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

Modern English

“Jealous affection can change instantly: she blesses his sneeze, then asks whose thoughts caused it and begins to weep.”

Modern Interpretation

Jealous affection can change instantly: she blesses his sneeze, then asks whose thoughts caused it and begins to weep. A small joke or ordinary moment can become a quarrel when someone fears being replaced.

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Modern Plain English

Jealous affection can change instantly: she blesses his sneeze, then asks whose thoughts caused it and begins to weep.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

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?'

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

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

Tamil commentary

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

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?\"