Tirukkural Chapter 115 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 115 - அலர் அறிவுறுத்தல்.
CHAPTER 115 - RUMOURS OF LOVE.
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115/04. கவ்வையால் கவ்விது காமம்; அதுவின்றேல்
தவ்வென்னும் தன்மை இழந்து.

115/04. Kavvaiyaal kavvidhu kaamam; adhuvindrreal
Thavvennum thanmai izhandhu.

115/04. "Our love strengthen itself by these jokes
Otherwise, love loses its value and taste."
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Nityanand: It seems he wants some thrill
In their love matters by giving room
For rumors and jokes.

Lalit: It appears that he wants,
Some thrill from rumors and jokes,
As he is taking both easy,
Though it appears to be crazy.

If there are no rumors
And also no jokes,
Love has no value then,
Or no good taste even.

When Gods themselves fall in love,
Man is no exception to this love,
So, love and marry, or marry and love,
It is one's choice, in the matter of love.
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115/05. களித்தொறும் கள்ளுண்டல் வேட்டற்றால் காமம்
வெளிப்படுந் தோறும் இனிது.

115/05. Kalliththorrum kallunndal vettatrraal kaamam
Vellippadundh thorrum inidhu.

115/05. "Just like an intoxicated drunkard wants more and more
Intoxication, when criticism spreads outside about our love matter
I get more happiness as my love increases more and more."
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Nityanand: He is comparing himself
A drunkard fully over drunk.

Lalit: Love is another kind
Of intoxication one finds
When it goes to extreme level
It becomes uncontrollable.

Just like a drunkard finds kicks,
In drinking pegs after pegs,
A lover also gets his thrills
In rumors after rumors.

In one way or the other,
He must get his lover,
Not later, but sooner,
Thanks to every rumor.
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115/06. கண்டது மன்னும் ஒருநாள்; அலர்மன்னும்
திங்களைப் பம்புகொண் டற்று.

115/06. Kandathu mannum orunaall; alarmannum
Thingallaip pambhukonn datrru.

115/06. "After all I met her one day only,
But the mockery talks go on like the serpent
Caught the moon on lunar eclipse day."
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Nityanand: He is wondering as to why
They talk about them for so many days,
When he met her for one day only?

Lalit: One spark of eye vision
Is enough for a man or woman
To kindle that love feelings
And make them as lovers.

It is just like one spark
That burns a haystack,
Love also behaves like that
With one eye vision on the spot.

He has become thick skinned
To all comments received,
But he welcomes the same
As an indirect help from them.
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