Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Pre-marital love (களவியல்) — The Announcement of the Rumour (அலரறிவுறுத்தல்)

Kural 1141:
அலரெழ ஆருயிர் நிற்கும் அதனைப்
பலரறியார் பாக்கியத் தால்.
alarezha aaruyir niRkum adhanaip
palaraRiyaar paakkiyath thaal
English couplet:
By this same rumour's rise, my precious life stands fast;
Good fortune grant the many know this not!.
Explanation: My precious life is saved by the raise of rumour, and this, to my good luck no others are aware of.

Kural 1142:
மலரன்ன கண்ணாள் அருமை அறியாது
அலரெமக்கு ஈந்ததிவ் வூர்.
malaranna kaNNaaL arumai aRiyaadhu
alaremakku eendhadhiv voor
English couplet:
The village hath to us this rumour giv'n, that makes her mine;
Unweeting all the rareness of the maid with flower-like eyne.
Explanation: Not knowing the value of her whose eyes are like flowers this town has got up a rumour about me.

Kural 1143:
உறாஅதோ ஊரறிந்த கெளவை அதனைப்
பெறாஅது பெற்றன்ன நீர்த்து.
uRaaadhoa ooraRindha keLavai adhanaip
peRaaadhu petranna neerththu
English couplet:
The rumour spread within the town, is it not gain to me?
It is as though that were obtained that may not be.
Explanation: Will I not get a rumour that is known to the (whole) town ? For what I have not got is as if I had got it (already).

Kural 1144:
கவ்வையால் கவ்விது காமம் அதுவின்றேல்
தவ்வென்னும் தன்மை இழந்து.
kavvaiyaal kavvidhu kaamam adhuvindrael
thavvennum thanmai izhandhu
English couplet:
The rumour rising makes my love to rise;
My love would lose its power and languish otherwise.
Explanation: Rumour increases the violence of my passion; without it it would grow weak and waste away.

Kural 1145:
களித்தொறும் கள்ளுண்டல் வேட்டற்றால் காமம்
வெளிப்படுந் தோறும் இனிது.
kaLiththoRum kaLLuNdal vaettatraal kaamam
veLippatunh thoaRum inidhu
English couplet:
The more man drinks, the more he ever drunk would be;
The more my love's revealed, the sweeter 'tis to me! .
Explanation: As drinking liquor is delightful (to one) whenever one is in mirth, so is lust delightful to me whenever it is the subject of rumour.

Kural 1146:
கண்டது மன்னும் ஒருநாள் அலர்மன்னும்
திங்களைப் பாம்புகொண் டற்று.
kaNdadhu mannum orunhaaL alarmannum
thingaLaip paampukoN tatru
English couplet:
I saw him but one single day: rumour spreads soon
As darkness, when the dragon seizes on the moon.
Explanation: It was but a single day that I looked on (my lover); but the rumour thereof has spread like the seizure of the moon by the serpent.

Kural 1147:
ஊரவர் கெளவை எருவாக அன்னைசொல்
நீராக நீளும்இந் நோய்.
ooravar kavai eruvaaka annaisol
neeraaka neeLum-inh noai
English couplet:
My anguish grows apace: the town's report
Manures it; my mother's word doth water it.
Explanation: This malady (of lust) is manured by the talk of women and watered by the (harsh) words of my mother.

Kural 1148:
நெய்யால் எரிநுதுப்பேம் என்றற்றால் கெளவையால்
காமம் நுதுப்பேம் எனல்.
neyyaal erinhudhuppaem endratraal kavvaiyaal
Kaamam nudhuppeam enal
English couplet:
With butter-oil extinguish fire! 'Twill prove
Harder by scandal to extinguish love.
Explanation: To say that one could extinguish passion by rumour is like extinguishing fire with ghee.

Kural 1149:
அலர்நாண ஒல்வதோ அஞ்சலோம்பு என்றார்
பலர்நாண நீத்தக் கடை.
alarnhaaNa olvadhoa anjaloambu endraar
palarnhaaNa neeththak kadai
English couplet:
When he who said 'Fear not!' hath left me blamed,
While many shrink, can I from rumour hide ashamed?.
Explanation: When the departure of him who said "fear not" has put me to shame before others, why need I be ashamed of scandal.

Kural 1150:
தாம்வேண்டின் நல்குவர் காதலர் யாம்வேண்டும்
கெளவை எடுக்கும்இவ் வூர்.
thaamvaeNtin nalkuvar kaadhalar yaamvaendum
kavvai edukkum-iv voor
English couplet:
If we desire, who loves will grant what we require;
This town sends forth the rumour we desire!.
Explanation: The rumour I desire is raised by the town (itself); and my lover would if desired consent (to my following him).