Thirukkural 1317 in English

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Tamil original

வழுத்தினாள் தும்மினேன் ஆக அழித்தழுதாள்
யாருள்ளித் தும்மினீர் என்று.

Transliteration

Vazhuththinaal Thumminen Aaka Azhiththazhudhaal
Yaarullith Thummineer Endru

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

When I sneezed she blessed me, but at once changed (her mind) and wept, asking, "At the thought of whom did you sneeze?"

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

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?'

Plain-English Meaning

When I sneezed she blessed me, but at once changed (her mind) and wept, asking, "At the thought of whom did you sneeze?"

நான் தும்ம, அவள் இயல்பாகவே வாழ்த்தினாள்; அப்படி வாழ்த்தியவளே மறுபடியும் நீர் இப்போது எவள் உம்மை நினைத்ததால் தும்மினீர், என்று கேட்டு ஊடி அழுதாள்.

Chapter 132

புலவி நுணுக்கம்

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

He sneezed while we went on sulking Expecting me to say \"live long\"

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

\"I love you more than all\" I said \"Than whom, than whom?\" she sulked and chid

\"In this life we won't part\" I told Her eyes at once with tears were filled

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

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

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

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

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