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Chapter 120: The Solitary Anguish

தனிப்படர் மிகுதி

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1191

தாம்வீழ்வார் தம்வீழப் பெற்றவர் பெற்றாரே
காமத்துக் காழில் கனி.

Thaamveezhvaar Thamveezhap Petravar Petraare
Kaamaththuk Kaazhil Kani

Stoneless fruit of love they have Who are beloved by those they love

Meaning: The women who are beloved by those whom they love, have they have not got the stone-less fruit of sexual delight ?

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1192

வாழ்வார்க்கு வானம் பயந்தற்றால் வீழ்வார்க்கு
வீழ்வார் அள஧ க்கும் அளி.

Vaazhvaarkku Vaanam Payandhatraal Veezhvaarkku
Veezhvaar Ala� Kkum Ali

The lover-and-beloved's self-givings Are like rains to living beings

Meaning: The bestowal of love by the beloved on those who love them is like the rain raining (at the proper season) on those who live by it

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1193

வீழுநர் வீழப் படுவார்க்கு அமையுமே
வாழுநம் என்னும் செருக்கு.

Veezhunar Veezhap Patuvaarkku Amaiyume
Vaazhunam Ennum Serukku

The pride of living is for those Whose love is returned by love so close

Meaning: The pride that says "we shall live" suits only those who are loved by their beloved (husbands)

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1194

வீழப் படுவார் கெழீஇயிலர் தாம்வீழ்வார்
வீழப் படாஅர் எனின்.

Veezhap Patuvaar Kezheeiyilar Thaamveezhvaar
Veezhap Pataaar Enin

Whose love is void of love in turn Are luckless with all esteems they earn

Meaning: Even those who are esteemed (by other women) are devoid of excellence, if they are not loved by their beloved

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1195

நாம்காதல் கொண்டார் நமக்கெவன் செய்பவோ
தாம்காதல் கொள்ளாக் கடை.

Naamkaadhal Kontaar Namakkevan Seypavo
Thaamkaadhal Kollaak Katai

What can our lover do us now If he does not requite our love?

Meaning: He who is beloved by me, what will he do to me, if I am not beloved by him ?

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1196

ஒருதலையான் இன்னாது காமம்காப் போல
இருதலை யானும் இனிது.

Orudhalaiyaan Innaadhu Kaamamkaap Pola
Irudhalai Yaanum Inidhu

One sided pains; love in both souls Poises well like shoulder poles

Meaning: Lust, like the weight of the KAVADI, pains if it lies in one end only but pleases if it is in both

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1197

பருவரலும் பைதலும் காணான்கொல் காமன்
ஒருவர்கண் நின்றொழுகு வான்.

Paruvaralum Paidhalum Kaanaankol Kaaman
Oruvarkan Nindrozhuku Vaan

This cupid aims at me alone; Knows he not my pallor and pain?

Meaning: Would not cupid who abides and contends in one party (only) witness the pain and sorrow (in that party)?

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1198

வீழ்வாரின் இன்சொல் பெறாஅது உலகத்து
வாழ்வாரின் வன்கணார் இல்.

Veezhvaarin Insol Peraaadhu Ulakaththu
Vaazhvaarin Vankanaar Il

None is so firm as she who loves Without kind words from whom she dotes

Meaning: There is no one in the world so hard-hearted as those who can live without receiving (even) a kind word from their beloved

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1199

நசைஇயார் நல்கார் எனினும் அவர்மாட்டு
இசையும் இனிய செவிக்கு.

Nasaiiyaar Nalkaar Eninum Avarmaattu
Isaiyum Iniya Sevikku

The lover accords not my desires And yet his words sweeten my ears

Meaning: Though my beloved bestows no love on one, still are his words sweet to my ears

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1200

உறாஅர்க்கு உறுநோய் உரைப்பாய் கடலைச்
செறாஅஅய் வாழிய நெஞ்சு.

Uraaarkku Urunoi Uraippaai Katalaich
Cheraaaai Vaazhiya Nenju

You tell your grief to listless he Bless my heart! rather fill up sea!

Meaning: Live, O my soul, would you who relate your great sorrow to strangers, try rather to fill up your own sea (of sorrow)

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