Kural 1118 · மாதர் முகம்போல் ஒளிவிட வல்லையேல்
O moon, if you are able to shine like the face of this lady, then long may you live, and I shall love you too.
The Eighteen Lesser Texts, including the Thirukkural.
O moon, if you are able to shine like the face of this lady, then long may you live, and I shall love you too.
O moon, if you wish to resemble the face of her whose eyes are like flowers, do not appear for the many to see.
For this lady's feet even the anicham flower and the swan's down are like the thorny nerunji fruit.
The dew that wells from the bright teeth of this gentle-spoken woman is sweet as milk mixed with honey.
Whatever the bond between body and soul may be, such is the bond between this young woman and me.
O image within the dark pupil of my eye, move away; there is no room there for the fair-browed one whom I love.
When she is near, this jewelled lady is life to me; when she goes away, she is like death.
I would remember only if I could forget, but I do not know how to forget the virtues of the woman with the bright eyes.
My beloved does not go out of my eyes, and when I blink he suffers no hurt, so subtle is he.
Since my beloved lives within my eyes, I do not even paint kohl on them, knowing that he would be hidden for that moment.