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Chapter 121: Sad Memories

நினைந்தவர் புலம்பல்

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1201

உள்ளினும் தீராப் பெருமகிழ் செய்தலால்
கள்ளினும் காமம் இனிது.

Ullinum Theeraap Perumakizh Seydhalaal
Kallinum Kaamam Inidhu

Love is sweeter than wine; for vast Is its delight at very thought

Meaning: Sexuality is sweeter than liquor, because when remembered, it creates a most rapturous delight

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1202

எனைத்தொனறு இனிதேகாண் காமம்தாம் வீழ்வார்
நினைப்ப வருவதொன்று ஏல்.

Enaiththonaru Inidhekaan Kaamamdhaam Veezhvaar
Ninaippa Varuvadhondru El

Pains are off at the lover's thought In all aspects this love is sweet

Meaning: Even to think of one's beloved gives one no pain Sexuality, in any degree, is always delightful

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1203

நினைப்பவர் போன்று நினையார்கொல் தும்மல்
சினைப்பது போன்று கெடும்.

Ninaippavar Pondru Ninaiyaarkol Thummal
Sinaippadhu Pondru Ketum

To sneeze I tried hence but could not Me he tried to think but did not

Meaning: I feel as if I am going to sneeze but do not, and (therefore) my beloved is about to think (of me) but does not

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1204

யாமும் உளேங்கொல் அவர்நெஞ்சத்து எந்நெஞ்சத்து
ஓஒ உளரே அவர்.

Yaamum Ulengol Avarnenjaththu Ennenjaththu
Oo Ulare Avar

Have I a place within his heart? Ah from mine he will never depart

Meaning: He continues to abide in my soul, do I likewise abide in his ?

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1205

தம்நெஞ்சத்து எம்மைக் கடிகொண்டார் நாணார்கொல்
எம்நெஞ்சத்து ஓவா வரல்.

Thamnenjaththu Emmaik Katikontaar Naanaarkol
Emnenjaththu Ovaa Varal

Shame! My heart often he enters Banning me entry into his

Meaning: He who has imprisoned me in his soul, is he ashamed to enter incessantly into mine

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1206

மற்றியான் என்னுளேன் மன்னோ அவரொடியான்
உற்றநாள் உள்ள உளேன்.

Matriyaan Ennulen Manno Avaroti
Yaan Utranaal Ulla Ulen

Beyond the thought of life with him What else of life can I presume?

Meaning: I live by remembering my (former) intercourse with him; if it were not so, how could I live ?

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1207

மறப்பின் எவனாவன் மற்கொல் மறப்பறியேன்
உள்ளினும் உள்ளம் சுடும்.

Marappin Evanaavan Markol Marappariyen
Ullinum Ullam Sutum

What will happen if I forget When his memory burns my heart?

Meaning: I have never forgotten (the pleasure); even to think of it burns my soul; could I live, if I should ever forget it ?

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1208

எனைத்து நினைப்பினும் காயார் அனைத்தன்றோ
காதலர் செய்யும் சிறப்பு.

Enaiththu Ninaippinum Kaayaar Anaiththandro
Kaadhalar Seyyum Sirappu

I bring him to ceaseless memory He chides not; and thus honours me

Meaning: He will not be angry however much I may think of him; is it not so much the delight my beloved

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1209

விளியுமென் இன்னுயிர் வேறல்லம் என்பார்
அளியின்மை ஆற்ற நினைந்து.

Viliyumen Innuyir Verallam Enpaar
Aliyinmai Aatra Ninaindhu

Dear life ebbs away by thought Of him who said we are one heart

Meaning: My precious life is wasting away by thinking too much on the cruelty of him who said we were not different

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1210

விடாஅது சென்றாரைக் கண்ணினால் காணப்
படாஅதி வாழி மதி.

Vitaaadhu Sendraaraik Kanninaal Kaanap
Pataaadhi Vaazhi Madhi

Hail moon! Set not so that I find Him who left me but not my mind

Meaning: May you live, O Moon! Do not set, that I mine see him who has departed without quitting my soul

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