“To Behold a Good Person” from Avvaiyar’s Moothurai | நல்லாரைக் காண்பதுவும் நன்றே

A poem about staying close to goodness, from the 12th century Tamil woman, poet, and saint Avvaiyar.

Moothurai 8, “Nallarai kanbathum nandre.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
GIVE, EAT, AND LIFE: POEMS OF AVVAIYAR
Red Hen Press, Los Angeles