Kural 1280Chapter 128: The Reading of the Signs

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

Modern English

“Showing love through the eyes and asking a beloved to stay reveals deep feeling and vulnerable strength.”

Modern Interpretation

Showing love through the eyes and asking a beloved to stay reveals deep feeling and vulnerable strength. Someone may meet a departing partner's gaze and quietly ask for a little more time together.

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Showing love through the eyes and asking a beloved to stay reveals deep feeling and vulnerable strength.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

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

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

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.

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