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A complete English translation of the old Tamil Sangam Classic "Natrinai(நற்றிணை)"
A very faithful translation,easy to read and understand. The translations are very close to original.
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It is a full faithful translation of the 400 poems from the ancient Tamil literature Natrinai. This book is a delight to read for anyone who loves poetry. Natrinai (Tamil: நற்றிணை) is a classical Tamil poetic work, is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. Natrinai contains 400 poems dealing with the five landscapes of Sangam poetry – kurinchi, mullai, marutham, neithal and paalai. This belongs to some of the oldest extant Tamil literature and is dated to belong to the Sangam age (100 BCE - 200 CE).
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My beloved is the one
who won my heart for her.
She has dark tresses which hang low on her back;
Her eyes, adorned with collyrium,
Glow like a pair of Neythal blooms;
They have cool brows;
My heart goads me to rush towards my home
And relieve her of her pangs of separation
While my intellect urges me thus:
“To leave unaccomplished
An endeavor undertaken,
Is ignorance, besides being
Cause for disgrace! ..........................
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