

Kural 1083 · The Pre-marital love

பண்டறியேன் கூற்றென் பதனை இனியறிந்தேன் பெண்டகையால் பேரமர்க் கட்டு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Death's form I formerly Knew not; but now 'tis plain to me; He comes in lovely maiden's guise, With soul-subduing eyes.

G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.

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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org

MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain

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