Thirukkural 1102 in English

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Tamil original

பிணிக்கு மருந்து பிறமன் அணியிழை
தன்நோய்க்குத் தானே மருந்து.

Transliteration

Pinikku Marundhu Piraman Aniyizhai
Thannoikkuth Thaane Marundhu

English Translation

“The cure for ailment is somewhere For fair maid's ill she is the cure”

Plain-English meaning

The remedy for a disease is always something different (from it); but for the disease caused by this jewelled maid, she is herself the cure

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English Translation

The cure for ailment is somewhere For fair maid's ill she is the cure

G.U. Pope Translation

Disease and medicine antagonists we surely see;This maid, to pain she gives, herself is remedy

Plain-English Meaning

The remedy for a disease is always something different (from it); but for the disease caused by this jewelled maid, she is herself the cure

நோய்களுக்கு மருந்து பெரும்பாலும், அந்நோய்களுக்கு மாறான இயல்பை உடையவையே. ஆனால் இவள் தந்த நோய்க்கு இவளே மருந்து.

Chapter 111

புணர்ச்சி மகிழ்தல்

In this bangled beauty dwell The joys of sight sound touch taste smell

The cure for ailment is somewhere For fair maid's ill she is the cure

Is lotus-eyed lord's heaven so sweet As sleep in lover's arms so soft?

Away it burns and cools anear Wherefrom did she get this fire?

The arms of my flower-tressed maid Whatever I wish that that accord

My simple maid has nectar arms Each embrace brings life-thrilling charms

Ah the embrace of this fair dame Is like sharing one's food at home

Joy is the fast embrace that doth Not admit e'en air between both

Sulking, feeling and clasping fast These three are sweets of lover's tryst

As knowledge reveals past ignorance So is the belle as love gets close