Thirukkural 1316 in English

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Tamil original

உள்ளினேன் என்றேன்மற் றென்மறந்தீர் என்றென்னைப்
புல்லாள் புலத்தக் கனள்.

Transliteration

Ullinen Endrenmar Renmarandheer Endrennaip
Pullaal Pulaththak Kanal

Modern English

“A lover may turn a loving statement into a playful accusation: 'You remembered me, so you must have forgotten me first.' When a partner says they were thinking of you, jealousy can make even affection sound like proof of neglect.”

Modern Interpretation

A lover may turn a loving statement into a playful accusation: 'You remembered me, so you must have forgotten me first.' When a partner says they were thinking of you, jealousy can make even affection sound like proof of neglect.

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Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

I said I thought of you She left Her embrace crying \"Oft you forget\"

G.U. Pope Translation

'Each day I called to mind your charms,' 'O, then, you had forgot,'She cried, and then her opened arms, Forthwith embraced me not

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

When I said I had remembered her, she said I had forgotten her and relaxing her embrace, began to feign dislike

Tamil commentary

எப்போதும் உன்னைத்தான் எண்ணினேன் என்றேன். சில சமயம் மறந்து ஒரு சமயம் நினைத்ததாக எண்ணி அப்படியானால் என்னை இடையில் மறந்திருக்கிறீர் என்று சொல்லித் தழுவத் தொடங்கியவள், விட்டுவிட்டு ஊடத் தொடங்கினாள்.

Chapter 132

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Kural 1311

I shrink to clasp you bosom lewd To the gaze of all ladies exposed

Kural 1312

He 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 1316

I said I thought of you She left Her embrace crying \"Oft you forget\"

Kural 1317

I sneezed; she blessed; then changed and wept \"You sneezed now at which lady's thought?\"

Kural 1318

I repressed sneeze; she wept crying \"Your thoughts from me you are hiding\"

Kural 1319

I try to coax her and she remarks \"Your coaxing others thus this marks\"

Kural 1320

I think and gaze at her; she chides: \"On whom your thought just now abides?\"