Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

Kural 66: The Kural on Family and the Music of Children

A verse on the sweetness of children’s voices.

66
Those who don’t hear the babble of their children
Call the flute and the lyre sweet

குழலினிது யாழினி தென்பதம் மக்கள்
மழலைச்சொல் கேளா தவர்

From chapter 7, “Having Children.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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