Thirukkural 1281 in English

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Tamil original

உள்ளக் களித்தலும் காண மகிழ்தலும்
கள்ளுக்கில் காமத்திற் குண்டு.

Transliteration

Ullak Kaliththalum Kaana Makizhdhalum
Kallukkil Kaamaththir Kuntu

English Translation

“Rapture at thought and joy when seen Belong to love and not to wine”

Plain-English meaning

To please by thought and cheer by sight is peculiar, not to liquor but lust

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English Translation

Rapture at thought and joy when seen Belong to love and not to wine

G.U. Pope Translation

Gladness at the thought, rejoicing at the sight,Not palm-tree wine, but love, yields such delight

Plain-English Meaning

To please by thought and cheer by sight is peculiar, not to liquor but lust

நினைத்த அளவிலே உணர்வு அழியாமல் உள்ளம் கிளர்தலும், பார்த்த அளவிலே உணர்வு அழிய உள்ளம் கிளர்தலும் கள் உண்பவர்க்கு இல்லை; காதல் வசப்பட்டவர்க்கே உண்டு.

Chapter 129

புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல்

Rapture at thought and joy when seen Belong to love and not to wine

When passion grows palmyra-tall Sulking is wrong though millet-small

Though slighting me he acts his will My restless eyes would see him still

Huff I would, maid, but I forget; And leap to embrace him direct

When close I see not lord's blemish Like eyes that see not painter's brush

When he's with me I see not fault And nought but fault when he is not

To leap in stream which carries off When lord is close to feign a huff

Like wine to addicts that does disgrace Your breast, O thief, is for my embrace!

Flower-soft is love; a few alone Know its delicacy so fine

She feigned dislike awhile but flew Faster for embrace than I do