Thirukkural 1312 in English
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Tamil original
ஊடி இருந்தேமாத் தும்மினார் யாம்தம்மை
நீடுவாழ் கென்பாக் கறிந்து.
Transliteration
Ooti Irundhemaath Thumminaar Yaamdhammai
Neetuvaazh Kenpaak Karindhu
English Translation
“He sneezed while we went on sulking Expecting me to say \"live long\"”
Plain-English meaning
When I continued to be sulky he sneezed and thought I would (then) wish him a long life
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English Translation
He sneezed while we went on sulking Expecting me to say \"live long\"
G.U. Pope Translation
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!'
Plain-English Meaning
When I continued to be sulky he sneezed and thought I would (then) wish him a long life
Tamil commentary
நான் அவரோடு ஊடிப் பேசாமல் இருந்தேன்; நீடு வாழ்க, என்று சொல்லி அவரோடு பேசுவேன். என்று எண்ணி, வேண்டும் என்றே தும்மினார்! நானா பேசுவேன்? (ஆனாலும் வாழ்த்தினாள்)
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?\"