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
Modern English
“Love can be both the wound and the cure.”
Modern Interpretation
Love can be both the wound and the cure. When someone's absence hurts, hearing their voice or making peace after a misunderstanding may bring relief in a way nothing else can.
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Modern Plain English
Love can be both the wound and the cure.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
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
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
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
Tamil commentary
நோய்களுக்கு மருந்து பெரும்பாலும், அந்நோய்களுக்கு மாறான இயல்பை உடையவையே. ஆனால் இவள் தந்த நோய்க்கு இவளே மருந்து.
Chapter 111
More from Rejoicing in the Embrace
புணர்ச்சி மகிழ்தல்
In this bangled beauty dwell The joys of sight sound touch taste smell
Kural 1102The cure for ailment is somewhere For fair maid's ill she is the cure
Kural 1103Is lotus-eyed lord's heaven so sweet As sleep in lover's arms so soft?
Kural 1104Away it burns and cools anear Wherefrom did she get this fire?
Kural 1105The arms of my flower-tressed maid Whatever I wish that that accord
Kural 1106My simple maid has nectar arms Each embrace brings life-thrilling charms
Kural 1107Ah the embrace of this fair dame Is like sharing one's food at home
Kural 1108Joy is the fast embrace that doth Not admit e'en air between both
Kural 1109Sulking, feeling and clasping fast These three are sweets of lover's tryst
Kural 1110As knowledge reveals past ignorance So is the belle as love gets close