Kural 1330Chapter 133: The Pleasures of Temporary Variance

Thirukkural 1330 in English

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Tamil original

ஊடுதல் காமத்திற்கு இன்பம் அதற்கின்பம்
கூடி முயங்கப் பெறின்.

Transliteration

Ootudhal Kaamaththirku Inpam Adharkinpam
Kooti Muyangap Perin

Modern English

“A loving disagreement can add warmth to romance, and reconciliation completes it.”

Modern Interpretation

A loving disagreement can add warmth to romance, and reconciliation completes it. After a couple resolves a quarrel with a heartfelt embrace, both the tension and the reunion can feel meaningful.

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Modern Plain English

A loving disagreement can add warmth to romance, and reconciliation completes it.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

Bouderie is lovers' delight Its delight grows when they unite

G.U. Pope Translation

A 'feigned aversion' coy to pleasure gives a zest;The pleasure's crowned when breast is clasped to breast

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

Dislike adds delight to love; and a hearty embrace (thereafter) will add delight to dislike

Tamil commentary

காதல் நுகர்ச்சிக்கு இன்பம் ஊடுதலே அவ்வூடலுக்கும் இன்பம், அளவு அறிந்து ஊடலை நீக்கிக் கூடித் தழுவுதலே.

Chapter 133

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Kural 1321

He is flawless; but I do pout So that his loving ways show out

Kural 1322

Fading first, love blooms and outlives The petty pricks that pouting gives

Kural 1323

Is there a heaven like sulk beneath Of hearts that join like water and earth?

Kural 1324

In long pout after embrace sweet A weapon is up to break my heart

Kural 1325

Though free form faults, one feels the charms Of feigned release from lover's arms

Kural 1326

Sweeter than meal is digestion And sulk in love than union

Kural 1327

The yielder wins in lover's pout Reunited joy brings it out

Kural 1328

Shall not our pouting again give The dew-browed joy of joint love?

Kural 1329

Sulk on O belle of shining jewels! Prolong O night! our delight swells!

Kural 1330

Bouderie is lovers' delight Its delight grows when they unite