Thirukkural 1323 in English
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Tamil original
புலத்தலின் புத்தேள்நாடு உண்டோ நிலத்தொடு
நீரியைந் தன்னார் அகத்து.
Transliteration
Pulaththalin Puththelnaatu Unto Nilaththotu
Neeriyain Thannaar Akaththu
Modern English
“For two people closely joined in love, even a playful quarrel can feel more intimate than any imagined paradise.”
Modern Interpretation
For two people closely joined in love, even a playful quarrel can feel more intimate than any imagined paradise. A couple who shares deep trust may enjoy the closeness that returns after a small disagreement.
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Modern Plain English
For two people closely joined in love, even a playful quarrel can feel more intimate than any imagined paradise.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Is there a heaven like sulk beneath Of hearts that join like water and earth?
G.U. Pope Translation
Is there a bliss in any world more utterly divine,Than 'coyness' gives, when hearts as earth and water join
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Is there a celestial land that can please like the feigned dislike of those whose union resembles that of earth and water?
Tamil commentary
நிலத்தோடு நீர் கலந்தாற்போன்ற ஒற்றுமையை உடைய என்னவரோடு ஊடிப் பெறும் இன்பத்தைப் போலத் தேவர்கள் நாட்டு இன்பம் இருக்குமோ?
Chapter 133
More from The Pleasures of Temporary Variance
ஊடலுவகை
He is flawless; but I do pout So that his loving ways show out
Kural 1322Fading first, love blooms and outlives The petty pricks that pouting gives
Kural 1323Is there a heaven like sulk beneath Of hearts that join like water and earth?
Kural 1324In long pout after embrace sweet A weapon is up to break my heart
Kural 1325Though free form faults, one feels the charms Of feigned release from lover's arms
Kural 1326Sweeter than meal is digestion And sulk in love than union
Kural 1327The yielder wins in lover's pout Reunited joy brings it out
Kural 1328Shall not our pouting again give The dew-browed joy of joint love?
Kural 1329Sulk on O belle of shining jewels! Prolong O night! our delight swells!
Kural 1330Bouderie is lovers' delight Its delight grows when they unite