Love (காமத்துப்பால்) The Post-marital love
When love overcomes restraint.
Kaamak Kanichchi Utaikkum NiraiyennumNaanuththaazh Veezhththa Kadhavu
The axe of lust can break the door of chastity which is bolted with the bolt of modesty
Of womanly reserve love's axe breaks through the door, Barred by the bolt of shame before
G. U. Pope, 1886
Kaamam Enavondro Kannindren NenjaththaiYaamaththum Aalum Thozhil
Even at midnight is my mind worried by lust, and this one thing, alas! is without mercy
What men call love is the one thing of merciless power; It gives my soul no rest, e'en in the midnight hour
G. U. Pope, 1886
Maraippenman Kaamaththai Yaano KurippindrithThummalpol Thondri Vitum
I would conceal my lust, but alas, it yields not to my will but breaks out like a sneeze
I would my love conceal, but like a sneezeIt shows itself, and gives no warning sign
G. U. Pope, 1886
Niraiyutaiyen Enpenman Yaanoen KaamamMaraiyirandhu Mandru Patum
I say I would be firm, but alas, my malady breaks out from its concealment and appears in public
In womanly reserve I deemed myself beyond assail; But love will come abroad, and casts away the veil
G. U. Pope, 1886
Setraarpin Sellaap Perundhakaimai KaamanoiUtraar Arivadhondru Andru
The dignity that would not go after an absent lover is not known to those who are sticken by love
The dignity that seeks not him who acts as foe, Is the one thing that loving heart can never know
G. U. Pope, 1886
Setravar Pinseral Venti AliththaroEtrennai Utra Thuyar
The sorrow I have endured by desiring to go after my absent lover, in what way is it excellent?
My grief how full of grace, I pray you see!It seeks to follow him that hateth me
G. U. Pope, 1886
Naanena Ondro Ariyalam KaamaththaalPeniyaar Petpa Seyin
I know nothing like shame when my beloved does from love (just) what is desired (by me)
No sense of shame my gladdened mind shall prove, When he returns my longing heart to bless with love
G. U. Pope, 1886
Panmaayak Kalvan Panimozhi AndronamPenmai Utaikkum Patai
Are not the enticing words of my trick-abounding roguish lover the weapon that breaks away my feminine firmness?
The words of that deceiver, versed in every wily art, Are instruments that break through every guard of woman's heart
G. U. Pope, 1886
Pulappal Enachchendren Pullinen NenjamKalaththal Uruvadhu Kantu
I said I would feign dislike and so went (away); (but) I embraced him the moment I say my mind began to unite with him!
'I 'll shun his greeting'; saying thus with pride away I went:I held him in my arms, for straight I felt my heart relent
G. U. Pope, 1886
Ninandheeyil Ittanna Nenjinaarkku UntoPunarndhooti Nirpem Enal
Is it possible for those whose hearts melt like fat in the fire to say they can feign a strong dislike and remain so?
'We 'll stand aloof and then embrace': is this for them to say, Whose hearts are as the fat that in the blaze dissolves away
G. U. Pope, 1886
