Thirukkural 1313 in English

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Tamil original

கோட்டுப்பூச் சூடினும் காயும் ஒருத்தியைக்
காட்டிய சூடினீர் என்று.

Transliteration

Kottup Pooch Chootinum Kaayum
Oruththiyaik Kaattiya Sootineer Endru

English Translation

\"For which lady?\" she widely cries While I adorn myself with flowers

Plain-English meaning

Even if I were adorned with a garland of branch-flowers, she would say I did so to show it to another woman

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English Translation

\"For which lady?\" she widely cries While I adorn myself with flowers

G.U. Pope Translation

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?'

Plain-English Meaning

Even if I were adorned with a garland of branch-flowers, she would say I did so to show it to another woman

Tamil commentary

ஒரு மாற்றம் கருதி, ஒருமுறை, மரத்திலே மலர்ந்த பூவை மாலையாக்கிச் சூடினேன். அதற்கு அவள், நீர் விரும்பும் எவளுக்கோ அடையாளம் காட்டிச் சூடினீர் என்று சினந்து நின்றாள்.

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