Poem 17

பணமஞ் சரையிருக்கப் பாவையரைச் சும்மாபுணர்கின்றீர் என்று புகலப் - புணர்வார்க்கரைக்காசு தந்தனம்என் றார்புகலி யார்மாவரைக்காசென் றாள்அதற்கு மான்.

In plain words

I said, While five paṇam are at your waist, you embrace the women without giving anything! The Lord of Pukali said, We have given half a coin to those who embrace. To that the deer-like girl said, A great half-coin!

Line by line

While five paṇam are at your waist, the women for nothing you embrace, when it was said; to those who embrace half a coin we have given, said the Lord of Pukali; a great half-coin, said, to that, the deer-like one.