Chapter 132: Feigned Anger

பெண்ணியலார் எல்லாரும் கண்ணின் பொதுஉண்பர்
நண்ணேன் பரத்தநின் மார்பு.

Penniyalaar Ellaarum Kannin Podhuunpar
Nannen Paraththanin Maarpu

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

Meaning: You are given to prostitution; all those who are born as womankind enjoy you with their eyes in an ordinary way I will not embrace you

ஊடி இருந்தேமாத் தும்மினார் யாம்தம்மை
நீடுவாழ் கென்பாக் கறிந்து.

Ooti Irundhemaath Thumminaar Yaamdhammai
Neetuvaazh Kenpaak Karindhu

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

Meaning: When I continued to be sulky he sneezed and thought I would (then) wish him a long life

கோட்டுப்பூச் சூடினும் காயும் ஒருத்தியைக்
காட்டிய சூடினீர் என்று.

Kottup Pooch Chootinum Kaayum
Oruththiyaik Kaattiya Sootineer Endru

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

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

யாரினும் காதலம் என்றேனா ஊடினாள்
யாரினும் யாரினும் என்று.

Yaarinum Kaadhalam Endrenaa Ootinaal
Yaarinum Yaarinum Endru

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

Meaning: When I said I loved her more than any other woman, she said "more than others, yes, more than others," and remained sulky

இம்மைப் பிறப்பில் பிரியலம் என்றேனாக்
கண்நிறை நீர்கொண் டனள்.

Immaip Pirappil Piriyalam Endrenaak
Kannirai Neerkon Tanal

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

Meaning: When I said I would never part from her in this life her eyes were filled with tears

உள்ளினேன் என்றேன்மற் றென்மறந்தீர் என்றென்னைப்
புல்லாள் புலத்தக் கனள்.

Ullinen Endrenmar Renmarandheer Endrennaip
Pullaal Pulaththak Kanal

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

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

வழுத்தினாள் தும்மினேன் ஆக அழித்தழுதாள்
யாருள்ளித் தும்மினீர் என்று.

Vazhuththinaal Thumminen Aaka Azhiththazhudhaal
Yaarullith Thummineer Endru

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

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

தும்முச் செறுப்ப அழுதாள் நுமர்உள்ளல்
எம்மை மறைத்திரோ என்று.

Thummuch Cheruppa Azhudhaal Numarullal
Emmai Maraiththiro Endru

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

Meaning: When I suppressed my sneezing, she wept saying, "I suppose you (did so) to hide from me your own people's remembrance of you"

தன்னை உணர்த்தினும் காயும் பிறர்க்கும்நீர்
இந்நீரர் ஆகுதிர் என்று.

Thannai Unarththinum Kaayum Pirarkkumneer
Inneerar Aakudhir Endru

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

Meaning: 'I see', quoth she, 'to other folks How you are wondrous kind' Even when I try to remove her dislike, she is displeased and says, "This is the way you behave

நினைத்திருந்து நோக்கினும் காயும் அனைத்துநீர்
யாருள்ளி நோக்கினீர் என்று.

Ninaiththirundhu Nokkinum Kaayum Anaiththuneer
Yaarulli Nokkineer Endru

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

Meaning: Even when I look on her contemplating (her beauty), she is displeased and says, "With whose thought have you (thus) looked on my person?"