Thirukkural 1280 in English
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Tamil original
பெண்ணினால் பெண்மை உடைத்தென்ப கண்ணினால்
காமநோய் சொல்லி இரவு.
Transliteration
Penninaal Penmai Utaiththenpa Kanninaal
Kaamanoi Solli Iravu
English Translation
“To express love-pangs by eyes and pray Is womanhood's womanly way”
Plain-English meaning
To express their love-sickness by their eyes and resort to begging bespeaks more than ordinary female excellence
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English Translation
To express love-pangs by eyes and pray Is womanhood's womanly way
G.U. Pope Translation
To show by eye the pain of love, and for relief to pray,Is womanhood's most womanly device, men say
Plain-English Meaning
To express their love-sickness by their eyes and resort to begging bespeaks more than ordinary female excellence
Tamil commentary
பெண்கள் தம் காதல் நோயைக் கண்ணாலேயே சொல்லி அதைத் தீர்க்கும்படி வேண்டுவது பெண்மை. மேலும் ஒரு பெண்மையைக் கொண்டிருப்பதாகும் என்பர் அறிந்தோர்.
Chapter 128
More from The Reading of the Signs
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You hide; but your painted eyes Restraint off, report your surmise
Kural 1272With seemly grace and stem-like arms The simple she has ample charms
Kural 1273Something shines through her jewelled charm Like thread shining through wreathed gem
Kural 1274Like scent in bud secrets conceal In the bosom of her half smile
Kural 1275The close-bangled belle's hidden thought Has a cure for my troubled heart She to Her Maid
Kural 1276His over-kind close embrace sooths; But makes me feel, loveless, he parts
Kural 1277Quick, my bracelets read before The mind of my lord of cool shore
Kural 1278My lover parted but yesterday; With sallowness it is seventh day The Maid Tells Him
Kural 1279She views her armlets, her tender arms And then her feet; these are her norms
Kural 1280To express love-pangs by eyes and pray Is womanhood's womanly way