குறள் 420

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Seviyir Suvaiyunaraa Vaayunarvin MaakkalAviyinum Vaazhinum En?

His mouth can taste, but ear no taste of joy can give!What matter if he die, or prosperous live

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What does it matter whether those men live or die, who can judge of tastes by the mouth, and not by the ear ?