Thirukkural 1311 in English
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Tamil original
பெண்ணியலார் எல்லாரும் கண்ணின் பொதுஉண்பர்
நண்ணேன் பரத்தநின் மார்பு.
Transliteration
Penniyalaar Ellaarum Kannin Podhuunpar
Nannen Paraththanin Maarpu
English Translation
“I shrink to clasp you bosom lewd To the gaze of all ladies exposed”
Plain-English meaning
You are given to prostitution; all those who are born as womankind enjoy you with their eyes in an ordinary way I will not embrace you
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English Translation
I shrink to clasp you bosom lewd To the gaze of all ladies exposed
G.U. Pope Translation
From thy regard all womankind Enjoys an equal grace;O thou of wandering fickle mind, I shrink from thine embrace
Plain-English Meaning
You are given to prostitution; all those who are born as womankind enjoy you with their eyes in an ordinary way I will not embrace you
Tamil commentary
பெண் விரும்பியே! நீ வீதி வழி வரும் குணங்கெட்ட பெண்கள் எல்லாரும் உன் மார்பைத் தம் கண்ணால் பொதுவாக உண்பர்; அதனால் அவர்களின் எச்சிலாகிய உன் மார்பை நான் இனிச் சேரேன்.
Chapter 132
More from Feigned Anger
புலவி நுணுக்கம்
I shrink to clasp you bosom lewd To the gaze of all ladies exposed
Kural 1312He sneezed while we went on sulking Expecting me to say \"live long\"
Kural 1313\"For which lady?\" she widely cries While I adorn myself with flowers
Kural 1314\"I love you more than all\" I said \"Than whom, than whom?\" she sulked and chid
Kural 1315\"In this life we won't part\" I told Her eyes at once with tears were filled
Kural 1316I said I thought of you She left Her embrace crying \"Oft you forget\"
Kural 1317I sneezed; she blessed; then changed and wept \"You sneezed now at which lady's thought?\"
Kural 1318I repressed sneeze; she wept crying \"Your thoughts from me you are hiding\"
Kural 1319I try to coax her and she remarks \"Your coaxing others thus this marks\"
Kural 1320I think and gaze at her; she chides: \"On whom your thought just now abides?\"