The Kural
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Kurals 1311–1320 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Love (இன்பத்துப்பால்).
பெண்ணியலார் எல்லாரும் கண்ணின் பொதுஉண்பர்
நண்ணேன் பரத்தநின் மார்பு.
From thy regard all womankind Enjoys an equal grace;
O thou of wandering fickle mind, I shrink from thine embrace!
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: You flirt with everyone and every woman eyes you; I won't hold you!
Open in the appஊடி இருந்தேமாத் தும்மினார் யாம்தம்மை
நீடுவாழ் கென்பாக் கறிந்து.
One day we silent sulked; he sneezed: The reason well I knew;
He thought that I, to speak well pleased, Would say, 'Long life to you!'
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: While I was sulking, he sneezed, expecting me to say "bless you."
Open in the appகோட்டுப்பூச் சூடினும் காயும் ஒருத்தியைக்
காட்டிய சூடினீர் என்று.
I wreathed with flowers one day my brow, The angry tempest lowers;
She cries, 'Pray, for what woman now Do you put on your flowers?'
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Even if I wear a flower garland, she says I'm showing it off for another woman.
Open in the appயாரினும் காதலம் என்றேனா ஊடினாள்
யாரினும் யாரினும் என்று.
'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.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: When I said I loved her more than anyone, she repeated "more than anyone?" and sulked.
Open in the appஇம்மைப் பிறப்பில் பிரியலம் என்றேனாக்
கண்நிறை நீர்கொண் டனள்.
'While here I live, I leave you not,' I said to calm her fears.
She cried, 'There, then, I read your thought'; And straight dissolved in tears.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: When I said we'd never be apart in this life, her eyes filled with tears.
Open in the appஉள்ளினேன் என்றேன்மற் றென்மறந்தீர் என்றென்னைப்
புல்லாள் புலத்தக் கனள்.
'Each day I called to mind your charms,' 'O, then, you had forgot,'
She cried, and then her opened arms, Forthwith embraced me not.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: When I said I'd been thinking of her, she said, "So you'd forgotten me?" and pulled away.
Open in the appவழுத்தினாள் தும்மினேன் ஆக அழித்தழுதாள்
யாருள்ளித் தும்மினீர் என்று.
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?'
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: When I sneezed, she blessed me, then cried, "Who's thinking of you?"
Open in the appதும்முச் செறுப்ப அழுதாள் நுமர்உள்ளல்
எம்மை மறைத்திரோ என்று.
And so next time I checked my sneeze; She forthwith wept and cried,
(That woman difficult to please), 'Your thoughts from me you hide'.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: When I held back a sneeze, she cried, "So you're hiding who's thinking of you."
Open in the appதன்னை உணர்த்தினும் காயும் பிறர்க்கும்நீர்
இந்நீரர் ஆகுதிர் என்று.
I then began to soothe and coax, To calm her jealous mind;
'I see', quoth she, 'to other folks How you are wondrous kind'
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Even when I try to win her round, she snaps, "So this is how you charm other women!"
Open in the appநினைத்திருந்து நோக்கினும் காயும் அனைத்துநீர்
யாருள்ளி நோக்கினீர் என்று.
I silent sat, but thought the more, And gazed on her. Then she
Cried out, 'While thus you eye me o'er, Tell me whose form you see'.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Even when I gaze at her, she asks, "Who were you thinking of when you looked at me like that?"
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