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Thirukkural 1090

Chapter 109: தகை அணங்குறுத்தல் (The Pre-marital love) · Love

Kural 1090

உண்டார்கண் அல்லது அடுநறாக் காமம்போல்
கண்டார் மகிழ்செய்தல் இன்று.

Untaarkan Alladhu Atunaraak Kaamampol
Kantaar Makizhseydhal Indru

The palm-tree's fragrant wine, To those who taste yields joys divine; But love hath rare felicity For those that only see

Meaning

Unlike boiled honey which yields delight only when it is drunk, love gives pleasure even when looked at.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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