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Naanotu Nallaanmai Pantutaiyen IndrutaiyenKaamutraar Erum Matal

I once retained reserve and seemly manliness;To-day I nought possess but lovers' 'horse of palm'

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Modesty and manliness were once my own; now, my own is the palmyra horse that is ridden by the lustful