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Thirukkural 1319

Chapter 132: புலவி நுணுக்கம் (Feigned Anger) · Love

Kural 1319

தன்னை உணர்த்தினும் காயும் பிறர்க்கும்நீர்
இந்நீரர் ஆகுதிர் என்று.

Thannai Unarththinum Kaayum Pirarkkumneer
Inneerar Aakudhir Endru

I then began to soothe and coax, To calm her jealous mind;'I see', quoth she, 'to other folks How you are wondrous kind

Meaning

'I see', quoth she, 'to other folks How you are wondrous kind' Even when I try to remove her dislike, she is displeased and says, "This is the way you behave.

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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