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Thirukkural 1326

Chapter 133: ஊடலுவகை (The Pleasures of Temporary Variance) · Love

Kural 1326

உணலினும் உண்டது அறல்இனிது காமம்
புணர்தலின் ஊடல் இனிது.

Unalinum Untadhu Aralinidhu Kaamam
Punardhalin Ootal Inidhu

'Tis sweeter to digest your food than 'tis to eat; In love, than union's self is anger feigned more sweet

Meaning

To digest what has been eaten is more delightful than to eat more; likewise love is more delightful in dislike than intercourse.

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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