Thirukkural 1104 in English

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Tamil original

நீங்கின் தெறூஉம் குறுகுங்கால் தண்ணென்னும்
தீயாண்டுப் பெற்றாள் இவள்?

Transliteration

Neengin Theruum Kurukungaal Thannennum
Theeyaantup Petraal Ival?

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

From whence has she got this fire that burns when I withdraw and cools when I approach ?

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

Withdraw, it burns; approach, it soothes the pain;Whence did the maid this wondrous fire obtain

Plain-English Meaning

From whence has she got this fire that burns when I withdraw and cools when I approach ?

தன்னை நீங்கினால் சுடும், நெருங்கினால் குளிரும் ஒரு தீயை என் உள்ளத்தில் ஏற்ற, இவள் அதை எங்கிருந்து பெற்றாள்?

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