Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Post-marital love (கற்பியல்) — The Visions of the Night (கனவுநிலையுரைத்தல்)

Kural 1211:
காதலர் தூதொடு வந்த கனவினுக்கு
யாதுசெய் வேன்கொல் விருந்து.
kaadhalar thoodhodu vandha kanavinukku
yaadhusey vaenkol virundhu
English couplet:
It came and brought to me, that nightly vision rare,
A message from my love,- what feast shall I prepare?.
Explanation: Where with shall I feast the dream which has brought me my dear one's messenger ?.

Kural 1212:
கயலுண்கண் யானிரப்பத் துஞ்சிற் கலந்தார்க்கு
உயலுண்மை சாற்றுவேன் மன்.
kayalunkan yaanirappath thunjir kalandhaarkku
uyalunmai saatruvaen man
English couplet:
If my dark, carp-like eye will close in sleep, as I implore,
The tale of my long-suffering life I'll tell my loved one o'er.
Explanation: If my fish-like painted eyes should, at my begging, close in sleep, I could fully relate my sufferings to my lord.

Kural 1213:
நனவினால் நல்கா தவரைக் கனவினால்
காண்டலின் உண்டென் உயிர்.
nanavinaal nalkaa thavaraik kanavinaal
kaantalin unten uyir
English couplet:
Him, who in waking hour no kindness shows,
In dreams I see; and so my lifetime goes!.
Explanation: My life lasts because in my dream I behold him who does not favour me in my waking hours.

Kural 1214:
கனவினான் உண்டாகும் காமம் நனவினான்
நல்காரை நாடித் தரற்கு.
kanavinaan undaakum kaamam nanavinaan
nalkaarai naatith thararku
English couplet:
Some pleasure I enjoy when him who loves not me
In waking hours, the vision searches out and makes me see.
Explanation: There is pleasure in my dream, because in it I seek and obtain him who does not visit me in my wakefulness.

Kural 1215:
நனவினால் கண்டதூஉம் ஆங்கே கனவுந்தான்
கண்ட பொழுதே இனிது.
nanavinaal kandadhooum aange kanavundhaan
kanda pozhudhae inidhu
English couplet:
As what I then beheld in waking hour was sweet,
So pleasant dreams in hour of sleep my spirit greet.
Explanation: I saw him in my waking hours, and then it was pleasant; I see him just now in my dream, and it is (equally) pleasant.

Kural 1216:
நனவென ஒன்றில்லை ஆயின் கனவினால்
காதலர் நீங்கலர் மன்.
nanavena ondrillai aayin kanavinaal
kaadhalar neengalar man
English couplet:
And if there were no waking hour, my love
In dreams would never from my side remove.
Explanation: Were there no such thing as wakefulness, my beloved (who visited me) in my dream would not depart from me.

Kural 1217:
நனவினால் நல்காக் கொடியார் கனவனால்
என்எம்மைப் பீழிப் பது.
nanavinaal nalkaak kotiyaar kanavanaal
en-emmaip peezhip padhu
English couplet:
The cruel one, in waking hour, who all ungracious seems,
Why should he thus torment my soul in nightly dreams?.
Explanation: The cruel one who would not favour me in my wakefulness, what right has he to torture me in my dreams?.

Kural 1218:
துஞ்சுங்கால் தோள்மேலர் ஆகி விழிக்குங்கால்
நெஞ்சத்தர் ஆவர் விரைந்து.
thunjungaal thoalmelar aaki vizhikkungaal
nenjaththar aavar viraindhu
English couplet:
And when I sleep he holds my form embraced;
And when I wake to fill my heart makes haste!.
Explanation: When I am asleep he rests on my shoulders, (but) when I awake he hastens into my soul.

Kural 1219:
நனவினால் நல்காரை நோவர் கனவினால்
காதலர்க் காணா தவர்.
nanavinaal nalkaarai noavar kanavinaal
kaadhalark kaanaa thavar
English couplet:
In dreams who ne'er their lover's form perceive,
For those in waking hours who show no love will grieve.
Explanation: They who have no dear ones to behold in their dreams blame him who visits me not in my waking hours.

Kural 1220:
நனவினால் நம்நீத்தார் என்பர் கனவினால்
காணார்கொல் இவ்வூ ரவர்.
nanavinaal namneeththaar enpar kanavinaal
kaanaarkol ivvoo ravar
English couplet:
They say, that he in waking hours has left me lone;
In dreams they surely see him not,- these people of the town.
Explanation: The women of this place say he has forsaken me in my wakefulness. I think they have not seen him visit me in my dreams.