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        <title>Red earth and pouring rain</title>   
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        <div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>What could my mother be<br />
to yours? What kin is my father<br />
to yours anyway? And how<br />
did you and I meet ever?<br />
But in love our hearts are as red<br />
earth and pouring rain:<br />
mingled<br />
beyond parting.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuruntokai" target="_blank">Kuruntokai - 40</a>&#160;(Tamil: குறுந்தொகை)</p>
<p>.&#160;</p>
<p>The translation by renowned folklorist, the late AK Ramanujan from:</p>
<p>.&#160;</p>
<p>Yaayum (n)yaayum yaaraagiyaro<br />
Yendaiyum Nundaiyum emmurai kelir<br />
Yaanum neeyum evvazhi aridhum<br />
chempulap-peineer pola<br />
anbudai nenjamthan kalandanavey</p>
<p>குறிஞ்சி - தலைவன் கூற்று<br />
யாயும் ஞாயும் யாரா கியரோ<br />
எந்தையும் நுந்தையும் எம்முறைக் கேளிர்<br />
யானும் நீயும் எவ்வழி யறிதும்<br />
செம்புலப் பெயனீர் போல<br />
அன்புடை நெஞ்சம் தாங்கலந் தனவே.</p>
<p>-செம்புலப் பெயனீரார்.</p>
<p>It is a Classical Tamil poem from The Kuruntokai, Anthology of Sangam Literature. Author is unknown, but for reference’s sake, Tamil Pandits have called him(?) “Chempulap-Peineerar” which refers to the picturesque idiom used in its last line. The period assigned to it is between 1 BC to 3AD.</p>

    
    
    
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