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Thirukkural 1317

Chapter 132: புலவி நுணுக்கம் (Feigned Anger) · Love

Kural 1317

வழுத்தினாள் தும்மினேன் ஆக அழித்தழுதாள்
யாருள்ளித் தும்மினீர் என்று.

Vazhuththinaal Thumminen Aaka Azhiththazhudhaal
Yaarullith Thummineer Endru

She hailed me when I sneezed one day; But straight with anger seized, She cried; 'Who was the woman, pray, Thinking of whom you sneezed?'

Meaning

When I sneezed she blessed me, but at once changed (her mind) and wept, asking, "At the thought of whom did you sneeze?"

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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