âçúª ¬áùèõÐ

women by nature

öùªùèÕëª

all

æúªú¨äª

with their eyes

âçèÊãúªçõÐ

generally enjoy

åúªîúäª

I will not seek

çõêÐê

(seen) by other women

å¨äª ëèõе

your chest

With so many women having feasted their eyes on you,
I will not seek your embrace (1311).

Ãï á¨ÕåÐîêëèêÐ Êëªë¨äèõÐ áèëªêëªéë  1312
å©ÌôèȪ âæäªçèæÐÆ í÷¨åÐÊ

Ãï	quarreling

¬ÕåÐîêëªÍ

when in that state

Êëªë¨äèõÐ

he sneezed

áèëª

I

êëªéë

him

å©ÌôèȪâæäªçèæÐÆ

(I would say) `may you live long'

í÷¨åÐÊ

thinking

In the midst of our feigned quarrel, my husband sneezed
as if to invoke my blessing for a long life (an ancient practice in Tamil society) (1312) .  

îæèìªÌ窷òÐ ÎïÄëª æè±ëª øÕêÐê¨éáæР 1313
æèìªïá Îïä©õÐ öäª×
 

îæèìªÌ窷

the curved garland

ÎïÄëª

when I adorned her tresses with

æè±ëª

angrily

øÕêÐê¨éá

to another (woman)

æèìªïá

to exhibit

Îïä©õÐ

you have adorned me

öäª×	thus saying

When I adorned her tresses with a curved garland of flowers, she would say angrily that I have done this
to (spite) another woman (1313).
 
Another meaning  
When I wore a garland, she would ask in anger which
woman I sought to impress (1313).  

áèõ¨Äëª æèêùëª öäªî÷äè Ãïäèóª  1314
áèõ¨Äëª áèõ¨Äëª öäª×

 

áèõ¨Äëª

more thananybody

æèêùëª

I love

öäªî÷䪠 Í

I said thus

Ãïäèóª

she quarreled

áèõ¨Äëª

`than whom'

áèõ¨Äëª

`than whom'

öäª×

so saying

If I proclaimed that I loved her more than any one else, she would ask, "than whom, than whom ?" (1314).
 
¬ëªéëçª ç¨÷çªç¨ùª ç¨õ¨áùëª öäªî÷äèæР 1315
æúªú¨é÷ å©õÐâæèúª ìäóª
 

¬ëªéë窠 ç¨÷çªç¨ùª

in this birth

ç¨õ¨áùëª

we will not part

öäªî÷䪠 Í

so I said

æúª

eyes

å¨é÷

full

å©õÐ

tears

âæèúª  ìäóª

she became

The moment I declared that we would not part in this lifetime, her eyes were filled with tears (thinking of the next birth!) (1315).

ãóªó¨îääª öäªî÷äªë÷ª× öäªë÷åÐê©õÐ öäªâ÷äªéäçª 1316
 µùªùèóªª µùêÐêæÐ æäóª
 

ãóªó¨îääª

I remembered (in separation)

öäªî÷äª

I said so

ë÷ª×

to that

öäªë÷åÐê©õÐ

why did you forget me ?

öäª×

thus

öäªéä

to me

µùªùèóª

without embracing

µùêÐêæР æäóª

becoming qualified to feign

When I assert that I remember her in separation, she asks in feigned anger `you remember only after you forget' (1316).

ôÇêÐê¨äèóª Êëªë¨îä äèæ íȨêÐêÇêèóª  1317
áèÕóªó¨êÐ Êëªë¨ä©õÐ öäª×  

ôÇêÐê¨äèóª

she wished me

Êëªë¨îä䪠 Íæ

when I sneezed

íȨêÐÊ

later

íÇêèóª

she cried

áèõÐ

whom

ãóªó¨

thinking of

Êëªë¨ä©õÐ

you sneezed

öäª×	thus asking

 
My sneeze brought her good wishes, but promptly followed by the question as to which woman it was
whose thought caused the sneeze (1317).

 
ÊëªËòÐ âò×çªç íÇêèóª ÅëõÐãóªóùª  1318
öëªéë ëé÷êÐê¨îõè öäª×

ÊëªË

to sneeze

âò×çªç

when I subdued the urge

íÇêèóª

she cried

ÅëõÐãóªóùª

your lady loves thinking about you

öëªéë

to me

ëé÷êÐê¨îõè

conceal

öäª×

thus

When I subdued my urge to sneeze, she asked me
whether I was trying to hide my thoughts of the
other women (1318).  

êäªéä ãúõÐêÐê¨Äëª æè±ëª ç¨÷õÐæÐÆå©õР  1319
¬åÐå©õõÐ ÍÆê¨õÐ öäª×

 

êäªéä

herself

ãúõÐêÐê¨Äëª

having subdued her anger and felt made up

æè±ëª

(she will) be angry

ç¨÷õÐæÐÆ

in the case of the other ladies also

å©õÐ

you

¬åÐå©õõÐ

of this nature

ÍÆê¨õÐ

will become

öäª×

so saying

 

I tried to conciliate her in her anger, but she
asked me whether this was how I got around other
women (1319).

 
å¨éäêÐê¨ÕåÐÊ îåèæÐæ¨Äëª æè±ëª íéäêÐÊå©õР 1320
áèÕóªó¨ îåèæÐæ¨ä©õÐ öäª×  

å¨éäêÐê¨ÕåÐÊ

when I am doting on her

îåèæÐæ¨Äëª

intently looking at her

æè±ëª

she becomes angry

íéäêÐÊ

my physical charm

å©õÐ

you

áèõÐ

whose

ãóªó¨

thinking (equal or superior to)

îåèæÐæ¨ä©õÐ

(charm) saw

öäª×

so saying

When she was angry at whatever I did or said, I would just look at her figure in silence.`Whom are you comparing me with ?' she would ask (1320).