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Thirukkural 1330

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

Kural 1330

ஊடுதல் காமத்திற்கு இன்பம் அதற்கின்பம்
கூடி முயங்கப் பெறின்.

Ootudhal Kaamaththirku Inpam Adharkinpam
Kooti Muyangap Perin

A 'feigned aversion' coy to pleasure gives a zest; The pleasure's crowned when breast is clasped to breast

Meaning

Dislike adds delight to love; and a hearty embrace (thereafter) will add delight to dislike.

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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