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Thirukkural 1314

Chapter 132: புலவி நுணுக்கம் (Feigned Anger) · Love

Kural 1314

யாரினும் காதலம் என்றேனா ஊடினாள்
யாரினும் யாரினும் என்று.

Yaarinum Kaadhalam Endrenaa Ootinaal
Yaarinum Yaarinum Endru

'I love you more than all beside,' 'T was thus I gently spoke;'What all, what all?' she instant cried; And all her anger woke

Meaning

When I said I loved her more than any other woman, she said "more than others, yes, more than others," and remained sulky.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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