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Chapter 114: The Abandonment of Reserve

நாணுத் துறவுரைத்தல்

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1131

காமம் உழந்து வருந்தினார்க்கு ஏமம்
மடலல்லது இல்லை வலி.

Kaamam Uzhandhu Varundhinaarkku Emam
Matalalladhu Illai Vali

Pangs of passion find no recourse Except riding *`palmyra horse' * Palmyra horse or 'Madal' is a torture expressive of the burning passion of the lover to the beloved The lover's body is laid on a rough pricking palmyra bed and he is carried along the street with songs of love pangs The parents of the lovers first reproach them and then consent to their marriage

Meaning: To those who after enjoyment of sexual pleasure suffer (for want of more), there is no help so efficient as the palmyra horse

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1132

நோனா உடம்பும் உயிரும் மடலேறும்
நாணினை நீக்கி நிறுத்து.

Nonaa Utampum Uyirum Matalerum
Naaninai Neekki Niruththu

Pining body and mind lose shame And take to riding of the palm

Meaning: Having got rid of shame, the suffering body and soul save themselves on the palmyra horse

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1133

நாணொடு நல்லாண்மை பண்டுடையேன் இன்றுடையேன்
காமுற்றார் ஏறும் மடல்.

Naanotu Nallaanmai Pantutaiyen Indrutaiyen
Kaamutraar Erum Matal

Once I was modest and manly My love has now Madal only

Meaning: Modesty and manliness were once my own; now, my own is the palmyra horse that is ridden by the lustful

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1134

காமக் கடும்புனல் உய்க்கும் நாணொடு
நல்லாண்மை என்னும் புணை.

Kaamak Katumpunal Uykkum Naanotu
Nallaanmai Ennum Punai

Rushing flood of love sweeps away The raft of shame and firmness, aye!

Meaning: The raft of modesty and manliness, is, alas, carried-off by the strong current of lust

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1135

தொடலைக் குறுந்தொடி தந்தாள் மடலொடு
மாலை உழக்கும் துயர்.

Thotalaik Kurundhoti Thandhaal Matalotu
Maalai Uzhakkum Thuyar

Palm-ride and pangs of eventide Are gifts of wreath-like bracelet maid

Meaning: She with the small garland-like bracelets has given me the palmyra horse and the sorrow that is endured at night

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1136

மடலூர்தல் யாமத்தும் உள்ளுவேன் மன்ற
படல்ஒல்லா பேதைக்கென் கண்.

Mataloordhal Yaamaththum Ulluven Mandra
Patalollaa Pedhaikken Kan

Madal I ride at midnight for My eyes sleep not seeing this fair

Meaning: Mine eyes will not close in sleep on your mistress's account; even at midnight will I think of mounting the palmyra horse

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1137

கடலன்ன காமம் உழந்தும் மடலேறாப்
பெண்ணின் பெருந்தக்க தில்.

Katalanna Kaamam Uzhandhum Mataleraap
Pennin Perundhakka Thil

Her sea-like lust seeks not Madal! Serene is woman's self control

Meaning: There is nothing so noble as the womanly nature that would not ride the palmyra horse, though plunged a sea of lust

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1138

நிறையரியர் மன்அளியர் என்னாது காமம்
மறையிறந்து மன்று படும்.

Niraiyariyar Manaliyar Ennaadhu Kaamam
Maraiyirandhu Mandru Patum

Lust betrays itself in haste Though women are highly soft and chaste

Meaning: Even the Lust (of women) transgresses its secrecy and appears in public, forgetting that they are too chaste and liberal (to be overcome by it)

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1139

அறிகிலார் எல்லாரும் என்றேஎன் காமம்
மறுகின் மறுகும் மருண்டு.

Arikilaar Ellaarum Endreen Kaamam
Marukin Marukum Maruntu

My perplexed love roves public street Believing that none knows its secret

Meaning: And thus, in public ways, perturbed will rove

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1140

யாம்கண்ணின் காண நகுப அறிவில்லார்
யாம்பட்ட தாம்படா ஆறு.

Yaamkannin Kaana Nakupa Arivillaar
Yaampatta Thaampataa Aaru

Fools laugh at me before my eyes For they feel not my pangs and sighs

Meaning: Even strangers laugh (at us) so as to be seen by us, for they have not suffered

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