Thirukkural 1081 in English

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Tamil original

அணங்குகொல் ஆய்மயில் கொல்லோ கனங்குழை
மாதர்கொல் மாலும் என் நெஞ்சு.

Transliteration

Anangukol Aaimayil Kollo Kananguzhai
Maadharkol Maalum En Nenju

English Translation

“Is it an angel? A fair peacock Or jewelled belle? To my mind a shock!”

Plain-English meaning

Is this jewelled female a celestial, a choice peahen, or a human being ? My mind is perplexed

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English Translation

Is it an angel? A fair peacock Or jewelled belle? To my mind a shock!

G.U. Pope Translation

Goddess? or peafowl rare? She whose ears rich jewels wear,Is she a maid of human kind? All wildered is my mind

Plain-English Meaning

Is this jewelled female a celestial, a choice peahen, or a human being ? My mind is perplexed

அதோ பெரிய கம்மல்அணிந்து இருப்பது தெய்வமா? நல்லமயிலா? பெண்ணா? யார் என்று அறிய முடியாமல் என் மனம் மயங்குகிறது.

Chapter 109

தகை அணங்குறுத்தல்

Is it an angel? A fair peacock Or jewelled belle? To my mind a shock!

The counter glances of this belle Are armied dart of the Love-Angel

Not known before -I spy Demise In woman's guise with battling eyes

This artless dame has darting eyes That drink the life of men who gaze

Is it death, eye or doe? All three In winsome woman's look I see

If cruel brows unbent, would screen Her eyes won't cause me trembling pain

Vest on the buxom breast of her Looks like rutting tusker's eye-cover

Ah these fair brows shatter my might Feared by foemen yet to meet

Which jewel can add to her beauty With fawn-like looks and modesty?

To the drunk alone is wine delight Nothing delights like love at sight