Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Post-marital love (கற்பியல்) — Complainings (படர்மெலிந்திரங்கல்)

Kural 1161:
மறைப்பேன்மன் யானிஃதோ நோயை இறைப்பவர்க்கு
ஊற்றுநீர் போல மிகும்.
maRaippaenman yaaniqdhoa noayai iraippavarkku
ootruneer poala mikum
English couplet:
I would my pain conceal, but see! it surging swells,
As streams to those that draw from ever-springing wells.
Explanation: I would hide this pain from others; but it (only) swells like a spring to those who drain it.

Kural 1162:
கரத்தலும் ஆற்றேன்இந் நோயைநோய் செய்தார்க்கு
உரைத்தலும் நாணுத் தரும்.
karaththalum aatren-inh noayainhoai seydhaarkku
uraiththalum naanuth tharum
English couplet:
I cannot hide this pain of mine, yet shame restrains
When I would tell it out to him who caused my pains.
Explanation: I cannot conceal this pain, nor can I relate it without shame to him who has caused it.

Kural 1163:
காமமும் நாணும் உயிர்காவாத் தூங்கும்என்
நோனா உடம்பின் அகத்து.
kaamamum naanum uyirkaavaath thoongum-en
noanaa udampin akaththu
English couplet:
My soul, like porter's pole, within my wearied frame,
Sustains a two-fold burthen poised, of love and shame.
Explanation: (Both) lust and shame, with my soul for their shoulder pole balance themselves on a body that cannot bear them.

Kural 1164:
காமக் கடல்மன்னும் உண்டே அதுநீந்தும்
ஏமப் புணைமன்னும் இல்.
kaamak kadalmannum untae adhuneendhum
emap punaimannum il
English couplet:
A sea of love, 'tis true, I see stretched out before,
But not the trusty bark that wafts to yonder shore.
Explanation: There is indeed a flood of lust; but there is no raft of safety to cross it with.

Kural 1165:
துப்பின் எவனாவர் மன்கொல் துயர்வரவு
நட்பினுள் ஆற்று பவர்.
thuppin evanaavar man-kol thuyarvaravu
natpinul aatru pavar
English couplet:
Who work us woe in friendship's trustful hour,
What will they prove when angry tempests lower?.
Explanation: He who can produce sorrow from friendship, what can he not bring forth out of enmity ?.

Kural 1166:
இன்பம் கடல்மற்றுக் காமம் அஃதடுங்கால்
துன்பம் அதனிற் பெரிது.
inpam kadalmatruk kaamam aqdhatungaal
thunpam adhanir peridhu
English couplet:
A happy love 's sea of joy; but mightier sorrows roll
From unpropitious love athwart the troubled soul.
Explanation: The pleasure of lust is (as great as) the sea; but the pain of lust is far greater.

Kural 1167:
காமக் கடும்புனல் நீந்திக் கரைகாணேன்
யாமத்தும் யானே உளேன்.
kaamak katumpunal neendhik karaikaanen
yaamaththum yaane ulen
English couplet:
I swim the cruel tide of love, and can no shore descry,
In watches of the night, too, 'mid the waters, only I!.
Explanation: I have swam across the terrible flood of lust, but have not seen its shore; even at midnight I am alone; still I live.

Kural 1168:
மன்னுயிர் எல்லாம் துயிற்றி அளித்திரா
என்னல்லது இல்லை துணை.
mannuyir ellaam thuyitri aliththiraa
ennalladhu illai thunai
English couplet:
All living souls in slumber soft she steeps;
But me alone kind night for her companing keeps!.
Explanation: The night which graciously lulls to sleep all living creatures, has me alone for her companion.

Kural 1169:
கொடியார் கொடுமையின் தாம்கொடிய இந்நாள்
நெடிய கழியும் இரா.
kotiyaar kodumaiyin thaamkotiya innaal
netiya kazhiyum iraa
English couplet:
More cruel than the cruelty of him, the cruel one,
In these sad times are lengthening hours of night I watch alone.
Explanation: The long nights of these days are far more cruel than the heartless one who is torturing me.

Kural 1170:
உள்ளம்போன்று உள்வழிச் செல்கிற்பின் வெள்ளநீர்
நீந்தல மன்னோஎன் கண்.
ullampoandru ulvazhich chelkirpin vellaneer
neendhala manno-en kan
English couplet:
When eye of mine would as my soul go forth to him,
It knows not how through floods of its own tears to swim.
Explanation: Could mine eyes travel like my thoughts to the abode (of my absent lord), they would not swim in this flood of tears.